Dominican poor struggle for water as coronavirus lockdown hits supplies
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Thomson Reuters Foundation The Dominican Republic has plenty of water – unless, that is, you are poor. Nearly one in every two households in the Caribbean nation has no running water, relying instead on expensive private deliveries that have been badly disrupted by the coronavirus, just as they are most needed. […]
Peruvian Archbishop protests COVID-19 response with images of the dead
Lima, Peru AP Archbishop Carlos Castillo on Sunday looked out over a cathedral full of faces – none of them now alive. The cleric had his church filled with more than 5,000 portraits of those who have died in the pandemic that is burning across Peru and South America as a whole, using his broadcast […]
Ethiopia moves children from streets to shelters to slow coronavirus
Addis Ababa, EthiopiaThomson Reuters Foundation When Olana Abdulsewud was woken by the police in Addis Ababa early one morning in March, the Ethiopian teenager was relieved. Begging to survive on the streets had become increasingly tough for Olana, one of an estimated 10,000 homeless children in Ethiopia’s capital, since the arrival of the new coronavirus. […]
Cash payments to cut poverty in Indonesian villages help forests too
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thomson Reuters Foundation A social protection scheme to help poor Indonesians living in rural areas by giving them cash also reduced deforestation by 30 per cent, researchers said on Friday, fuelling hope that efforts to tackle poverty and protect forests can work in tandem. The study analysed Indonesia’s national anti-poverty program – […]
Risk of new lockdowns rises with fear of second COVID-19 wave
London, UK/Brussels, Belgium Reuters Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday, while India, which opened up this week, recorded a record daily increase and half a dozen US states said their hospital beds were filling up fast. Health officials worldwide have expressed concerns in recent […]
From civil rights to no nukes: A look at historic US protest photos
Recent days have seen clergy and faith leaders in the US join in protests against racism and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Here are a photo essay depicting some of the protests of the past…