Almost 2.6 billion people in the world haven't got access to basic water sanitation and water supply infrastructure. This means 40% of the world's population, according to the UN. Lack of these basic resources is related to the transmission of diseases such as cholera, dysentery, hepatitus...

This year is the 16th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, the document which attempted at normalizing lives of two antagonistic communities, Protestants and Catholics, Loyalists/Republicans. It is fascinating to watch how it works and how it does not at certain points. Some people work very hard...

In Nicaragua, the average life span of men who harvest sugarcane is 49 years. At the root of these early deaths is an epidemic known as Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin (CKDu). In the town of Chichigalpa, often called the "Island of Widows," 1 in 3 men, mostly cane workers, are ...

Pictures of land in lignite mine Kolubara, Serbia.

While serving as a Volunteer Team Leader with Global Volunteers I have had the opportunity to work alongside the local people of Browning, Montana. The Blackfeet Indians struggle with high unemployment while existing between rich traditions and contemporary society. Every...

Nearly three years after 3/11/11 -- the great Tohoku earthquake that struck the northeastern coast of Fukushima, Japan -- thousands of families, children, farmers, business owners, teachers and students across all of Fukushima have been feeling the impact. It has caused a catastrophic disaster and ...

Hitting Philippines on November 8, 2013, Haiyan devastated big parts of the country, particularly in the Visayas where millions of people where affected and many left homeless.

The White Building is one of Phnom Penh's (Cambodia's capital) iconic buildings. Built in the 1960s, this 350m long concrete block located close to the city center, was designed by Khmer architect Vann Molyvann. It was part of a urban renovation project and proposed a low-cost housing...

Philippines has a significant number of people living in the streets, many of them are children. In Cebu City alone, there are more than 5,000 children living in the streets.

In the first years after the economic depression began to really set in, Athens was violently shaken by massive demonstrations. Street riots in busy downtown areas were a usual affair and the police were often resorting to brute force and extensive teargas use to suppress the crowds. On the 12th of ...

"Changing Children's Lives" in Mbale, Uganda in May 2014, served a duel purpose -- cleft lip and palate surgeries were performed on young babies, children and several adults and an information exchange amongst healthcare professionals, students and patients occurred...

"Portraits of HOPE" explores the people behind the economic development effort in Ethiopia by HOPE International Development Agency: their staff and the members of the communities they support.  HOPE International Development Agency is an international not-for-profit organization ...

What happens when a global political agenda doesn't coincide with the public's views, wishes or opinions? Why do governments like Canada, Unites States, United Kingdom, and so many others choose to put their own agendas ahead of those of their people's wants and wishes? Why do so...

For more than a decade, anti-choice demonstrators, the vast majority of them Roman Catholics, have massed at the Boston Planned Parenthood clinic on Commonwealth Avenue to pray and express their opposition to abortion. On July 1, the Supreme Court of the United States, which has a 250-foot protection...

"Barrios Potosinos" is a series of photographs shot in San Luis Potosi, a city of one million inhabitants 500 km north of Mexico City. These pictures were taken in different deprived areas of the city between 2007 and 2013. This city is on the road to the north of the country, which is ...