Poverty
Public health workers have taken on the mission of vaccinating 170 million children under the age of five.
The NGO Plan International offers low-income Pakistanis who dropped out of school a second chance. In just two years, students are brought up to speed and readied to take all-important board exams.
China's investment in Zambia holds promise: billions of dollars and thousands of jobs. But after violent conflict between Zambian miners and their Chinese supervisors, does it also pose a threat?
Has Chinese investment helped or hurt Zambians? Or has it done both?
Can you tell if that pill in your hand is real or merely a copy? Probably not. But your cell phone can.
In ending hunger, markets matter. Ethiopia is implementing lessons learned after the 2003 famine.
A reporter's wild truck ride from Karachi to Kabul.
Read a reporter's wild journey in the back of a Pakistani truck from Karachi to Kabul through the treacherous Afghanistan-Pakistan borderlands.
The story of 1,000 days–the vital period from the beginning of a woman's pregnancy to her child's second birthday. The fate of individuals, families, nations–and the world–depends on it.
Control of Eastern Congo’s minerals has been a key driver in the fighting that has killed over 5 million people. A new project may have the answer – to produce conflict-free tin from a mine.
Photojournalist Mary Chind recalls the memorable beginning of a trip for American volunteers who traveled to rural Haiti with Community Health Initiative.
Volunteers from the Community Health Initiative are seen here in action during their week-long clinics in rural Haiti, where they meet with hundreds of villagers.
Lettucebee Kids is an Islamabad-based organization that aims to better integrate street children into society. Through art and music therapy, children learn life lessons and get an education as well.