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Children’s Bridge Foundation: Making futures bright

Lucy was just six years old when both her parents died from HIV/AIDS. She and her siblings, all from the coastal region of Kenya, were

Ghana Medical Help: A 21-year-old’s vision

In 2010, Ghana Medical Help (GMH) founder Kelly Hadfield went to Ghana for the first time. She was volunteering in a hospital in the rural

Amnesty International: Working for human rights

In June 2016, Claudia Medina was one of four women recognized by the Senate of Canada for her work as a human rights defender in

The New Cities Foundation: Building a better future for two thirds of the world’s people

From remote antiquity until the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, people organized themselves in villages and cities through the filters of shared ethnicity, language and

Crossroads International: Empowering women

Fatou Kiné Fall felt trapped. For more than two years, the Senegalese woman suffered at the hands of her abusive husband. She desperately wanted to

International development: More than safe bets

It’s rare that you get to see the fruits of development work up close, let alone hold it in your hands or feed it to

Agents of change in global conservation

Painted in black and red, donning their best plumed headgear and armed with bows, arrows and the staunchest determination, they were dressed in full war

Helping after the Philippines’ Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan — the strongest storm ever to hit landfall — ripped through central Philippines in November 2013, killing more than 6,000 people and destroying

Home is where the heart is

In the aftermath of a disaster, access to shelter — along with the other basic human needs of food, water and health care — is