Poverty in the News

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Mushrooms: Southern Chester county's mixed blessing - southern chester county weeklies

Mushrooms: Southern Chester county's mixed blessingsouthern chester county weekliesAnd yet, those who have arrived here -- many of them from Mexico -- have fled extreme poverty and have come to the United States in search of what ...and more »

South Africa to resume deporting Zimbabweans - BBC News

South Africa to resume deporting ZimbabweansBBC NewsZimbabwe's power-sharing government has stabilised the situation to some extent, however, the vast majority of people continue to live in extreme poverty.and more »

Philippines says UN poverty target won't be met - AFP

AFPPhilippines says UN poverty target won't be metAFPWorld leaders meeting at a UN summit in 2000 drew up a set of "Millennium Development Goals," chief of which was halving global poverty by 2015. ...and more »

New Santa Barbara group ELEOS battles extreme poverty - The Daily Sound

New Santa Barbara group ELEOS battles extreme povertyThe Daily Sound2, 2010 The Eleos Foundation, tucked into the hills behind Montecito, is a recently developed non-profit designed to end extreme poverty all over the globe. ...

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