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March 1, 2011
Dozens of youth groups in Denver participated in a World Vision program, where they volunteered and fasted to experience a little of what it's like to live in poverty.
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Feb. 28, 2011
Helping an orphanage in Haiti gain access to clean water gave some high school students the chance to put their engineering know-how to good use.
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Feb. 25, 2011
One man's promise in Brazil leads to a lifetime of helping poor clinics all over the world with their medical needs.
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Feb. 23, 2011
Officials said this week that the effort to eradicate the Guinea Worm parasite -- a scourge that dates back to Biblical times -- is now 99 percent complete. Now that Niger and Nigeria have been declared guinea worm-free, the parasitic infection just needs to be eliminated from Ghana, Mali and Sudan. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.
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Feb. 18, 2011
The answer to building sturdy, light, sustainable bikes in Africa can be found in the nearby reeds.
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Jan. 5, 2011
Pakistani children in flooded town of Khairpur Nathanshah It is hard not to sympathize just a bit with Pakistani officials who, amid widespread accusations of a feeble, uncoordinated response to last summer's floods, argue that no one could have anticipated the scale of the disaster.
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Dec. 29, 2010
NEW DELHI, India | If there are water wars in the future, conservationist Jyothi Sharma thinks they'll happen just outside her apartment in an upper-middle class enclave in Delhi's Vasant Kunj neighborhood.
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Dec. 28, 2010
With mainstream banks and microfinance organizations mainly helping business startups in urban Kenya, a group called Juhudi Kilimo decided to focus on rural small-holder farmers.
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Oct. 5, 2010
As the Israelis and Palestinians grapple with direct negotiations for peace, there's another issue that is dividing them: water. Special Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from the Middle East.
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Sept. 23, 2010
Denver-based International Development Enterprises works with farmers in poor areas to help them obtain irrigation, water sanitation and storage supplies.
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Sept. 22, 2010
An exhibit sponsored by International Development Enterprises in Denver features paintings and photos of rural life in places such as India, Honduras, Ethiopia and Vietnam, along with models of IDE's irrigation and water sanitation equipment for visitors to try.
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Sept. 14, 2010
A New York-based entrepreneur has found a way to work with Palestinians and Israelis for both peace and profit. Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports.
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Sept. 6, 2010
Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Jordan on the day-to-day difficulties of Iraqi refugees. Some refugees have fled from their homeland to avoid the conflict in Iraq and will probably never return home.
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July 13, 2010
Spencer Michels reports on the story of how a California man sees the chance to increase access to clean water in Kenya through the use of foot-pumps.
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June 22, 2010
As Africa faces a mounting food shortage, some farmers in Kenya and Rwanda find themselves unable to grow enough food to feed their families and make a living. A non-profit group called the One Acre Fund is attempting to address their problems.
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Jan. 1, 2010
A second look at a Fred de Sam Lazaro report from India on the Aravind system of eye hospitals and clinics, the largest such system in the world.
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May 7, 2009
Sister Cyril Mooney, principal of the Loreto Day School in Kolkata, India, and founder of the Rainbow Program, helps give children in India's slums an education and better way of life.
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May 1, 2009
Spencer Michels reports on a program that helps low-income people with no credit gain access to loans and financial counseling.
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April 30, 2009
The College Summit program in St. Louis Missouri helps low income students turn their dreams of college into reality. In this interview, teacher Brian Kruger describes how the program transformed the school, his students and his own life.
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April 16, 2009
A program that helps Ugandans sell beads in America has brought hundreds of families out of extreme poverty through a woman-to-woman network focused on sales at house parties and a Web store. Spencer Michels reports on the program and the people it helps.
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March 26, 2009
Seattle-based coffee company Pura Vida's core mission is to help its bean growers in Central America improve their lives. NewsHour special correspondent Lee Hochberg reports.
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Feb. 11, 2009
Eleanor Josaitis co-founded the Detroit program Focus: Hope more than three decades ago to provide job training and other opportunities to the city's residents. With the U.S. mired in a recession and the auto industry future uncertain, her group is reinventing itself.
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Dec. 24, 2008
Paul Solman examined an innovative social entrepreneurship program that uses business methods to achieve social change for at-risk urban youth.
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Dec. 23, 2008
To alleviate the 30 percent unemployment rate among urban youth, the Year Up program gives at-risk youth lessons in corporate culture and work ethic. Paul Solman reports on this approach to training young, would-be entrepreneurs.
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Dec. 22, 2008
As global food prices continue to rise, hunger in Haiti has fueled food riots and driven much of the population, including many children, to the brink of starvation. Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on one man's effort to alleviate the crisis.
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Dec. 17, 2008
Armed with $500 worth of beans, two women founded a non-profit group in Denver to empower impoverished women by teaching them workplace skills and providing jobs to the chronically homeless and unemployed. Spencer Michels reports.
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Nov. 6, 2008
Since 2004, the company World of Good has helped merge consumerism and social consciousness by partnering with retailers to market fair-trade handcrafted items. Spencer Michels reports on the business of combining social values, opportunities for artisans and shopping.
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Oct. 6, 2008
The Barefoot College in northern India teaches women skills to bring solar power to their villages and to manage the energy system in rural areas. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the philosophy behind the school and its unusual approach to empowering women.
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Aug. 22, 2008
A San Diego charter high school is aiming to close the education gaps between students of immigrant families and their counterparts by motivating them to acquire business and science skills and pursue college degrees. Paul Solman offers the latest in a series of reports on this education initiative.
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July 17, 2008
In Malawi, where some 83,000 children are infected with HIV, a new program brings U.S. doctors to the East African country and encourages African doctors to set up practices in their hometowns, instead of leaving for more prosperous countries.
