Rwanda: Surviving poverty, pregnancy, and a global pandemic
“None of our business is working because the borders are closed because of COVID-19.” Gaudance and her husband are hard workers. Her husband used to be a truck driver, transporting goods from Rwanda into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gaudance also worked...
Iraq: Can refugees survive a second lockdown?
Many countries around the world are slowly emerging from their lockdowns … but Iraq is plunging right back into another one. More than 400 coronavirus cases were reported on June 1, making it the highest number in a single day for the Middle Eastern country. As a...
Three siblings. No parents. And now no food …
Tau, Chimini, and Daxa are only teenagers, but their lifetime has been full of struggles. Growing up in Nepal, these two sisters and their older brother have known heartache from a young age. Their father died from cancer several years ago, and their mother went...
Teléfora was drowning. You helped rescue her
To this day, near the deadly shoals of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, stand several life-saving stations from the 19th century. A life-saving station was used as a way to patrol the waters for shipwrecks, especially during storms. Brave men known as surfmen would...
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.