Each night, around 20,000 people--both adults and children--make the streets of Dhaka (the capital city of Bangladesh) their home. Living amongst the noise, rubbish, and traffic, thousands of families walk down the streets of Dhaka, looking for a safe place to rest for just a few hours each night. Trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, the…

A partnership of nongovernmental organizations developed a model of integrated community development centers (CDICs) to address the lack of services and affordable basic necessities in poor barrios surrounding many Latin American cities. A CDIC in a Guayaquil (Ecuador) barrio provides wholesale goods and credit to barrio shopkeepers and…

Presented is the 5th annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office (SEOO). The purpose of the report is to provide interested agencies, public officials, and the general public an overview of SEOO programs operating in Arizona. The report gives descriptions and purposes of these various programs and discusses grants received by…

Presented is the 4th annual report of the Arizona State Economic Opportunity Office. The purpose of the report is to provide interested agencies, public officials, and the general public an overview of Office of Economic Opportunity programs operating in the State of Arizona. The report gives brief descriptions and purposes of the various…