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A Girl in Uniform, A Child of Hope

June 22, 2009 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Leaticia’s dream to become a mil­i­tary doc­tor was first a prayer and is now trans­form­ing into real­ity. Through the Lord and Com­pas­sion she is defeat­ing the bonds of poverty. Read…

Leaving everything for Cambodia

June 22, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A fam­ily from the Louisville, Ken­tucky area left all the com­forts of Amer­ica to work in a hos­pi­tal in Cam­bo­dia. Drs.…

Be sure to enter our contest!

June 20, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Don’t for­get to enter our con­test, for a chance to win one of the t-shirts above from Moju Project, all you have…

Teens spending part of the Summer, volunteering

June 20, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Teens from Wichita, Kansas learned more about the plight of the home­less in the U.S. Instead of head­ing to a for­eign coun­try for their mis­sions trip this…

Anti-Poverty march this weekend in Jackson, Mississippi

June 19, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
An anti-poverty march will take place in Jack­son, Mis­sis­sippi this week­end. The size of the march is what we are not sure on. Orga­niz­ers say “bus­loads” yet…

The young nanny’s of India

June 19, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Many young girls from the ages of 12 to 15 are employed as nanny’s in India. Even though there is a law in India that makes this…

Australia’s Anglicare demands a new form of assistance

June 19, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The Aus­tralian NGO Angli­care has released a new report on poverty in Aus­tralia. The report says that the global eco­nomic reces­sion has not cre­ated a new…

A profile of a pregnant woman with malaria

June 17, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
World Vision gives us this pro­file of a preg­nant mother strug­gling with malaria. The dis­ease is pre­ventable, yet 10,000 preg­nant women die of malaria…

Report claims that climate change is slowing China’s poverty fighting efforts

June 17, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Green­peace and Oxfam released a new study that says that cli­mate change is slow­ing China’s efforts to elim­i­nate poverty. The study focused on three coun­ties within

Médecins Sans Frontières vacates Bakool area of Somalia

June 17, 2009 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A region of Soma­lia will no longer receive much needed health care from Médecins Sans Fron­tières. The health aid char­ity has decided that it…