VIDEO: Can Virtual Reality Change Humanitarian Advocacy?One of the key challenges facing the humanitarian community is getting people to care about the plight of vulnerable people...
VIDEO: Solar Power Fuels an Economic Revival in an Unlikely PlaceA women’s farming cooperative in rural Senegal is reaping the benefits of a new solar power installation. What’s left unsaid...
Meet the Heroic Nigerian Bishop Who is Sheltering Children Who Escaped Boko Haram CaptivityThe abduction of over 200 school girls in Chibok in April 2014 drew international attention to the crimes of Boko...
PHOTO ESSAY: Struggles, Hopes and Fears of Women in Nepal, One Year After the EarthquakeJournalist Sonia Narang is in Nepal this month for the one year anniversary of the earthquake. Over 8,000 people were...
Be Transfixed: How a Bird Sanctuary in India Was Brought Back to Life (Video)This video is worth four minutes of your day. The beatifically shot mini documentary, from the UN, tells the story...
Here’s What Happens When the World’s Most Renowned Photographers Capture the Refugee CrisisThe UN Refugee Agency teamed up with some of the world’s most acclaimed photographers in a new exhibit that illustrates...
Reporter Anna Therese Day Tells the Story of Her Detention in a Middle East Jail Known for TortureThe last time I saw Anna Therese Day we were both attending a conference in Dubai. That was just last...
Praying for Rain in Ethiopia (Video)This video, from the Thompson Reuters Foundation, is a powerful first person account of the epic drought currently being experienced...
What You Might Not Know about the History of International Women’s DayToday is International Women’s Day. It was founded in 1908 with a march through New York City of women demanding...
