We have often heard that IITs have changed the way the many sections of the Indian society lives in. Investor Aviral Bhatnagar has recently shared an inspiring story about his IIT-Bombay hostel mate, ...

“We got a first-hand look at the extent of poverty among slum dwellers. I was deeply moved when I saw the people’s destitute conditions,” said deputy head prefect Adrian Ang Yu Wei. This ...

A rural community's experience indicates that an essential element in a war on poverty is inducing Slum dwellers to develop patterns of social functioning, including group action and local leadership ...

Growing up in Nairobi’s Korogocho slums, it took well-wishers’ mercy to rescue George Ochieng’ from early exposure to crime ...

Married into the royal family that ruled India for three centuries, Sultana Begum lives in penury in a cramped two-room hut in a slum on the outskirts of Kolkat ...

Labour MPs are understandably dismayed; some are angry. What is to become of the government’s child poverty targets? they must wonder. Will ...

According to the NGO, there are approximately 3,000 deserving families across 40 slums in Bengaluru that do not have a BPL ...

Telangana government integrates urban and rural SHGs to empower women, alleviate poverty, and strengthen financial independence.