It is one of the leading anti-poverty agencies working directly with over one million poor in Kenya.

Mrs. Brooks, who has worked for 26 years at an anti-poverty agency, pleaded with her son to open the letters, but he told her to stay out of his business.

The City of Boston designated ABCD as its official anti-poverty agency.

At its height in 1969, the Office of Economic Opportunity, the era's main anti-poverty agency, never spent more than $2 billion a year.

They work with hotels to see that toiletries are not thrown into the garbage, but instead shared with local anti-poverty agencies.

Status: Working part time for Boston's anti-poverty agency, Action for Boston Community Development.

ActionAid Australia is a rights based anti-poverty agency addressing the root causes of poverty and injustice.

It is part of an international anti-poverty agency active in over 40 countries across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

"We shouldn't say this is not an expansion of the war," countered Rummy, then head of the anti-poverty agency, "that's just not credible."

He is a member of the Democratic State Committee and the Advisory Committee for Project Hope, an anti-poverty agency in Boston.