Displaying items by tag: project spotlight

A Honduran fishing village plants a future for mangroves with the help of Canadian non-profit.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Volunteers, doctors, midwives and traditional Bolivian practitioners work together to save lives in rural Bolivia.
Published in Work Abroad
Canadian volunteers bring solar-powered study lamps to their fellow students deep in the jungles of Costa Rica.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
On January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake left Haiti in ruins. Around the world, relief teams sprang into action. 
Published in Work Abroad
Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Métis lawyer Brenda Gunn works with Mayan survivors of Guatemala's massacres.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like? Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world.
Published in PhotoPro
When Joseph Otari declared the forest he owned just outside of Wellington protected land, he was defying the times. 
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Julia Steinecke finds it easy to meet NGOs and community organizations, like Big Brother Mouse.
Published in Why we travel
A team from Niagara tackles water scarcity in rural Guatemala.
Published in Why we travel
It's one thing to put the roof back on a house—what about rebuilding young lives in a Caribbean economy torn apart by hurricanes?
Published in Why we travel
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