Jakarta, Indonesia, March 31, 2008— -- In Kelurahan Penjaringan, one of Jakarta's largest slums, clean drinking water is a luxury for the families who live here. Diseases such as malaria ...

Yet slums packed with trash and less-than-dollar-a-day poverty still occupy much of the Jakarta checkerboard. YCAB Foundation CEO Veronica Colondam at her office on Oct. 9, 2013 (photo by Chris ...

Story Highlights; Ronny Poluan leads tours of a Jakarta slum to show visitors the 'real' capital; Tours cost about $34 -- half of that goes to Poluan, the other half to the locals ...

Photos: Jakarta, the Sinking Megacity. The Indonesian capital is one of the world’s fastest-growing megacities. But with the triple threat of a booming population, climate change and miles upon miles ...

Urban poverty is often hidden, relegated to neighborhoods tourists rarely visit. But in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ronny Poluan gives guided tours of city slums to tourists. Critics say he ...

Roughly half of Jakarta comprises slums, according to a statement from the government. “This is the fact of slums in Jakarta. We along with the World Bank have determined that […] 118 out of ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Their ... This is one of the five Kartini Emergency Schools scattered around Jakarta’s slums. Financed and run by twin sisters Sri Rosyanti and Sri Irianti, 54, ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Hidden in the alleyways behind Jakarta's fancy malls and in between the high-rise apartment buildings is what Ronny Poluan, a former film maker, calls the "real Jakarta." ...

Slum dwellers living by Jakarta's biggest dam are told to leave Close. This year, flooding has killed 20 people in Indonesia's capital Jakarta.

TOURISTS visiting Jakarta's slums to see how locals really live have been accused of "poverty tourism".

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung has pledged to upgrade all of the city’s slum areas by 2027 without relocating any residents, but many remain skeptical, recalling past administrations that ...

Portland-based Mercy Corps is at work in Jakarta's slums, where problems with sanitation and water stand in stark contrast to the image of Indonesia as an increasingly prosperous society.