What happens when your child has a serious medical emergency, but you live in a developing country and can’t afford treatment? All too often, poverty turns easily treatable conditions into death sentences. Parents are forced to watch as their children suffer without...
Clean water can transform communities. At the most basic level, clean drinking water increases overall health, sanitation, and hygiene. Access to it also creates opportunities for pursuing education and employment, and promotes gender equality for women and girls who...
Bangkok, Thailand is the last stop in my journey—and it’s here where the horrors of the international sex industry seem to culminate. There’s an estimated 15,000 sex workers in one area of the city alone, and thousands of individuals from around the world come to...
I’m continuing my journey on to Pattaya, Thailand—a beautiful coastal city . . . and home to an estimated 30-50,000 sex workers. It’s hard to imagine that this relatively small city is one of the sex capitals of the world. In fact, this is where Thailand’s sex tourism...
Ingrid had a feeling something wasn’t right, but she was not prepared for the news she would receive from the medical center. The word cancer struck her with excruciating force. How would she afford the surgery she needed? Who would care for her two young children if...