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Brazilian model is found wandering the streets of Rio slum a year after she vanished New York 

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Brazilian model who appeared on cover of Elle and Grazia is found wandering the streets of Rio slum a year after she vanished from her home in New York Ex-model Eloisa Pinto Fontes, 26, was found ‘disorientated’ in a favela in Brazil  She had disappeared from New York City – where she lived – a … Read more

‘It was a real eye opener’: Ryan Thomas reveals his trip to Indian slum was a wake-up call 

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He recently detailed the struggles of raising his newborn son without his family amid the coronavirus lockdown.  And Ryan Thomas continued to reflect after claiming his trip to an Indian slum, for the upcoming ITV series Absolutely India: Mancs in Mumbai, helped him make sense of life.  The former Coronation Street star, 35, said the month-long … Read more

Race to stop coronavirus rampaging through Asia’s ‘biggest slum’ in Mumbai after man catches virus

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Authorities in India are battling to stop coronavirus ripping though a vast slum in Mumbai with a population of more than half a million people after two fatalities from the virus were recorded. Indian police barricaded parts of the area, which is one of Asia’s biggest slums, after two coronavirus deaths, including a 56-year-old man … Read more

How Odisha’s slum rehabilitation project is transforming lives, winning awards

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Written by Sampad Patnaik | Bhubaneswar | Updated: December 16, 2019 6:57:39 am Formal land rights have had a transformational impact says Tatilu. (Express) Pk Tatilu, 36, runs a tailoring shop out of his one-room asbestos house in Nolia Sahi, which is one of the oldest slums in Puri’s temple town of Konark. Father to … Read more