archives: Program/Org profiles

SheJumps helps women take big leaps in sports and life.  More »

Sad fact: There are over 20 million slaves in the world today. The Good News: The Somaly Mam Foundation is fighting to do something about it.  More »

Dominic DeGrazier visits Casa de Paz Orphanage in Ensenada, Mexico.   More »

What Took You So Long sets off on a 14,000+km. journey in Africa to document hopeful stories and help NGOs.   More »

A profile of Journeys Within Our Communities.   More »

Formal diplomacy is important. But citizen diplomacy may be even more powerful.   More »

For British MP George Galloway, meaning isn't in talk. It's in action.   More »

Matador contributor Dominic DeGrazier expects to find a dirty, sad orphange. Instead, he finds a home-like atmosphere, full of color and life.   More »

Photographs can change the world.   More »

"The rebuilding process will take five, ten years or even more,” says volunteer Wang Wei.... “Our generation and the next must continue this rebui  More »

How do you find a sponsoring organization? How do you choose an opportunity? Read on....  More »

"People in Rio should start to see that ignoring favelas is not the solution. "  More »

Discover one org that gives Nepali orphans a chance for a better life.   More »

Meet a young social entrepreneur building a business out of guiding socially responsible consumerism.   More »

Helping the people of rural Laos, one book at a time.   More »

Learn how travel bloggers are fighting hunger and poverty worldwide, and what you can do to help.   More »

Meet an org dedicated to protecting surf spots around the planet and educating local people about their value.  More »

How one NGO is empowering hundreds of the poorest kids in Guatemala City through education.   More »

Change the world . . . one dive trip at a time.  More »

Look. Listen. Learn. Voluntourism with Witness for Peace in Colombia.   More »

In Brazil, getting orphans and street children off the streets is literally a matter of life and death.   More »

Doctors and volunteers changing the world.  More »

"The decisions that will change our country...will come from...working with the people."  More »

“The young person who plays Mozart by day does not break shop windows at night.”   More »

As the world is struggling to make sense of mass-scale atrocities, environmental damage and geo-economic inequalities, the Advocacy Project is using t  More »

Kiva.org needs your help to make the micro finance revolution a reality.   More »