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  • An almost empty food cupboard in a family home in Hackney, London, United Kingdom.  The family have recently been pushed into poverty by changes to the Government’s welfare system and they now live below the poverty line, alongside an estimate 13 million other people in the UK.  The cupboard contains tea bags, coffee, baked beans and a loaf of bread.
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  • A female volunteer prepares an emergency food package at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The food bank is part of the Trussell Trust charity which provides assistance to individuals and families in crisis and living below the poverty line.
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  • A female volunteer prepares an emergency food package at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The food bank is part of the Trussell Trust charity which provides assistance to individuals and families in crisis and living below the poverty line.
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  • Shelves of Food Bank boxes waiting for distribution at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Single person and family boxes have been prepared by volunteers for people who are living in poverty and unable to buy food.
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  • Two female volunteers prepare an emergency food package at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The food bank is part of the Trussell Trust charity which provides assistance to individuals and families in crisis and living below the poverty line.
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  • Two female volunteers prepare an emergency food package at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The food bank is part of the Trussell Trust charity which provides assistance to individuals and families in crisis and living below the poverty line.
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  • An almost empty fridge containing only a half empty pint of milk in Hackney, London, United Kingdom. It reflects the increasing number of people who are unable to afford food and live below the poverty line in the UK. Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income.
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  • Inside a small fridge in Hackney, London, United Kingdom.  The fridge contains basic provisions including eggs, milk, orange juice and water.  It reflects the increasing number of people who are unable to afford food and live below the poverty line in the UK.<br />
Every day people in the UK go hungry for reasons ranging from redundancy to receiving an unexpected bill on a low income.
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  • A female volunteer prepares an emergency food package at Wadebridge foodbank, North Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The food bank is part of the Trussell Trust charity which provides assistance to individuals and families in crisis and living below the poverty line.
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  • Father Ken , A spiritual leader to the workers of the dump , he guides them and encourages them to attend his church . He is also a taxi driver. <br />
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Making a living from the local dump in Eldoret is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work at the dump.  It’s especially hard for the mothers and their children forced through poverty to scrape a living of around $1 dollar a day. These pictures were taken with the help of charity Mary’s Meals who are hoping to break the cycle of poverty by providing free school meals .
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. A sign describing what goes in a family food parcel. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Donated food ready to be distributed across Hackney. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. A basket of a family food parcel. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Food ready to be distributed into food parcels. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Food donations ready to be distributed into food parcels.The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Lucy (13 ) photographed in one of the classrooms at Attnas Kandie School.<br />
She collects rubbish when she’s not at school. She is one of five children – the eldest is at college but the other siblings help to support him by sorting rubbish. Lucy’s mum sometimes washes clothes for other people but is sick and can’t often earn enough to feed the children. Lucy is now in primary school and gets lunch there every day thanks to Mary’s Meals.<br />
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Making a living from collecting rubbish is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work at the dumps in Eldoret.  It’s especially hard for the mothers and their children forced through poverty to scrape a living of around $1 dollar a day.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Tined rice pudding, ready to be distributed. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Food donated is weighed in and registrered. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Tined rice pudding, ready to be distributed. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Food donated to the food bank is taken from a car to the ware house. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Two women hand over food donations to food bank workers. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
    3E9A0308.jpg
  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank bank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. One kilo bags of sugar is decanted into 100gr sealed bags for distribution. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. Food donations ready to be distributed into food parcels.The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • The Southern Poverty Law Center SPLC is an American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. It is known for its legal cases against white supremacist groups, its classification of hate groups and other extremist organizations, and for promoting tolerance education programs.
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  • Sarah Nasimiyu is 45 years old and is pictured with her two-year-old Joshua. She has four other children ranging in age from three to thirteen years old. They all work on the dumpsite. She separated from her husband in 2008 because he was always drunk and couldn’t be responsible. She brings Joshua with her to the dumpsite – where she sorts through rubbish in the morning and then sells snacks to the other workers in the afternoon, and has been doing so for four years.<br />
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The Mothers who work on Eldoret’s main dump nick named by the locals,  ironically, as ‘California’ raise their children in Extreme poverty. The consequences for these children and their parents are tough; with disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence an everyday reality.
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  • A woman collects rubbish for recycling at the dump; plastic, clothes, charcoal, metal even food for humans and livestock are all reclaimed for cash or personal use . <br />
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Making a living from the local dumps in Eldoret is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work here.  The average wage is around $1.5 a day. These pictures were taken with the help of charity Mary’s Meals who are hoping to break the cycle of poverty by providing free school meals.
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  • The girls of Eldoret dump, left to right: Little Alice (7), Fatila 13), Sarah (15), Vera Atieno (18), Alice Khanali (19) - the last four all live in a slum area called Mwendere, Alice and Vera are mothers, their relatives look after the children so that they can work at the dump.<br />
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Making a living from the local dumps in Eldoret is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work here.  The average wage is around $1.5 a day. These pictures were taken with the help of charity Mary’s Meals who are hoping to break the cycle of poverty by providing free school meals.
