Tag: poverty

Les Miserable, Victor Hugo (1862)

Les Miserable, Victor Hugo (1862)

Source: www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm#link2H_4_0002 VOLUME I.—FANTINE. PREFACE So long as there shall exist, by virtue of law and custom, decrees of damnation pronounced by society, artificially creating hells amid the civilization …

 

Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?

Does a child die of hunger every 10 seconds?

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22935692 Every 15 seconds a child dies of hunger, says a campaign by charities urging G8 leaders to pledge more aid for the world’s poorest families …