Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi launched the 100 Million for 100 Million campaign to connect young people wanting to make a difference with those who struggle as child laborers.
Jun 19

By PBS NewsHour
More than three million women are forced into servitude as domestic workers every year, often lured to other countries in the Persian Gulf or Middle East under false pretenses. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on ways some advocates…
Natalie Bridgeman Fields started her nonprofit in 2009 "as a direct response to seeing communities all over the world having pressing human rights and environmental abuses go unaddressed."…
Jun 12

Cervical cancer afflicts a half million women across the world every year, but it's most deadly in India. For many Indian women, seeing a doctor is the last resort and an unaffordable luxury. A pilot program aims to change that…
The growARTS program grew from a volunteer operation to one run by full-time staff. For the adults in the program who couldn't express themselves verbally, art gave them another outlet for expression.
May 02

By Larisa Epatko
As more refugees resettled in the United States, Jeanne Trabulsi wanted them to feel welcome. A doll is a comforting and familiar ambassador.
Apr 17

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Mike Fritz
Arunachalam Murugananthan is known as India's pad man. Breaking a strict taboo in India's tradition-bound society, Murugananthan worked to perfect an affordable sanitary pad in hope of starting a movement to help women in the developing world. Special correspondent Sam…
A misunderstanding with a stranger on a train -- and the conversation that ensued -- shaped Julie Martin's future business.
Apr 10

When Patrick Awuah -- a former Microsoft executive who was educated in the U.S. -- returned to his home country of Ghana, his goal of starting a software company was dashed by the lack of a qualified workforce. So instead…
Mar 24

By Larisa Epatko
UPDATED: It took months of planning and unanticipated hangups at border crossings, but the Four Paws International team led by Amir Khalil succeeded in removing Lula the bear and Simba the lion from their confines at the damaged Mosul zoo…
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