Working Hard for The Money: To Make Ends Meet, Folks are Working While Sick

August 31, 2013 by Dr. Phillip E Clark  
Published in Women

Across the planet, about one in every seven of us lives in extreme poverty, having to survive on less than $1.25 a day. Every day, they and the millions more living just above the poverty line struggle to have enough to eat, and dream of a better life and of earning enough to provide for their families.

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