WE NEED HELP: A Cameroon organization calls for assistance for the disabled
After many years of working in what I've come to call ‘the orphan industry’, one gets a gut feeling about requests for help. As anyone reading the comments on a...
volunteer
GET OFF THE TOURIST BUS: 6 ways volunteering abroad will change your outlook
The only way to truly know another culture is to get off the tourist bus and be a part of the lives of the citizens. I’ve volunteered abroad in several coun...
SERVICE LEARNING: Volunteer-based education in the community
Community engagement has become a buzz word for colleges and universities trying to find ways out of the ivory tower and onto the street below. De...
‘TIS THE SEASON: 4 ways to take commercialism out of your holiday festivities
December. That month when people invade shopping malls looking for the perfect gifts for the people they care about. Even young children know that after all tha...
TEARS OF HUNGER: He’s her eyes and she’s his future…darkness.
October 23, 2008
Somewhere in Zambia
Standing in front of a human being shedding a single tear that barely has the strength to roll down is numbing. The sensa...
PEOPLE WHO CARE: Dr. Cary Rasof—to heal the world and know the truth
My life was a hard life. Who I was wasn’t the norm and feeling different from others I never felt like I fit in. Often times, I would look up at the sky and wonder where my place was in the vastness of it all...
EVERYDAY ACTIVISM: Six steps we can take to change the world
Climate change. Genetically-Modified Food. Cancer. Poverty. War. Sometimes it's hard to get up in the morning and be fearless, to have courage and to care. That's why I started interviewing...
THE ORPHAN INDUSTRY: How to avoid corruption and sponsor an orphan effectively
Caring for children as a way to make money is a profession as old as prostitution. The hands that grab the cash are usually not the hands that so desperately need...