BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Children living in a slum in Argentina’s capital are playing cricket as part of an initiative to help them escape poverty and crime. Villa 21-24 in Buenos Aires is a ...

Edu Lyra was restless when speaking to FORBES while walking under the stifling heat of a mid-December afternoon in São Paulo. The Brazilian social entrepreneur had just returned from a week in ...

Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums. While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 ...

An estimated 83% of the United States population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950. And experts predict by 2050, 89% of Americans and 68% of the world population will reside in urban areas.

The project aims to map the whole world - eventually - and become a tool for better city planning as mayors decide which areas most need sewers, roads and other basics DAKAR, Oct 23 (Thomson Reuters ...

SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede engages with a SWEP member at the inauguration of the Bondo SUN Community Centre in Siaya County, Kenya. I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest in Africa. My mom never ...

Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)Every month, Alice Shikuku has to choose between buying enough food for her family and buying sanitary pads for her daughter. Her family moved to Korogocho, one of the poorest ...

Largest slums in India explained with key facts, population, and living conditions. From Dharavi in Mumbai to Basanti in ...