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Citizens take part in poverty simulation

More than 75 people from Leadership Amarillo and Canyon and Leadership Perryton participated in a unique poverty simulation at the Wesley Community Center Thursday afternoon. The idea behind the poverty simulation is to help people better [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Imagine poverty

In her book, “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain,” art educator Dr. Elizabeth Edwards explains the importance of imagination in the successful performance of odd tasks like shooting the ball into the basket or hitting the [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty worsens for local school-age children

The percentage of local school-age children living in poverty is increasing even as programs designed to meet their needs erode amid ongoing federal and state budget cuts. The poverty rate among children ages 5 to 17 living within Burb [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Indifferent elites, poverty and police brutality – all reaso...

At the beginning of August, in a fit of collective pathology, thousands of young people across Britain took to the streets and started breaking into shops, stealing and confronting the police. What triggered this is a mystery. But whateve [...]

Posted On : Dec, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Iain Duncan Smith: Child poverty approach 'set to fail'

The work and pensions secretary said there were problems with officially classifying child poverty as a family on 60% or less than the median income. It created perverse incentives to lift people just over the mark, he said. Official figu [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty measure 'set to fail' - Iain Duncan Smith

The work and pensions secretary said there were problems with officially classifying child poverty as a family on 60% or less than the median income. It created "perverse incentives" to lift people just over the 60% mark. Offici [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty rate increases in California

California's population increased by 10 percent between 2000 and 2010 but the number of Californians living in poverty grew more than three times as fast, a new U.S. Census Bureau report reveals. The data are found in a massive com [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

China raises poverty line to benefit at least 100m

China decided Tuesday to almost double its standard for defining the poverty line of the nation's farmers to benefit at least 100 million people as it aims to build itself into an overall well-off society in the coming decade. The [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

The emerging phase in poverty eradication?

Eradication of poverty poses two challenges. First, the ongoing programmes need to be continually monitored and evaluated to make them more effective and synergic and also to extend their reach. The second, and a more formidable challenge [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

4,705 children in York are living in poverty

NEARLY 5,000 children in York are living in poverty according to new figures – and the number is set to rise. City leaders are now drawing up a new action plan to help those in the “hotspots”. City of York Council figure [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty drives deforestation in northern Bekaa Valley

HERMEL, Lebanon: With the beginning of winter, residents of villages and towns in northern Bekaa, many of whom are unable to afford fuel, are turning to wood from the area’s forests. While burning firewood is the only option for man [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Canada accused of still failing its poor

It has been more than 20 years since the House of Commons unanimously resolved to end child poverty by 2000, but a national advocacy group says it's shocked by how little progress has been made. While the economy has more than do [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty: Unjust and unsustainable

British Columbia has had the dubious distinction of having the worst child poverty rate in the country for eight years in a row and has exceeded the national average for 11 years — through boom-and-bust economic cycles. The most rec [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Children's commissioners warn on child poverty

The commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, who champion children's rights, say cuts are already hitting "key children's services". They warn that benefits changes could push more families in to [...]