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Along with October, May is one of the most densely packed months of the year. It's before the summer humidity and the last whole month of the school year. The weather is warming in t...
The solstice on the 20th marks the onset of summer (Northern Hemisphere) or winter (Southern Hemisphere). Many people, particularly in Europe, North America and Asia, will be embarking o...
Spring has sprung in the north, and the first hints of Autumn are on the horizon in the south. April is the month spring (or fall) gets underway, and it is filled with religious celebrations, including the Mu...
Hunger, malnutrition, lack of education, lack of opportunity, poor health, and discrimination are just some of the results and stigma associated with poverty.
If you've ever experienced a period of time in your own life when you weren't sure where the money was going to come from to pay the rent, buy food or medicine, where you couldn't travel to visit family, or had to drop out of school because you couldn't come up with tuition, you've had a taste of what millions of people live with every day. You know the fear, the all-consuming anxiety, and the hopelessness that comes with it.
The United Nations continues to address all perspectives of poverty globally and has continued its decade into a third term until poverty becomes a thing of the past.
Photo: Palestinian refugee on the streets of Beirut. Many of the refugees in Lebanon have been there for decades and are prohibited from permanent residency, homes, and jobs, thus forcing them into abject poverty for generations.
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