Urban Survivors, a new multimedia project, seeks to highlight the urgent humanitarian crisis and medical needs of people living in slums. Rapid urbanization has brought a sharp increase in the number ...

An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

A new study suggests that the 'neighbourhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems. A team of academics led by Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kibra youth pelt police with stones during the Azimio la Umoja antigovernment protests ...

Explore how Bengaluru's housing policies fail the urban poor, leading to the rise and demolition of slums in the city.

Pastor John and his wife have spent the last decade working to break the cycle of spiritual and emotional poverty in a ...

Criticizing BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman’s proposal to provide family cards and flats to slum dwellers, Nahid Islam, convener ...

Just as children living in high-rise buildings receive educational opportunities, children from Korail must have the same ...