Dr. Matthew Jones in South Sudan Video Blog: Episode 1

...sort of spend our lives in these periods of transition when you are thinking of home, when you are far away. Click to listen to the full blog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkAg2pCghKg&feature=youtu.be  ...

Meet Muna Muday: Our NYC Intern

...or clinic in Somalia and Kenya someday. Favorite Tedtalk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – We Should All be Feminists. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_we_should_all_be_feminists If you could solve one world problem, what would it be?...

An Unfortunate Reality: Maternal Mortality & Morbidity

...Titus in Kenya; a child who lost his mother shortly after she delivered him. Support our international volunteers Become a volunteer. Change lives, including yours.   References: http://who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs348/en/ https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2645089 https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy-relatedmortality.htm...

And Then She Breathed Her Last

...we couldn’t do more, little one.” Sarah Rubino shared this song at the end of her story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0apAcQGPQ   This giving season, we’re focusing on newborn care. We are raising...

Sending Messages of Love and Support

...our incredible volunteers and the hard work of our colleagues working to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the communities where we serve. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbE_P98p6zI Learn About Our Remote Volunteering Opportunities...

Volunteer Samantha Hodge: First Impressions

...and infrastructure. But these disheartening questions melted away as fast as they came when I met the people. Getting to Know the Community We pulled up to the little town...

Meet Lauren Elliot: International Volunteer

Lauren Elliot was born in Philadelphia and attended Villanova University where she studied biology. After completing college she volunteered with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She spent what she refers to...