JAKARTA, Indonesia — The mood was tense in this capital city on July 6, 2014, the last day of the presidential campaign. Indonesian progressives, in particular, were frantic. For months their ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Their school has a highway overpass for a roof and a garbage dump behind the blackboard. The classroom often floods, leaving students ankle-deep in filthy water. But the kids ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Somad rarely ventures beyond his impoverished Jakarta neighborhood, but the 14-year-old is now gearing for a trip to Russia next month as a player in the 2018 Street Child World ...

This village has been painted rainbow and it’s all for you. The former “slum” Kampung Pelangi in Randusari, Indonesia, has been given a 300 million Indonesian Rupiah (about $22,000) facelift by the ...

Since 2008, the National Program for Community Empowerment in Urban Areas, known by its acronym PNPM Urban, has helped millions of poor families improve infrastructure in their communities. Covering ...

In 2020, the United Nations’ data revealed that almost 1.1 billion people had been living in slums or slum-like conditions. The UN estimates that by 2050, nearly two billion more individuals will be ...

Somad rarely ventures beyond his impoverished Jakarta neighbourhood, but the 14-year-old is now gearing for a trip to Russia next month as a player in the 2018 Street Child World Cup. It's the journey ...