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Palestinians receive food packages from the World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2024

'Liberating Gaza': A path forward to save Gazan Palestinians from poverty

By NEVILLE TELLER

A 15-year-old Rohingya boy, who said he was abducted for conscription by a military-aligned Rohingya insurgent group, poses for a picture in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, June 26, 2024.

'I am suffering deep down': Myanmar's poor travel to India to sell their organs

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Children at Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school read together

Language development gaps widening among young Israeli children due to gov’t errors, lack of equity

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Dedication of Food Truck Highlights Multi-Agency Partnership In Fighting Hunger

IFCJ partners with Leket to combat food insecurity in Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The face of childhood housing poverty

Just under 20% of American-Jewish households struggling to make ends meet

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Yael Lavie

Here's how one Israeli executive pivoted to make more of a difference in the world

By Yael Lavie

Met Council.

Met Council expects to feed 300,000 poor New Yorkers over Passover

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Married at age 8 to an abusive husband and divorced by 9, Sana has devoted herself to pursuing an education, paving a path for similarly underprivileged girls.

Divorced at 9, Pakistani tribal girl earns degree in English literature

By ARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Breast milk has been prove to be more beneficial than baby formula.

Requests for baby food spike since start of Israel-Hamas War

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Nicole Yoder, Vice President for Aid and Aliyah of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ), with Eli Cohen, CEO Pitchon-Lev

WATCH: Helping Israel is essential for Christian Zionists

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family performs the Kaparot ritual in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood, September 20, 2015

Israel ranks low in OECD children’s poverty standings

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Children visit a makeshift memorial in Ofakim, where B'ezri is providing assistance to those in greatest need in the aftermath of the loss of 50 community members who gave their lives in defense of the city.

B'ezri: Commitment to combat poverty - opinion

By SORI TROPPER

American Volunteer Drea Rice

WATCH: A Pitchon-Lev volunteer tells her story

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Palestinians gather to collect water, amid shortages of drinking water, as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 15, 2023.

IDF: Hamas officials keeping Gazans in poverty, suffering

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Eli Cohen, CEO, Pithon-Lev

Pitchon-Lev - Israel's beating heart in peace and in war

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

CEO of Pitchon Lev Eli Cohen

Pitchon Lev CEO calls for price controls in face of rising food prices

By ZACHY HENNESSEY

Homeless person on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.

Poor and working-class Jews are underrepresented in pop culture, new analysis argues

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA