Some of them are buried in books, listening intently to their teacher. While the other children grip a bat and ball, a few chase each other in a game of hide and seek. It is an unusual sight in Old ...

AXA Mansard Health has offered free health insurance to 100 children from the Chess in Slum community. According to the underwriter, the gesture is to demonstrate its belief that quality healthcare ...

It is an ordinary day at Love For All Foundation School in the populous slums of Kwa Rhonda, Nakuru. The smell of cooking wafts through the air. It is mid-day. Outside, children play hide-and-seek as ...

From Connecticut to Kenya, fundraising is changing lives. It started when a local veteran made a trip to the African country in December. Now one act of kindness has evolved, and has the potential to ...

NEW DELHI -- Neelamdevi Thakur lives in a working-class slum and earns a living washing dishes in middle-class homes twice a day. In the past year, two of her five children, who attend an affluent ...

When little Fanuel Ochieng moved to Kibera slums two years ago, his life was in disarray. His father was ill and bed-ridden. He had no relative upcountry to take care of him. His father was then ...

In Bhubaneswar's slums, Nibedita Lenka, known as Yashoda Maa, champions Odia language learning for underprivileged children.

HYDERABAD, India, Nov 7 (Reuters) - On a hot afternoon, a bright orange bus drives into a slum area of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, parking amidst shelters made of tarpaulins and bits of ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Scores of children and young adults gathered in Haiti's largest slum on Friday to celebrate the 36th birthday of Haitian-born rap star Wyclef Jean and vowed to embrace ...