Bjorn Steinz
March 21, 2012 – 10:38 am | Comments Off

 

Björn Steinz began his photographic career at a local newspaper close to Frankfurt. Having worked as a volunteer in refugee camps during the war in the former Yugoslavia and traveled in Latin America, he decided …

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The Bully Project – update
August 8, 2011 – 7:36 am | No Comment
The Bully Project – update

Bullying is a serious epidemic in the American school system and it is unfortunately an issue that is often belittled. Bullying can have serious psychological effects on children that can easily lead to suicidal depression. …

CHF International
November 5, 2010 – 7:29 am | No Comment
CHF International

CHF International was started in 1952 to provide low-income housing in the United States, but its mission and influence has long since moved past strictly housing in the United States to encompass health care, emergency …

Neil Gaiman’s “Modest Proposal” for Halloween
October 26, 2010 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Neil Gaiman’s “Modest Proposal” for Halloween

Halloween is coming up next weekend, and some folks are thinking beyond trick-or-treating and costumes and coming up with new traditions. Last Saturday, author Neil Gaiman (Coraline, American Gods) posted a “Modest Proposal” for his …

AIDG
October 25, 2010 – 10:07 am | No Comment
AIDG

Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, or AIDG, is a different kind of NGO. AIDG understands that not every community is created the same way. Many communities are facing similar problems like access to electricity, clean water, …

Kalabante School and Artcirq
October 21, 2010 – 12:08 pm | One Comment

What could a group of Inuit teenagers possibly have in common with impoverished children of Guinea, West Africa? As it turns out, people from all corners of the world all love the circus.
Cirque Eloise acrobats …

Caleb’s Hope
October 20, 2010 – 12:47 pm | No Comment
Caleb’s Hope

In Northern Uganda, women and children are ostracized and left to die by their communities because they carry the stigma of being a former child soldier and being HIV-positive. Caleb’s Hope has made it their …