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Today We Mark the Great Progress Toward Eradicating Poverty
The world is on track to cut the overall poverty rate in half by 2015, fulfilling a United Nations goal set in the summer...
Scholastic Donates 1 Million Books for American Kids in Poverty
To help more low-income families build home libraries and to encourage families to read together, Scholastic will donate 1 million books to a nonprofit...
High School Genius Overcomes Poverty, Earns $3 Million in College Scholarships
The success story of Lloyd Chen, 17, is the stuff that dreams are made of.
Raised in poverty by a single mom who emigrated...
Alleviating Poverty With A Washing Machine Powered By Your Feet
A new product designed for its social good uses the principles of a salad spinner to make less back-breaking and time-consuming the work of...
Oxford University Study Suggests World Poverty is Rapidly Shrinking
World poverty is shrinking and developing countries are becoming less poor according to a new study by Oxford University.
Nepal, Rwanda and Bangladesh were the...
Entire School Given Free Bikes for Proving Poverty No Match for a Great Principal
Tom Shadyac, the director of blockbuster comedies like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, became famous for giving up his riches in favor of a...
Peace Corps Volunteers Use Chocolate To Lift Africans from Poverty
Africa produces 70% of the world’s chocolate and 60% of the world’s vanilla crop, yet the continent makes just 1% of finished chocolate bars,...
Black Keys, Foo Fighters, Neil Young Sign up for Charity Concert for Poverty in NY Central Park
No one will be able to buy tickets to this year’s hottest concert featuring the Black Keys, Foo Fighters, and Neil Young with Crazy...
Struggling Oakland Families Lift Themselves Out Of Poverty
Maurice Miller remembered how his mother was a poor Mexican immigrant, and somehow figured out — on her own — how to get out...
Olympic Runner Rises Out of Poverty
World champion Lolo Jones will be making news this weekend, showing off her speed and fighting spirit as she makes her third attempt to...
Teachers Union Leads Effort to Turn Around Poverty and Learning in West Virginia Schools
The American Federation of Teachers, vilified by critics as an obstacle to school reform, is leading an unusual effort to turn around a floundering...
Latin American Poverty Levels Fall to Lowest in Two Decades
Poverty rates in Latin America have dropped to their lowest levels in 20 years, according to a new United Nations report which points to...
Couple Donate $150 Million to Fight Poverty in Developing Nations
Stanford University will open an institution with the sole purpose of alleviating poverty in developing nations, thanks to a $150 million gift donated by...
India Announces $35 Tablet Computer to Help Lift Villagers out of Poverty
India introduced a cheap tablet computer Wednesday, saying it would deliver modern technology to the countryside to help lift villagers out of poverty. At...
Mobile Phones Help Lift Poor Out of Poverty
Mobile phones can improve the livelihoods of the poorest people in developing countries, a United Nations report released on Thursday said. Mobile phone subscriptions...
Ghana’s Incredible Path Out of Hunger and Poverty
Ghana is on track to be the first country in Africa to achieve the Millennium Development Goals for halving poverty and hunger by 2015.
Between...
World On Track to Cut Poverty in Half, But Turner and Gates Called in to Boost Other Goals
Despite the global economic downturn, the world is still on track to meet a key U.N. goal of halving the number of people living...
Palestinian Astrophysicist Who Rose from Poverty Returns to Teach Gaza Teens to Gaze Upward
Suleiman Baraka, the eldest of 14 children of a Palestinian butcher, rose from humble beginnings in violence-wracked Gaza to become an astrophysicist, space weather...
Antonio Banderas Named UN Goodwill Ambassador With Focus On Poverty
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has agreed to act as U.N. Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against poverty, the United Nations Development Program announced Wednesday....
African Poverty Falling Faster Than Thought?
The old image of an Africa doomed to get ever poorer has certainly lost credence over the past decade even if it is a...