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The founder of a Minnesota-based charity was convicted Wednesday of hatching a brazen ruse that pilfered close to $250 million in pandemic relief funds from a federal program meant to feed hungry ...

A CHARITY supporting children with terminal illnesses says it is facing a significant price hike after learning its beach hut was to be demolished. BCP Council revealed plans to tear down a row of 29 ...

Rhun ap Iorwerth said child poverty ‘remains a national stain’ with children ‘not even afforded the decency of good health and the bare essentials’. Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has ...

Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has said his party would launch a payment to tackle child poverty (Ben Birchall/PA Wire) Plaid Cymru will launch a “transformational” payment to tackle the ...

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Weight management programmes for obese or overweight children may be effective, but their impact has been hampered by low uptake and completion rates, an evaluation of eight pilot projects across ...

One of Islam's five pillars, Zakat is not just a religious obligation; it can be a means to combat poverty, uplift communities, and restore dignity to those in need. Among society's most ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A fire that hit a poor Roma settlement in eastern Slovakia killed five people, four of them children, officials said on Thursday. The town hall in Velky Saris said ...

A KIND-HEARTED gesture from two village pubs near Rugby is helping the town’s centre for the homeless to feed hungry mouths. Hope4 has welcomed the first donations of lunch pack-ups from The George in ...

The village of Chrysomilia in Central Greece is renowned for families with many children. Credit: Facebook/Freinds of Chrysomilia A village in Greece defies the demographic crisis in the country by ...

Officials of the Health and Tribal Welfare departments on Friday shifted to a care home three tribal children found in a makeshift tree house at Valiayaparkkutty in Mankulam panchayat in Idukki .