    Eldoret07_1.jpg
  • Lucy (13 ) photographed in one of the classrooms at Attnas Kandie School. She collects rubbish when she’s not at school. She is one of five children – the eldest is at college but the other siblings help to support him by sorting rubbish. Lucy’s mum sometimes washes clothes for other people but is sick and can’t often earn enough to feed the children. Lucy is now in primary school and gets lunch there every day thanks to Mary’s Meals. Making a living from collecting rubbish is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work at the dumps in Eldoret.  It’s especially hard for the mothers and their children forced through poverty to scrape a living of around $1 dollar a day.
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  • Sarah Nasimiyu is 45 years old and is pictured with her two-year-old Joshua. She has four other children ranging in age from three to thirteen years old. They all work on the dumpsite. She separated from her husband in 2008 because he was always drunk and couldn’t be responsible. She brings Joshua with her to the dumpsite – where she sorts through rubbish in the morning and then sells snacks to the other workers in the afternoon. The Mothers who work on Eldoret’s main dump nick named by the locals,  ironically, as ‘California’ raise their children in Extreme poverty. The consequences for these children and their parents are tough; with disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence an everyday reality.
    Eldoret01_1.jpg
  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank bank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Workers and volunteers at Hackney Foodbank receive and organize food donations, 15th of December 2021, Hackney, East London, United Kingdom. The Hackney Food Bank is part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK. The food bank gives out three days emergency food supplies to families and individual who go hungry in the borrough. The food is all donated by individuals and the food donated is held in a small ware house where it is  sorted and packed for distribution.  More people than ever in Britain have turned to the food bank for help and in Hackney the need has gone up with 350% over the past two years.
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  • Sarah, at Atnas Kandie Primary School. Sarah was lucky enough to find a sponsor to pay her admission fees and cover her uniform and books – barriers that prohibit many of Kenya’s poorest children from attending the country’s free primary schools. Thanks to the charity Marys Meals she also gets school meal, hugely important when Sarah’s mother is so poor they are often made homeless while saving for the rent. When she is not at school she works on the dumps collecting rubbish for the family to survive. <br />
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Making a living from collecting rubbish in Eldoret is no easy job; disease, injury, substance abuse and even the threat of violence is an everyday reality for the people who live and work at the dump.  It’s especially hard for the mothers and their children forced through poverty to scrape a living of around $1 dollar a day.
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  • Nelson Mandela speaks to the crowd at the launch of the Make Poverty History campaign, Trafalgar Square, London.
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  • A young woman looks out of her home inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • Residents go about their business inside rubbish / trash infested Kibera Slum,  Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • A young boy walks across the rail tracks covered by rotting rubish / trash inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • A young boy walks across the rail tracks covered by rotting rubish / trash inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0245_1_1.jpg
  • Residents watch the time go by inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0236_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0230_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0198_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0192_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0187_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0182_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their daily business inside Kibera Slum , Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0180_1_1.jpg
  • Woman with her child inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0101_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business watched over by an armed soldier inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0094_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0091_1_1.jpg
  • A young boy walks across the rail tracks covered by rotting rubish / trash inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0253_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0233_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0204_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their business inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0190_1_1.jpg
  • Residents go about their daily business inside Kibera Slum , Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
    20130821_kenya_kibera_0100_1_1.jpg
  • A woman walks past a soldier on duty inside Kibera Slum, Nairobi. Considered to be the largest slum in Africa with a population close to 1 million people. The living conditions in it  are considered of extreme poverty with most housholds having no runing water or sanitation. The population is made up of all ethno-linguistic groups of Kenya drawing many residents from the poorest rural backgrounds.
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  • Two squatters, a man and his son, photographed at a half demolished building that serves as their home near Huzhou, China on 20 August 2009.
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  • Two squatters, a man and his son, photographed at a half demolished building that serves as their home near Huzhou, China on 20 August 2009.
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  • The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, honours 40 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968 on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The memorial is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The concept of Lins design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. It was inspired by a passage from Martin Luther Kings speeches.
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  • The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, honours 40 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968 on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The memorial is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The concept of Lins design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. It was inspired by a passage from Martin Luther Kings speeches.
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  • Vote or Die headline on a poster to encourage African Americans to vote in the democratic primary on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Voter suppression is rife in Alabama: a report from March 2020 by the Southern Poverty Law Centre shows that it is difficult to register and to vote, especially for African Americans. Alabama and its Governor Kay Ivey deem the vote as a privilege to be protected rather than a right for all. It is feared that voter suppression will be a key element of Trump’s campaign in the 2020 elections.
