The Haitians, for all their desperate poverty, have not given up.
Before these programs were created, most American workers lived their last years in desperate poverty.
Many immigrants, fleeing lands of desperate poverty, find even bad jobs a step up.
Those hopes have fallen short at nearly every turn, and for reasons that go beyond Haiti's desperate poverty.
The number of families living in desperate poverty has dropped.
In spite of poor health and the most desperate poverty, he made rapid progress.
They live in desperate poverty, without economic or political hope.
Donna grew up in desperate poverty, sometimes going for days without food.
South Africa has many problems, such as desperate poverty and terrifying crime.
Just £10 a month could give a child and family a chance to overcome desperate poverty.