Shoprite’s R5 Initiative The issue of hygiene poverty affects millions of South Africans. Approximately 14 million individuals – one in five people – face challenges in affording basic toiletries. To ...

This initiative, the Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic, encompasses 18 countries, ranging from fragile and conflict-affected states to middle-income countries.

THE Shoprite Group, in partnership with Gift of the Givers have saved the drought-stricken community of Kokstad. This after they donated pallets of water and sent a soup kitchen to the Riverview­ ...

Millions more Brits are experiencing hygiene poverty this year as cost of living worsens New research has found that 2.2 million families across the UK are facing a choice between eating, heating ...

New research found 17% of UK adults report going without at least one hygiene product in the last six months, with 4.4 million experiencing hygiene poverty since 2025 ...

Money Household & Bills Parenting Hygiene poverty hits UK hard as families go without essentials to feed children A nationwide study has uncovered the lengths parents are going to in order to ...

The initiative coincides with a poll of 500 adults experiencing hygiene poverty which found they are going without essentials like deodorant, toothpaste, and hot showers to ensure their families ...

It’s no secret: Many people in our coverage area are living in poverty. People we see every day would go without meals and clothing if not for the kindness of ...

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.