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  • Manager owner Shareef Mohamed (at window) photographed with his waiters Noor <br />
19, Mohamed Moneer, 27 and  Mohamed  Agha at the Aryana Wedding hall. <br />
The wedding business is very big and Afghans can pay huge sums $20 000 for a middle class wedding  is normal. Bear in mind that a Moderate guest lists can top 600 people; the biggest exceeds 2,000. Included in the prices is the dowry or ‘bride price’. Even a poor laborers on 350 a year could be expected to pay $2000 and grooms are left with crushing debt. Tradition and societal pressure leave them with no alternative but to have expensive weddings in spite of their poverty. Marriage is arguably the most important rite of passage for a young Afghan man, and the luxuriousness of the ceremony reaffirms his family's status.  Since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the Afghan wedding industry has rebounded and is now bigger than ever. The growth is reflected in the proliferation of wedding halls, The number in Kabul alone has risen to more than 80 today from 4 in 2001.
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  • Manager owner Shareef Mohamed. <br />
The wedding business is very big and Afghans can pay huge sums $20 000 for a middle class wedding  is normal. Bear in mind that a Moderate guest lists can top 600 people; the biggest exceeds 2,000. Included in the prices is the dowry or ‘bride price’. Even a poor laborers on 350 a year could be expected to pay $2000 and grooms are left with crushing debt. Tradition and societal pressure leave them with no alternative but to have expensive weddings in spite of their poverty. Marriage is arguably the most important rite of passage for a young Afghan man, and the luxuriousness of the ceremony reaffirms his family's status.  Since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the Afghan wedding industry has rebounded and is now bigger than ever. The growth is reflected in the proliferation of wedding halls, The number in Kabul alone has risen to more than 80 today from 4 in 2001.
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  • As passers-by walk by, a homeless man sits with all his worldly possessions on Piccadilly in central London. A well-dressed gentleman strides past the vagrant who sits forlornly on the pavement, surrounded by his worldly good - plastic bags attached to an old bike. We see a scene of poverty and privilege - of wealth versus hopelessness - on this prestgious London street where money speaks volumes for those with successful lives.
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  • Low income, street dweller sits on ground using free power from a vending machine to use his laptop outside a supermarket. It is common for people living on the stret in poverty to hav various forms of cheap communication devices.
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  • A low, wide landscape of dereliction and poverty during the early 1990s in the city of Liverpool, England. The Catholic cathedral rises high in the distance over near-empty streets where bricks and refuse litter the pavements and empty buildings await destruction - the impoverished population having moved out for a better life elsewhere.
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  • A low, wide landscape of dereliction and poverty during the early 1990s in the city of Liverpool, England. The Catholic cathedral rises high in the distance over near-empty streets where bricks and refuse litter the pavements and empty buildings await destruction - the impoverished population having moved out for a better life elsewhere.
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  • A trader from the LIFFE futures exchange takes a break in the street during a weekday lunchtime. Alongside him on another bench is a homeless man in the City of London in a scene of wealth with prosperity versus the fate of poverty and loss. Wearing the orange jacket of this once thriving financial instutution, we see a scene of wealth and prosperity, from an era of growth during the industrial revolution to the arrogance and self-indulgence during the government of John Major - a political inheritance from Margaret Thatcher. The LIFFE exchange was synonymous with Thatcherite capitalist money-making ethos in the City of London of the 80s and early 90s before the takeover by Euronext in January 2002. It is currently known as Euronext.liffe. Euronext subsequently merged with New York Stock Exchange in April 2007.
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  • As suited commuters begin their homeward journeys across London Bridge, towards the station that will transport them home to families and security, a homeless man without the warmth of relatives nor a roof over his head, rants and shouts at the respectable people with jobs and incomes. He has been drinking alcohol and sits leaning against the bridge's wall, pointing and threatening but all walk on past, afraid and embarrassed. We see the social divisions of English society, of prospects and wealth versus hopelessness and poverty as those who are marginalised and perhaps suffering from mental health problems are ignored by the successful capitalist.
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  • Accompanied by a pianist, south Londoners sit outside their rail station on whose wall is a screening of the silent film Easy Street starring a former local boy, Charlie Chaplin, kicking off a series of the Free Film Festival in Herne Hill in the London borough of Lambeth. There is no official record of his birth although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street in nearby Walworth. Chaplin's childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, making his eventual trajectory ‘the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told’. Easy Street is a 1917 short comedy. In the film, the police are failing to maintain law and order and so it is Chaplin, as the Little Tramp character, who steps forward (rather reluctantly) to rid the street of bullies, help the poor, save women from madmen and generally keep the peace.
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  • Nepalese female children stand around their care home staff, who they call ‘Aunty’ in K House, Kathmandu, Nepal.  The care home is run by Friends of Needy Children organization.  It rescues children and provides a loving home for boys and girls who are orphaned or abandoned.  Abject poverty, domestic violence and armed conflict have caused many Nepalese children orphaned and homeless.
