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Water Tours, Central African Republic, Tourism

08 Dec Water Tours in the Central African Republic

Posted at 17:22h in Business, Community, Conflict, Infrastructure, International Development, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Tourism, Water by Florence Praly 1 Comment

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Imagine a Country with Almost No Access to Clean Water… I often ask people to count how many water points they have in their homes. On average people say 4 to 6, at least (shower, toilets, sinks, washing machine, etc.). Imagine now that in the Central...

05 Dec Opportunity & Freedom in Sri Lanka

Posted at 13:10h in Children, Community, Conflict, Freedom, Poverty, Youth by Gabi Fernandes 0 Comments

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Creating Opportunity and Restoring Freedom from Guinea-Bissau to Sri Lanka I was 14 years old when I took a week off from school to join my church on a mission trip to Guinea-Bissau. Filled with excitement and hope for adventure, I boarded a plane that would...

24 Nov Holding Leaders Accountable in Nepal

Posted at 16:01h in Accountability, Advocacy, Community, Education, Infrastructure, Policy, Young People, Youth by Saurav Raj Pant 0 Comments

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Equipping Nepali Youth to Hold their Leaders Accountable for Development Solutions in their Communities I have always been interested in community service, having noticed many development malfunctions in my country, Nepal. Over the course of my journey to challenge those malfunctions, I came across Youth Initiative...

Soshanguve, South Africa, Community Development, INNERCHANGE

17 Nov Community Development in South Africa

Posted at 15:44h in Community, Poverty, Social Justice, Youth by Debbie Horrocks 0 Comments

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Empowering Changemakers in the township of Soshanguve We arrived in South Africa nearly three years ago filled with good intentions to make a difference. We had followed a sense of calling and found ourselves living and serving in the township of Soshanguve. Our organisation InnerCHANGE has small...

Refugee Services of Texas, Refugees Welcome, USA

15 Nov Welcoming Refugees to Texas

Posted at 12:51h in Business, Community, Conflict, Empathy, Freedom, Refugees by Maggie Goessler 4 Comments

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Settling Refugees into a New Life in Texas and Making Them Feel Welcome The state of Texas settles the largest number of refugees in the United States. In the past year, most refugees have come from Myanmar, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Somalia. Some...

Hoboken Shelter, Feeding the Homeless, USA

10 Nov Feeding the Homeless in the US

Posted at 16:46h in Community, Empathy, Food, Homelessness, Young People, Youth by Gabriela Machado 3 Comments

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No matter how disappointed we may be in what the American people have collectively chosen, we must never forget that individuals have the power to make a difference. Since moving to New Jersey in September for my year of service with the Episcopal Service Corps (NEWARK ACTS)...

02 Nov Empowering Youth in France

Posted at 13:33h in Advocacy, Business, Community, Education, Empathy, International Development, Leadership, Peace, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by Amy Faulkner 0 Comments

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Empowering Future Young Leaders from Urban and Rural Areas around France and the World My name is Amy Faulkner and I am currently interning at YES Akademia— a small for-social-profit global grassroots organisation— during my year abroad from the University of Cambridge, which I am spending in Paris....

Disaster Resilience, Kenya, Drought, Flood, Famine

27 Oct Disaster Resilience in Kenya

Posted at 12:56h in Agriculture, Children, Community, Disaster Resilience, Education, Environment, Young People, Youth by Fladwel Rawinji 3 Comments

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Empowering Young Kenyans to Understand Disasters, Assess Risks and Develop Resilience to Droughts, Floods, Fires, Famines and Attacks As I write this, it's in the news - five counties in the Coast region of my country, Kenya, are facing starvation. According to Kenya's National Drought Management...

Women for Women International, War, University of St Andrews

24 Oct Rebuilding the lives of Women after War

Posted at 16:56h in Community, Conflict, Education, International Development, Leadership, Women by Marnie Adamson 0 Comments

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“It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern wars.” -Deputy Force Commander of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008. For several years now, I have been involved with a society at the University of St Andrews...

13 Oct Transforming HIV Positive Lives in Zimbabwe

Posted at 14:20h in Advocacy, Community, Empathy, Healthcare, HIV, Young People, Youth by Maximina Jokonya 6 Comments

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From Zvandiri Beneficiary to Mentor, Counsellor and Voice for HIV Positive Children, Adolescents and Young People across Zimbabwe. I was born HIV positive in 1991, and in 2004 my health deteriorated to a point where I could not even walk for almost two years. In 2006, l commenced...