International stories

The Crossroads equation: Multiplying lives released from poverty

The Crossroads equation: Multiplying lives released from poverty

The day the copper mines changed hands was a huge blow for the people of Kitwe in Zambia. The government...

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Uganda: Education, training and health

Uganda: Education, training and health

Education, training and health “Education is a major problem here, since most of the children do not go to...

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Uganda: HIV Care and prevention

Uganda: HIV Care and prevention

HIV care and prevention The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Uganda has caused untold misery for children there, with large numbers...

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Cameroon: Community development

Cameroon: Community development

Community development Most of Cameroon’s poor live in rural areas. While poverty is slowly decreasing in the cities, people...

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Uganda: Care for young children at risk

Uganda: Care for young children at risk

Care for young children at risk When Florence, of Uganda, used to travel to school as a young girl,...

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Ghana: Investing in education

Ghana: Investing in education

Investing in education “How many computers do you have in your computer lab?” asked our team member, visiting a...

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Davos 2016: Changing the world at 35,000 feet

Davos 2016: Changing the world at 35,000 feet

In groups of 40, they left behind their identities as multinational CEOs, political leaders and businessmen, and took on...

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Uganda: New hope for the fatherless

Uganda: New hope for the fatherless

Kato doesn’t know why his parents abandoned him. They left their home in rural Uganda one day in 2009,...

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Fiji: A second chance at school

Fiji: A second chance at school

Lelei*, like many in Fiji, does not live the picture postcard life. It’s gorgeous in the tourist brochures, but,...

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