Migrant Workers’ Families Face Uncertainty Ahead (0)
By Stanislaus Jude Chan
SINGAPORE, Feb 12 (IPS)- Instead of spending weekends at shopping malls in this bustling city-state, Rod Luacan and his family now keep themselves busy with activities in church on Sundays.
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Poverty Measures Need Support of Rich Nations (2)
By Shailendra Singh
SUVA, Feb 16 (IPS) – Social protection programmes could help alleviate poverty in the Pacific Islands region, but without the help of developed countries, they will not materialise, said an economic expert in this capital of Fiji.
Mobile Classes A Lifeline to Dropouts (2)
By Kanis Dursin
JAKARTA, Feb 10 (IPS) – Two years after the economic recession forced her out of school, 20-year-old Nurul Kumala is now back in classes – mobile classes, that is.
Poverty Going Down, But More Neglected Kids (0)
Harry Hikmat, director of the children social service of the Ministry of Social Affairs, talks to Kanis Dursin of IPS Asia-Pacific about how the crisis affected Indonesian children and the government’s different programmes to address this. dealt with it.
[Read More...]Hard Times Expose Migrants’ Worries about Kids (0)
By Mitch Moxley
BEIJING, Feb 10 (IPS) – Life for China’s 130 million migrant workers has never been easy. In recent years, however, family life for the ‘liudong renkou’ (floating population) was showing signs of improving – until the financial crisis.
