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'Poverty alleviation' project hides poverty behind 2 metre w...

Villagers in Gansu province are up in arms over a government project to build walls dividing their homes from a local highway. The whitewashed, tile-topped walls are nearly 2 metres tall and run for a distance of over 5 kilometers through [...]

Posted On : Dec, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Poverty stricken Zambia projected to have highest growth rat...

Three-week-old Mukuka Chanda is cradled in his grandmother’s arms in George compound, Lusaka. He is one of 10 who live in a house of three small rooms. His grandmother, a widow, is HIV-positive and struggles to provide for the famil [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Global Poverty Project comes to Pepperdine

A presentation by the Global Poverty Project proved to be more than just another convocation, Monday night in Elkins Auditorium. Led by Jessica Mason, one of the organization's "road scholars," the presentation aimed to enc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Fighting Poverty Can Save Energy, Nicaragua Project Shows

In two small villages on Nicaragua’s Mosquito Coast, a project to improve electricity service had a remarkable side benefit—household energy use actually dropped nearly 30 percent. When efficient compact-fluorescent (CFL) lig [...]