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  • Orphan Nepalese boys gather around ‘Auntie and Uncle’ in the living room of their care home in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The care home is run by the Friends of Needy Children organization.  It provides a loving home for boys and girls who are orphaned or abandoned.  Abject poverty, domestic violence and armed conflict have caused many Nepalese children orphaned and homeless.  This care home for boys is called ‘J house’ and is at maximum capacity with 18 children of varying ages.
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  • Students at the Wema centre in Mombassa, Kenya, play football. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Students at the Wema centre in Mombassa, Kenya, play football. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Kelvin is living at the Wema centre for boys in Mombassa, Kenya.  He used to live at the rubbish dumpsite. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • At the Wema Centre for boys in Mombassa, Kenya Gilbert sits on his bunk in the shared dormitory. Gilbert used to live at dumpsite collecting waste. He has been at the Wema centre for 1 year. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Blood testing is being carried out at the Voluntary Testing Clinic at the Wema Centre in Mombassa, Kenya. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • A blood test is being carried out at the Voluntary Testing Clinic at the Wema Centre in Mombassa, Kenya. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Children from the Wema centre in Mombassa, Kenya enjoy porridge after visiting the Wema Farm. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Children from the Wema centre in Mombassa, Kenya enjoy porridge after visiting the Wema Farm. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Felix Okumu is the Wema farm supervisor and he shows children from the Wema Centre, Mombassa, Kenya, the farm animals.  Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Children learn farming skills  at the Wema Centre farm, Mombassa, Kenya. Wema provide a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • 13 and 14 year olds study dress making during a lesson at the Wema Centre, Mombassa, Kenya. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Emily Kasichana arrived at Wema from the streets as a child. After gaining an education she now teaches 13 and 14 year olds. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Children K3, (5 – 6 years old) that attend the kindergarten school learn to read and write English during lessons at the Wema Centre, Mombassa, Kenya. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • A child from K3 works out a math question on the blackboard. Children attend the kindergarten school to learn a variety of subjects during lessons at the Wema Centre, Mombassa, Kenya. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • A child from K3 works out a math question on the blackboard. Children attend the kindergarten school to learn a variety of subjects during lessons at the Wema Centre, Mombassa, Kenya. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Wema have encouraged and facilitated an after school choir group that is organised and run by the older girls who live at the centre. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Boys at the Wema centre in Mombassa practice and perform acrobatics as part of their rehabilitation program. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Teenagers at the Wema centre in Mombassa practice dance performance as part of their rehabilitation program. Wema is a NGO organisation in Kenya that provides rehabilitation programs for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Children at the Wema centre in Mombassa attend scout training. Wema provide uniforms as part of a rehabilitation program for street children; poor, disadvantaged youth; and, orphaned and vulnerable children affected by poverty. Emotional support and education enables the children reintegration back into society.
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  • Trade Justice movement delegates with a key to Unlock poverty to give to   the German Ambassador outside the German embassy.
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  • The Civil Rights Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, honours 40 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968 on 3rd March 2020 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The memorial is sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center. The concept of Lins design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water. It was inspired by a passage from Martin Luther Kings speeches.
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  • Downtown drugstore in the evening on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Selma is the main town of Dallas County which has one of the highest rates of poverty in Alabama and one of the most economically depressed towns in America. It was known as the Queen of the Black Belt for its rich soil that proved ideal for highly profitable cotton growing and extended the years of slave labour after the slave trade had been outlawed. Now it struggles with joblessness, drugs and disenfranchisement.
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  • Downtown drugstore in the evening on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Selma is the main town of Dallas County which has one of the highest rates of poverty in Alabama and one of the most economically depressed towns in America. It was known as the Queen of the Black Belt for its rich soil that proved ideal for highly profitable cotton growing and extended the years of slave labour after the slave trade had been outlawed. Now it struggles with joblessness, drugs and disenfranchisement.
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  • Dollar General Store, main street, on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Selma is the main town of Dallas County which has one of the highest rates of poverty in Alabama and one of the most economically depressed towns in America. It was known as the Queen of the Black Belt for its rich soil that proved ideal for highly profitable cotton growing and extended the years of slave labour after the slave trade had been outlawed. Now it struggles with joblessness, drugs and disenfranchisement.
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  • Dollar General Store, main street, on 3rd March 2020 in Selma, Alabama, United States. Selma is the main town of Dallas County which has one of the highest rates of poverty in Alabama and one of the most economically depressed towns in America. It was known as the Queen of the Black Belt for its rich soil that proved ideal for highly profitable cotton growing and extended the years of slave labour after the slave trade had been outlawed. Now it struggles with joblessness, drugs and disenfranchisement.
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