Life This architect builds schools in Senegal using upcycled materials She also founded a charity which teaches local people to build their own houses from upcycled materials. 29/11/2020
World COVID-19: Extreme poverty set for first rise in 20 years - World Bank The World Bank expects that COVID-19 could push an additional 88 million to 115 million into extreme poverty this year. 07/10/2020
Good Morning Europe Working class neighbourhoods hit hard by Madrid lockdown The bridge divides the Puente de Vallecas neighbourhood from the rest of Madrid looks like a proper frontier. Passports and visas aren't required, but police stand on both sides to check who comes and who goes. 24/09/2020
world news World hunger rising and COVID-19 threatens to make it worse, says UN It's put a UN deadline to eradicate hunger by 2030 in severe doubt. 14/07/2020
View In Italy and further afield, pollution and poverty have played a part in worsening COVID-19 ǀ View 26/05/2020
Unreported Europe Homeless under lockdown: the forgotten faces of France's coronavirus nightmare 22/05/2020
United Kingdom UK charities urge government to better protect under pressure carers More than 100 organisations, unions and think tanks have published an open letter urging politicians across the UK to act to protect carers from what it describes as a ‘growing poverty crisis’. 06/05/2020
Wellness How these unique trousers are helping to tackle our body shame Sustainable brand Lucy & Yak has launched the Vulva collection with the hope that it will start a conversation. 04/03/2020
View Faced with the worsening climate crisis, agriculture investment is more important than ever ǀ View 17/02/2020
Kazakhstan Kashistan? Half-a-million Kazakhs have debts paid by the government Half-a-million Kazakhs are to have their debts paid by the government as a “one-time action” to help some of the central Asian country’s poorest, ministers announced. 29/08/2019