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I've spent most of my life in extreme poverty. I really want to see change
Anthony Kalulu, a farmer in Uganda, says he has reason to doubt will to help the world’s poorest after the pandemicBeing poor, black and from sub-Saharan Africa is the hardest thing you can ever be. But that is what I am.Before Covid-19 came, extreme poverty had largely become a problem of only one part of the world – sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Bank in 2018, the region was projected to host more than 90% of the world’s extreme poor by 2030. Continue reading...
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