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简介：Urbanization,rural-to-urbanmigration,industrializationandmodernizationhaveresultedintheerosionoftraditionalfamily,communityandkinnetworksindifferentregionsoftheworld.ContemporarysocietiesintheEast,West,NorthandSouthareundergoingabreakdownofsocialcohesion.Especiallyinurbanenvironments,care-givingforchildren,thefrailandtheelderlyisinawkwardsituation.Asagrassrootsresponsetotheseglobalissues,MotherCentreshavebeenbuiltupin16countriesintheworldtosupportfamilies,especiallypoorfamilies,ofmanyethnicbackgrounds,inprovidingawiderangeofclosetohomeservicesaswellashelpingtheparentstodevelopsurvivalskills.

简介：监测拉丁美洲的城市实施千年发展目标的情况需要对贫困定义不同的衡量尺度.这种监测同时还要求对贫困人口有更好的确定方法,并且需要通过最佳范例找出减少城市贫困人口的最佳模式.