World Water Day: The Joy of Clean Water
As soon as I stepped off the plane in Comayagua, Honduras, I noticed it — the heat. To a girl coming from the United States in February, Honduras was hot. The heat only intensified as my group rode a bus three hours south. With highs predicted in the upper 90s,...
Sudan’s Civil War: Stories from Survivors
Danielle heard the rumblings. Felt the ground shake beneath her feet. She and her children barely had time to dive under the bed before the bombs started falling. They were trapped. The explosions seemed to come from every direction. They grew louder, closer,...
Manila: Poverty in One of the World’s Most Crowded Cities
A funeral procession makes its way through Manila’s expansive North Cemetery. They walk past rows of concrete tombs, which are placed above ground rather than buried, according to Filipino cultural practice. The atmosphere, however, is far from mournful....
Clean Water Changes Everything!
The alarm beeps loudly — it’s time to start your day. You get out of bed and head to the sink, splashing water on your face to wake up. It’s early Monday morning, so you add a little extra water to the coffee pot before turning it on. The kids wake up, and you make...
From the Field: One family in Burundi’s struggle to survive
Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Countless families suffer from starvation and malnutrition, one of the leading killers of children under 5. The people who live there are doing everything they can to survive … but every day feels harder...
Every day, I try to live my life in such a way that I accomplish at least one thing that will outlive me and last for eternity.