Viajando por Asia José Carlos León Vargas pudo ver que la pobreza no tiene límites. De la clase media y culta de México, ha dedicado su vida a los más pobres entre los pobres, empezando con aquellos en las afueras de su ciudad natal. Mike Lowe reporta:

Au cours de ses voyages en Asie, José Carlos León Vargas a découvert que la pauvreté n’a pas de frontières. Issu de la bourgeoisie mexicaine, il consacre sa vie aux plus pauvres d’entre les pauvres, à commencer par ceux qui vivent aux abords de sa ville natale.  Lire la suite >>

It was the summer of '92 and I was ripe for picking. Caring friends had finally managed to steer me in the direction of Caux, the international Centre for Initiatives of Change in Switzerland, and two weeks there changed my life.

A poem by Gillian Aicken

The hurricane and its horrifying aftermath may prove to be the tipping point that causes Americans to rethink our values, priorities and lifestyles.

Paul Williams discovers that security is not just a military issue.

Two great windows of opportunity will swing open this year in the fight against world poverty, surely one of the most pressing moral issues of our age. Poverty kills 6,000 children each week—the equivalent of a tsunami a month.

At the end of last year, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) brought out a sobering report. For every child in the world today who enjoys the security of home, school, healthcare and regular meals, one does not.

The Micro Loan Foundation is working for long-term sustainable development in Malawi as opposed to providing temporary solutions. As celebrity patron Bob Geldof says, ‘To treat someone as an adult human being with a stake in his or her future is the essence of sound empirical business sense.’

Young Australian Tom Duncan (centre front) with Women's group in Hou Nao village, China.

A friendly child gives Tom Duncan the courage to climb China’s contemporary Great Wall.