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Enabling the Everyday

It is not every day that one returns to communities in Nicaragua to witness water flowing freely where previously there was none. It is not every day, but it is today. It is not every day that one returns to communities in Nicaragua to witness water flowing freely whe...

Blog, In The Field, Travel Stories

Fighting for the Right

Sitting with Miguel and his family inside the mud walls of a traditional Mapuche ruka in Araucania, Chile, we pass around mate tea, listen to stories of childhood from his gra... Sitting with Miguel and his family inside the mud walls of a traditional Mapuche ruka in Araucania, ...

Blog, In The Field, Travel Stories

Act like a Child. And feel good about it.

I am always thrilled to be invited to talk to local students about the rights of the child and about the common needs of children around the world to help them discover the sh... I am always thrilled to be invited to talk to local students about the rights of the child and about...

Blog, In Canada

A Youth Perspective

The teenagers of the Bosawas lead a very simple lifestyle. While they do not have phones, TVs, video games, or any of the items that a North American teenager would deem valua... The teenagers of the Bosawas lead a very simple lifestyle. While they do not have phones, TVs, video...

Blog, In The Field

Awakening the Senses

And changing the present in Sagrada Familia Last year, we met Candida. She filtered water from a shallow contaminated well through her T-shirt and boiled it on her clay stove ... And changing the present in Sagrada Familia Last year, we met Candida. She filtered water from a sha...

Blog, In The Field

International Women's Day

#pledgeforparity Today, on International Women’s Day, people around the world are pledging to take a concrete step to move from talk to purposeful action to help women a... #pledgeforparity Today, on International Women’s Day, people around the world are pledging to ...

Blog, In The Field

Ties that Bind in the Bosawas

It was with great excitement and eagerness that I returned to the gorgeous rainforest region of Nicaragua alongside the traveling companions I visited the region with back in ... It was with great excitement and eagerness that I returned to the gorgeous rainforest region of Nica...

Blog, In The Field, Travel Stories

Celebrating clean water can get a little messy!

En route to the community of Tololar, our Change for Children delegation yields to trucks piled high with freshly cut sugar cane as we share the narrow space between sugar can... En route to the community of Tololar, our Change for Children delegation yields to trucks piled high...

Blog, In The Field

The Eyewitness Account of it

I am nervous. I am not sure why. Or is it excitement disguised as nerves? Either way, I am sweating profusely. The dust we kick up as we walk the 100 yards down the dry, dirt ... I am nervous. I am not sure why. Or is it excitement disguised as nerves? Either way, I am sweating ...

Blog, In The Field