Babies were snatched off the streets by strangers in passing cars. Or taken from day-care centers or church basements where they played. Or stolen from hospitals, right after birth, passed from doc… ...

In “Walking the Bowl,” Chris Lockhart and Daniel Mulilo Chama stumble upon a real-life murder mystery in a dump in Zambia.

Another study found that on some tests of mental ability street children scored higher than poor children with no experience of life on the streets. Graham Pluck concludes: ...

Shammah Children’s Home shelters children, who were either abandoned in the streets, hospitals or in churches. The proprietor relies on well-wishers to buy food and pay school fees for the children.

According to the Consortium For Street Children (CSC), a street child is defined as "one for whom the street has become his/her abode and/or source of livelihood; and who is inadequately protected ...

How can we improve the earnings of poor children when they become adults? The best way is to raise their educational attainment and skills. The evidence suggests we should invest more resources in ...

In 1804, at the dawn of a new century, concerned residents and public officials believed it was time for a York County-operated home to care for poor people.

An overwhelming share of Americans aren’t confident their children’s lives will be better than their own, according to a new Wall Street Journal-NORC Poll that shows growing skepticism about ...

For instance, a poor child who grows up in Minneapolis, where there's greater integration between low-income and wealthy kids, reaches an average income of $34,300 by age 35 — or almost $10,000 ...

In Bangladesh, people may not be as exposed to the types of ads that are common in the Global North, seeking support to sponsor a poor child in an impoverished land. The images in those ads ...