According to the World Bank, in 2011 India was home to approximately 20% of the world population living under the poverty line. That means a staggering 180 million people live on less than $1.25 per day. Nagma, 19, from Mumbai, was one of these people. For years she was held in her own home, […]

For the past 16 years, Red Deportes y Cooperacion (RDC) has harnessed our universal love of competition to inspire hope in children who have known hardship their whole lives.  They also work to reintegrate immigrants and refugees who are often left without money, homes, or the support of family and friends.  RDC operates in impoverished […]

  Pierre Esperaldo is thirteen years old, born and raised in Citè Soleil, Haiti. With 30 gangs fighting over 8.4 square miles of land, it is considered to be one of the most dangerous places on earth. In his own words, Pierre was a “street kid” who knew how to “cause trouble… make people scared […]

  It may be It may hard for many Americans to imagine, but the ideas of soap, regular hand-washing, and flushable toilets are not universal. Not all societies can take the benefits of good hygiene for granted. Diarrhea caused by dirty water, poor sanitation, and bad hygiene kills more children worldwide than malaria, measles, and […]