Microfinance Helps Nicaraguans Bounce Back
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- Written by: Audrey Quinn
- Category: Why we travel
Small loans from alternative sources are changing lives.
Haiti: One Year Later - Special Section
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- Written by: James Stairs
- Category: Work Abroad
Check out the feature article, photo gallery and video footage from the field.
Picking Up the Pieces in Haiti
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- Written by: James Stairs
- Category: Work Abroad
Nearly a year after the massive earthquake in Haiti, challenges for the reconstruction effort continue. James Stairs checks in with the Canadian Red Cross in Jacmel.
Born Into Bolivia
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy and Terry Sebastian
- Category: Work Abroad
Volunteers, doctors, midwives and traditional Bolivian practitioners work together to save lives in rural Bolivia.
Lighting up Lives in Costa Rica
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- Written by: Erin Tandy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Canadian volunteers bring solar-powered study lamps to their fellow students deep in the jungles of Costa Rica.
First on the Ground in Haiti
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- Written by: James Stairs
- Category: Work Abroad
On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake left Haiti in ruins. Around the world, relief teams sprang into action.
Wave of Change: Five Years After the Tsunami
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Five years ago, the tsunami took thousands of lives and changed Thailand forever. Finally, the tide is beginning to turn.
Bearing Witness in Guatemala
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Métis lawyer Brenda Gunn works with Mayan survivors of Guatemala's massacres.
Taking the Show on the Road
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices.
Global Heroes: Changing the World
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- Written by: Verge Magazine
- Category: PhotoPro
Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like?
Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world.
Making the Grade in Mongolia
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- Written by: Cheryl Dunkerton
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Volunteer teacher Cheryl Dunkerton finds that Mongolian students juggle more than just exams in order to make it through school.
Exploring some NGOs in Laos
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Why we travel
Julia Steinecke finds it easy to meet NGOs and community organizations, like Big Brother Mouse.
Undoing the Limbo: Recovering from Hurricanes in the Caribbean
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- Written by: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Why we travel
It's one thing to put the roof back on a house—what about rebuilding young lives in a Caribbean economy torn apart by hurricanes?
Tailor-Made in Uganda
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- Written by: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Armed with needle and thread, Carrie-Jane Williams helps Ugandan girls stay in school.
Médecins Sans Frontières: First In, Last Out
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- Written by: Clare Byrne
- Category: Work Abroad
Young Canadian volunteers with Médicins Sans Frontières talk about braving some of the world's worst conflict zones to deliver help where it's desperately needed.
Breaking Ground in Bolivia
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- Written by: Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The people of Cha'llapampa, Bolivia, want to encourage tourism. Four student volunteers want to help. But where do you start?
Dreaming up a Borderless World
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- Written by: Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Why we travel
Doctors Without Borders Canada founder, Dr. Richard Heinzl has travelled to 75 countries (and counting.) He speaks with Verge about living life adventurously.
Surveying the Damaged in Afghanistan
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- Written by: Erin Grinnell
- Category: Work Abroad
After decades of war, resignation has replaced hope for many young Afghans who have never seen peace.
Opening Dialogue in Tanzania
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- Written by: Tannis Hett and Tom Peacock
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The challenges of beating HIV/AIDS in Africa are enormous—but the spirit of its young people may be even greater.
After the Tsunami: Rebuilding Aceh
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- Written by: Tom Peacock
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
The 2004 tsunami that slammed South East Asia has all but disappeared from the headlines here, but in the year since a group of UBC students has been working quietly to help people in Aceh, Indonesia, rebuild their homes and lives.
