Oct 21 What does it take to grow a nonprofit? Ask Nourish International By Larisa Epatko While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sindhura Citineni decided she wanted to find a way to give back to her hometown of Hyderabad, India. Continue reading
Sep 12 Defying death threats, ‘Butterflies’ network helps abused women in Colombia By Larisa Epatko Gloria Amparo grew up in the rural area surrounding one of Colombia’s most violent and crime-ridden cities, Buenaventura. But she experienced violence on a more personal level. Her father beat her mother. It pushed her to want to leave that… Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch Treating mental illness with medicine and religion in India By PBS News Hour In India, about 100 million people are believed to suffer common mental disorders and millions more have more severe illnesses. With just 5,000 psychiatrists in the country, faith healers have filled the gap. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch One family’s quest to unite orphaned Chinese girls with a happy home By PBS News Hour After reaching their fifties and raising their own children, Jenny and Richard Bowen adopted 2-year-old Maya from China after learning of poor orphanage conditions for abandoned girls. Sixteen years later, the Bowens have two adopted daughters from the same region… Continue watching
Aug 29 Special needs children find thrills at Texas amusement park By Annie Shim, Student Reporting Labs Students from Communications Arts High School in San Antonio, Texas, produced this video. For a lot of Americans, amusement parks are the stuff of wonderful childhood memories, like that moment your stomach drops right before the first plunge in a… Continue reading
Aug 28 Changing the face of leadership in Nepal By Larisa Epatko They grew up in two different countries -- Claire Charamnac in Singapore and Claire Naylor in Nepal -- where they both became conscious of the disadvantages women faced. When they came together at Georgetown University, they decided to do something… Continue reading
Aug 13 Cultivating the land to turn over a new leaf By Larisa Epatko Cathrine Sneed, founder of The Garden Project -- a farm-based education program for ex-offenders and at-risk youth -- says she isn’t teaching gardening so much as teaching people how to work. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch In Vietnam, new hospital equipment gives more infants a breath of life By PBS News Hour Hospitals in Vietnam used to rely on imported equipment that often broke down. Now, cheaper, more usable neonatal machines are made within the country and are tailored to local conditions. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Hanoi on… Continue watching
Jul 08 At its third anniversary, South Sudan works to show new brighter side By Larisa Epatko After gaining its independence three years ago, South Sudan got a rush of media attention. But the continued internal fighting has cast the nascent country in a harsh light. The women at the Roots Project are hoping their handiwork and… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases in rural Bangladesh By PBS News Hour Continue watching