Uruguay

Pope Francis's iPad fetches 28,500 euros at auction

15/04/2015

Denmark

Denmark: Tackling homelessness the Odense way

Denmark is battling homelessness. Between 2009 and 2013, the northern European country saw a 16 percent rise in the number of people lacking

10/04/2015

World

Frontier challenges: crossing borders to get an education

Whether it’s travelling across physical borders or crossing a cultural divide, some students around the world undertake difficult journeys to get an

27/03/2015

USA

Homelessness in Washington DC reaches record levels

Washington DC is struggling for answers after figures reveal that a record 4,000 people now live in the capital’s homeless shelters. It is an

08/02/2015

World News

The rich get richer

As the World Economic Forum prepares to get underway at Davos in Switzerland, the charity Oxfam has published a report claiming that by 2016 half of

20/01/2015

United Kingdom

Where do YOU rank on the world's wealth scale?

The growing divide On current trends, by next year the richest 1 percent of the world’s population will own more than the other 99 percent combined

19/01/2015

France

France: Marseille backs down over 'Nazi-era' ID cards for homeless

The French city of Marseille has been forced to back down over ID cards designed to help the homeless but which caused a storm of protest from

05/12/2014

My Europe Series

Poverty in Europe

14/11/2014

World News

More than 500 dead from Ebola in west Africa as virus continues to spread

11/07/2014

My Europe Series

Could an unconditional income solve poverty?

16/05/2014

My Europe Series

U-Talk asks the question: Will poverty be a European Election hot issue?

14/03/2014

USA

The torch has passed: Obama takes over “War on Poverty” from LBJ

08/01/2014

World

The mutual benefits of volunteer work

11/10/2013

My Europe Series

Filming 'Poor Germany'

05/09/2013

My Europe Series

Poor Germany: the gap between rich and poor widens

02/09/2013

World

Still too many children not getting an education

09/08/2013

World

Haiti: Rebuilding education

25/01/2013

My Europe Series

Is Europe turning its back on its poor?

04/01/2013

My Europe Series

Is Europe abandoning its poor?

26/10/2012

My Europe Series

A wage for living

22/12/2011