A shipping container saved a baby born during Cyclone Idai
As the forceful winds shook her home, Chipo was more focused on the storm raging inside her body. Contraction after contraction surged through her as Cyclone Idai hit Zimbabwe. And as the weather worsened, so did Chipo’s labor pains. She knew she needed to get to the...
Read baby Jesula’s heartbreaking story
Baby Jesula might still be alive today if a clinic in Haiti had been furnished with the equipment it needed.Jesula’s parents and three brothers had looked forward to her arrival for months. They were so excited to finally have another baby in the house. But when...
A shipping container changes the story
I’ll never forget the faces of South Sudan’s children. Their eyes and cheeks were hollow, their limbs bony. Their stomachs were rounded and swollen — the painful effect of a prolonged fight with malnutrition. They moved slowly, their bodies lacking the energy they...
How one girl got her future back
Aline knows what it’s like to feel empty all the time. Her father died when she was young, leaving her mother to care for five children alone. This is difficult under any circumstances, but in rural Rwanda, poverty makes it nearly impossible for a single parent to...
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.