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22 Girls from Slum in Delhi, India Enroll in School with Help from Fathers

Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Deepalaya, Illiteracy, Paraya Dhan, Slums, Fada, Chief Minister Delhi, Unesco, Father and Daughter Alliance, Fathers' Association for Daughters' Advancement, Girls Education, Fathers, World News
Pedro C. Moreno

There are close to 3,000 girls who are not attending school in three slums alone, and Father and Daughter Alliance intends to bring them all to school as its work in Delhi expands.

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The Real District 9: Cape Town's District Six

newsweek.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Neill Blomkamp, District 9, Slums, District 6, Cape Town District 9, Apartheid, South Africa, Cape Town, Townships, Real District 9, World News

Science fiction has always provided the best metaphors for isolation and anomie, and District 9--the two-week-old box-office hit from South African di...

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UN: Slums Increase Natural Disaster Risk

AP | BRIAN MURPHY | Posted 06.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Slums, Natural Disasters, Green News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The rampant growth of urban slums around the world and weather extremes linked to climate change have sharply incr...

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Urbanization Leading To The Rise Of Slums (AUDIO)(SLIDESHOW)

Worldfocus | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

Read More: Urbanization, Poverty, Slums, Foreign Affairs, United Nations, Urbanization and Slums, Global Poverty, Poor People, Advocacy, World News

The year 2007 was a turning point for the world, marking the first time when the majority of the global population lived in cities rather than in t...

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Today's Hottest Tourist Attraction? Slum Dwellers

Anneli Rufus | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

Read More: Recycling, Scavenging, Dumps, Scavengers' Manifesto, Slumdog Millionaire, Slums, India, World News
Anneli Rufus

From Brazil's favelas to Nairobi's refuse heaps to the Mumbai dump seen in Slumdog Millionaire, landscapes of seething deprivation are now prime destinations for enterprising tour operators.

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Tent Slums Spring Up in America

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homelessness, Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Slums, Economic Crisis, California, Politics News
Jeffrey Feldman

It is hard to tell if the newly dispossessed are all the victims of the subprime market. But whatever the actual demographics, the images and the stories are heartbreaking.

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Housing the Poor? Nothing Is Impossible

Jacqueline Novogratz | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

Read More: Jamii Bora, The Poor, Acumen Fund, Housing, Kenya, Ingrid Munro, Slums, Nairobi, World News
Jacqueline Novogratz

Creating a housing development an hour or two drive from Nairobi for and with 2,000 slum dweller families seemed like an impossible dream.

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Who You Callin' a Slumdog?

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Read More: Poverty, Paul Krugman, Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture, Economic Inequality, Slumdog Millionaire, Sub-Prime, Oprah Winfrey, Economic Crisis, Slums, Lisa Ling, World News
Sanjay Khanna

The enthusiastic embrace of Slumdog Millionaire may actually signify a sober recognition that growing inequality has become a permanent, unchangeable facet of U.S.

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What "Slumdog Millionaire" Doesn't Tell You About India

World Vision | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Bombay, Oscar, Slumdog Millionaire, India, Slideshow, World Vision, Slums, Academy Award, Best Picture, Danny Boyle, Mumbai, Aids, Slumdog Millionaire in India, Slumdog Millionaire India, World News

As Slumdog Millionaire swept the Academy Awards with eight wins, including the prestigious Best Picture award, international aid agency World Vision u...

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Swings Across the World

Tamar Abrams | Posted 03.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Poverty, Kenya, Money, Children, Slums, Africa, Playground, Nairobi, Living News
Tamar Abrams

That swingset became my obsession. I saved my money, I let my roof leak a little longer. And what did I get? A picture of children who live in corrugated metal shacks laughing with pure joy.

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New York Times Best-Selling Author Greg Mortenson Helps Kids Escape Life as "Slum-Dogs"

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 03.08.2009 | World

Read More: Philantrophy, Pakistan, Young Readers, Children, Greg Mortenson, Awards, Readers, Three Cups of Tea, Poverty, Charity, Books, Slumdog Millionaire, Slums, Central Asia, Asia, Reading, Learning, World News
Naazish YarKhan

Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and his charity Central Asia Institute, have got to be one of my favorite success stories.

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The Street Children in Slumdog Millionaire

Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Juhu, Children, Slums, India, Dharavi, Slumdog Millionaire Best Picture, Mumbai, Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire, Movies, Poverty, Golden Globes, Slumdog Millionaire Poverty, Children and Poverty, Project Why, India Poverty, Entertainment News
Mallika Chopra

One of the benefits of the success of Slumdog Millionaire is that it is raising awareness of the plight of children who live in poverty. Personally, I...

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India, Katrina, and the Bailout: How Poor People Everywhere Are Being Neglected

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Wall Street, Bailout, Slums, Katrina, Mumbai Attacks, Prisons, India, Poor, Mumbai, Slum, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

Before, during, and after a serious terrorist attack, poor people endure retched conditions. US prisoners and Indian slum residents both share 59 square feet of living space.

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