Stories

For some, life deals multiple blows, often in ways we find unimaginable. It is good, though, to stop, every...

It might not look like a treasure chest. But the 40 foot shipping container outside the only school in Kamwokya slum...

Behind the perfect beaches and five star resorts, much of Fiji's rural population lives in poverty, with many unable to...

Two families in Barangay Bacabac, Philippines were huddled together in a village building as the worst typhoon in the country's...

At first, the gigantic garbage dump outside Korogocho slum in Kenya looks as you’d expect: hideous, grey mountains of...

For those used to well equipped schools, it is hard to picture life in parts of rural Gambia where...

The boys and girls at Aplichau Kaifong Primary School face more challenges than most. Many of their families rely...

Madina, 17, faced a wretched set of options as a refugee in Uganda. She and her family fled the...

Nina is 78 and one of Kazakhstan’s elderly poor. Her only family is a daughter, with whom she has...