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Housing Beyond Reach

Housing Beyond Reach

Economic prosperity is an oddity of some sort, an irony at best, especially for marginalised communities in Thailand and Malaysia. According to experts, the economy is expanding, but based on what I have observed dur ...

They seek dreams to escape the nightmarish reality

They seek dreams to escape the nightmarish reality

Day and night, the poor continue their struggle in a realm that offers little in compassion. Urban poverty in Kuala Lumpur. Society embracing moral bankruptcy.   ...

The Slum is the Measure of Civilization

The Slum is the Measure of Civilization

Photos taken by Zashnain of a small slum near to Soi Chan 16, Sathorn. We’re seeing a negative change in Bangkok, of heightened apathy and further marginalization of the urban poor and the homeless.   &nbs ...

More First Nations Children Removed From Their Homes Than Ever Before

More First Nations Children Removed From Their Homes Than Ever Before

Three times more First Nations children are removed from their families today than at the peak of the residential school system in 1949. Then, approximately 8,900 aboriginal children were taken from their fami ...