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Skid Row is an American heavy metal band, formed in 1986 in Toms River, New Jersey. Their current lineup comprises bassist Rachel Bolan, guitarists Dave Sabo and Scotti Hill, drummer Rob Hammersmith and ...
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Poverty
State of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money
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Poverty is not having enough material possessions or income for a person's needs. Poverty may include social, economic, and political elements.
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Darwin Ramos (December 17, 1994 – September 23, 2012) was a Filipino street child and waste picker that became Servant of God of the Catholic Church. Darwin discovered Catholic faith when he was 11 years ...
Date of birth: 17 December 1994
Date of death: 23 September 2012
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Jack Tafari (born 31 October 1946 in Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom, died 20 April 2016 in Accra, Ghana) was a sometimes homeless Rastafari activist who advocated for himself and other homeless people ...
Date of birth: 31 October 1946
Date of death: 20 April 2016
Nationality: American
Occupation: Activist
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Dumpster diving (also totting, skipping, skip diving or skip salvage,) is salvaging from large commercial, residential, industrial and construction containers unused items discarded by their owners, but ...
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Rags to riches
Any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth
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Rags to riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, and in some cases from absolute obscurity to heights of fame, fortune and celebrity—sometimes instantly. This is a ...
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Microfinance
Provision of microloans to poor entrepreneurs and small businesses
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Microfinance is a category of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses who lack access to conventional banking and related services. Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision ...
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Noise pollution
Excessive, displeasing human, animal, or machine-created environmental noise
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Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with harmful impact on the activity of human or animal life. The source of outdoor noise worldwide is ...
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Homelessness
Living in housing that is below standard or nonexistent
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Homelessness is defined as living in housing that is below the minimum standard or lacks secure tenure. People can be categorized as homeless if they are: living on the streets (primary homelessness); ...
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Robert Curvin (February 23, 1934 – September 30, 2015) was an advocate for Newark, New Jersey. He lived in the Vailsburg section of Newark, and he devoted much scholarly effort to the issue of urban p ...
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Pauline Dixon is a Professor of International Development and Education at Newcastle University in North East England. She is the Co-Director of the Global Challenges Academy and the Newcastle University ...
Nationality: British
Occupation: Theorist
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Ingrid Munro founded Jamii Bora.
Nationality: Kenyan
Occupation: Finance Professional
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In economics, a poverty trap or cycle of poverty are caused by self-reinforcing mechanisms that cause poverty, once it exists, to persist unless there is outside intervention. It can persist across ge ...
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Working poor
Working people whose incomes fall below the poverty line
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The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income. These are people who spend at least 27 weeks in a year working ...
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A person's livelihood (derived from life-lode, "way of life"; cf. OG lib-leit) refers to their "means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life". Livelihood is defined ...
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Poverty reduction, or poverty alleviation, is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift people out of poverty.
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Poorhouse
Facility providing housing for poor people
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A poorhouse or workhouse is a government-run (usually by a county or municipality) facility to support and provide housing for the dependent or needy.
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Diseases of poverty (also known as poverty related diseases) are diseases that are more prevalent in low-income populations. They include infectious diseases, as well as diseases related to malnutrition ...
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