For Rohingya children, school’s out permanently – not just for summer
Young people in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are coping with continuous boredom as their peers across the
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Poverty
Ten-year-old girls in Kenya put on contraceptives
Some parents in Kenya are putting children as young as 10 on contraceptives in an attempt to keep them in
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Behind the image that shocked the world
A harrowing picture of three Syrian sisters and their uncle in the rubble after a government air strike has been
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Child poverty cash handed back to Europe unspent
More than £3.5m intended to alleviate child poverty and homelessness is at risk of being wasted because the government has
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Boko Haram conflict causing misery to millions 10 years on
Ten years since the beginning of a violent insurgency in northeast Nigeria, the living conditions for displaced people are continuing
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The inspiring story of Chitalu Chishimba – ‘Surrendering it all to Jesus is the best way forward’
When all is lost and the way forward is uncertain, what do you do? The inspiring story of Chitalu Chishimba
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UK poverty is real – but there’s always hope
‘My husband passed away. I was left to pay everything by myself and the debts started to build up. I
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‘Whitey’s on the moon’: why Apollo 11 looked so different to black America
The date was 15 July 1969. As the Saturn V rocket towered over the launchpad, about to send the first
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World Vision delivers aid to Rohingya refugees during monsoon
For the past week, heavy rain has deluged Cox’s Bazar in southern Bangladesh, home to a megacity of one million
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‘West Africa’s richest 1% own more than everyone else combined’
The aid charity Oxfam says that inequality is at crisis levels in West Africabut accuses many governments in the region of
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World Vision UK petitions to stop children being abused and assaulted in disaster zones.
World Vision UK on Monday presented the Department for International Development with a petition urging it to increase spending to
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Community pantry opens in Preston to help tackle food poverty
People in Preston will be able to save on their weekly shopping bills, thanks to a new project that opens
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Low-income African countries ‘pay 30 times more’ for drugs
African countries with small to medium-sized economies pay far more money for less effective drugs, a leading health expert has
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Award-winner’s meals are a godsend
In March, Minister Melanie Hamilton received an award at the Wise Women Awards for her work with young people and
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Cameroon tops list of most neglected crises
Cameroon tops the Norwegian Refugee Council’s annual list of the world’s most neglected displacement crises launched today. “The international community
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