January 2nd, 20181170WHAT IS POVERTY ?
Poverty refers to a situation when people are deprived of basic necessities of life. It is often characterized by inadequacy of food, shelter and clothes. In other words, poverty refers to a state of privation where there is a lack of essential needs for subsistence. Poor people are presumed to be depressed and...
October 18th, 2017466842As per estimates, poor hygiene and sanitation facilities cost india 600,000 lives annually due to diarrhoea and other such diseases. As per government data, India is a home to 450 million people who do not have access to toilets and defecate in the open. Not only this, lack of toilets also expose one third of country’s women to the...
August 23rd, 2017443211WHAT IS SLUM? A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterised by substandard housing and squalor. While slum differ in size and other characteristics, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, law enforcement and other basic services.
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