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Spotlight turned on North's shocking child poverty

Northland's shocking poverty levels have been highlighted by the Salvation Army's state of the nation report, which warns of a permanent and dangerous fracture in society if more is not done to help the country's poor. The [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Kids Count: More children falling into poverty

Child abuse and neglect in Berrien County jumped 19 percent over the decade while more than half of Berrien K-12 children now qualify for free and reduced price lunches, the latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book concludes. Michigan&r [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Every sixth Crawley child living in poverty

NEWLY released figures have revealed that one in every six children in Crawley is "living in poverty". There are also concerns that the gap between the rich and poor in the town is getting wider. A report by the Campaign to End [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Biting back against child poverty begins in school cafeteria...

School cafeterias could hold the winning ingredients in the struggle to break down the cycle of inter-generationally transmitted poverty, a research report conducted last year by Bogaziçi University’s Social Policy Forum sugg [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Child poverty hits major cities hard

Research from action group, The Campaign to End Child Poverty, shows five of the top 10 poorest areas are in London with over half the children of Bethnal Green and Bow living below the poverty line. Prime Minster David Cameron's Witn [...]

Posted On : Jan, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Scottish child poverty hotspots revealed

It comes as figures suggest 13 Scottish councils have wards where more than 30% of children live in pockets of severe poverty. The worst areas were in Glasgow, the west of Scotland, Edinburgh, Dundee, Fife, Aberdeen and Stirling. The C [...]

Posted On : Jan, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Fuel poverty a risk to children's health, energy firms told

About 800,000 of Britain’s poorest families should qualify for a £120 discount on fuel bills through the Warm Homes Discount scheme. However, only 25,000 will actually benefit because of a lack of investment from the six leadi [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Combating Child labour through education

Introduction The complicated issue of child labour is a developmental issue that needs to be thoroughly researched. World Vision India believes that children are being exploited and forced into labour, if they are not attending any schoo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

When Children Become Victims of Poverty and Ignorance

The 'plights of the Akwa Ibom Children', as the Punch Newspapers editorial of 15 January, 2009 described the madness in the name of child-witches hunting and exorcising going on in the state, need the attention of every rational b [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Poverty of children demands attention

Odds are he’d be a poor person. Poverty is now epidemic among America’s children, and getting worse. Yet none of the presidential candidates, and neither the Republican majority in the House nor the Democrats in the Senate and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Child poverty will soar under Tories, adviser to David Camer...

CHILD poverty is to rise “for many years to come” under David Cameron, one of his advisers warned yesterday. Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn urged ministers to "come clean and make clear" that the Governm [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 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

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 [...]