To have women coming together in order to learn and to be empowered, this is one of the most difficult challenges.

The current situation in Somalia not only threatens the lives of Somalis, but also people beyond its borders.

Enrolling the world’s poorest children in school needs new thinking, not just more money from taxpayers.

Each project aims to be self sustaining within 2 years of opening, and is achieved through local enterprise and investment schemes.

In a land full of corrupt leaders, Lisa Shannon has assumed responsibility.

Tomorrow’s fugitive will live in a slum, not under canvas

Everyone has too much of something, whether it’s time, talent or treasure.

Supplying adjustable glasses for the world’s poor may be one of the most valuable investments around.

At least two million children are endangered after the tremendous earthquake in Haiti. In addition to individual traumata they suffer hunger, thirst and from serious injuries.

“The great irony of being poor is that you are too poor to save, but too poor not to save.” – What we need is a savings revolution.

One category of victims of the military dictatorship that gets far less attention is Burma’s ethnic minorities.

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” — President Dwight Eisenhower

While traveling in Phnom Penh, Guy Jacobson encountered a barrage of young girls, some just 5-years old, aggressively soliciting prostitution.

Valentino’s school — a modern high school serving students from thousands of square miles.