MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...
KIBERA, Kenya (Reuters) - Crispian Amolo has no electricity or running water and shares a hole-in-the-ground toilet with about 90 people but at least he does not have to scramble for 1,000 Kenyan ...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Here in the Kibera slum, life sometimes seems a free-for-all. Residents steal electricity by tapping into overhead lines, children walk barefoot through alleys trickling with sewage, ...
This story takes you deep inside Pakistan’s largest slum, a densely packed maze of makeshift homes, narrow alleys, and endless human movement. The community is built from scrap wood, tarps, rusted ...
Islamabad, Pakistan — Until about a year ago, Merhia Baraki was a makeup artist for Afghanistan's state-run television network. CBS News met her Tuesday in a park in Pakistan's capital, as she tried ...
A grassroots NGO led by former slum residents transforms lives through education, food security, and creative empowerment.
In time for Hip-Hop 50, Slum Village has dropped a new shoe and apparel collection. On Tuesday (August 1), the Detroit rhymesayers launched 'Fabric of Hip-Hop: Slum Village Fantastic Vol. 2' with Puma ...
Why do slums co-exist with affluent neighbourhoods? Mukuru with South B, Kangemi with Loresho, Githogori with Runda, Mathare with Muthaiga, Deep Sea with Spring Valley? Other towns outside Nairobi ...
MUMBAI, (IANS) – Popular choreographer Ganesh Acharya, who has made the who’s who of Bollywood dance to his steps, recalled his rags to riches journey in the industry. The choreographer said that the ...
A massive fire swept through Dhaka's Korail slum, leaving thousands homeless as it destroyed rows of tin-roofed shanties. The ...
Divya Khosla Kumar recently talked about her tough experience living in a slum for 20 days while getting ready for a movie role. She recalled how she did daily chores and adjusted to the hard living ...
A huge fire erupted in the Karail slum of Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday, with no casualties reported so far. Despite 11 fire ...