“My story is very much about making a plan and then life happens,” says Tracy Hutchinson Wallace, Corporate Communications Officer at Habitat for Humanity in Trinidad and Tobago, the southernmost Caribbean islands.

The Africa Windmill Project promotes irrigation and make the hunger season history in landlocked Malawi.

Flooding of the River Shabelle in Hiiraan and Lower Shabelle riverine areas imperils Beletweyne town, Somalia.

Coaching championship women’s soccer in the U.S. prepared Kalekeni Banda to seek a big win for boys and girls back home in rural Malawi.

The rewards Yves Trionnaire enjoyed as a global management consultant pale, he says, compared to his current role at an NGO that assists disadvantaged children and their families in Peru.

A new pact between Brazil and the United States adds raw 21st century injustice to the shameful annals of racism in the Americas.

To empower rural Ugandans, Musana breaks a cycle rooted in colonial legacy.

Instead of surrendering to a merciless fate, Omona Innocent now rescues other young Ugandans from the tragic consequences of civil war.

Few places on earth test NGOs more than The Federal Republic of Somalia, whose 13.6 million residents cope with massive challenges.

Community health often hinges on cultural issues. This vital insight guides an NGO that helps communities create and implement healthcare solutions. 

Kythoni, Inc., supplies food, water, education, shelter and health care to people in need. The name Kythoni, from the Greek word for quince, the fabled fruit of love, recalls the wisdom of Mother Teresa.

Landmark human rights legislation gains meaning when it becomes everyday law. In Ghana and elsewhere, obstacles often block that path. Enter Youth Bridge Foundation, an NGO based in Accra, Ghana’s capital.

Healthy messages for girls worldwide often start with profound questions that mentors can inform.

As one of only 200 Africans selected by the Obama Foundation in 2018 to its Africa Program, , Patu Ndango is a natural leader — but don’t think her road was easy.

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) always heads straight for the world’s toughest philanthropic terrain.

Childhood in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, taught Ms Anifowose Titilope not to back down from challenges.

Entrepreneurial Matthew Sola formed Charity Connect Podcast, a virtual marketplace where people who need help meet people who want to help by giving money or by volunteering.

Instead of protecting the environment from human trepidation, and humans from natural upheaval, ISA seeks inspiration in native peoples who have lived for centuries in harmony and balance with the fitful world around them.

IRCT member centers play a key role in promoting democracy and human rights, symbolizing triumph over the terror that torture reigns over entire societies.

Imagine a deadly disease afflicting one in four Americans. That’s the alarming scale of sickle cell anemiain Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation.