The power of poverty


Children in a squatter colony in Manila, the Philippines. Poverty has many faces. Photo: Reuters

Some people hate crows. Some people hate cockroaches. I hate poverty. It deprives. It disempowers. And it destroys.

Poverty deprives millions of children around the world of healthcare, good nutrition and quality education.

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The power of poverty

   

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