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CHF International Celebrates International Women’s Day Meet the women who are changing the world     International Women’s Day is a global day to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women worldwide. Though great improvements have been made, women still suffer from reduced access to healthcare and education, and are exposed to more…

VIP Profile: Thorhildur (“Toto”) Olafsdottir Yemen, January 2011 Bringing Their Stories to Light and Helping Young People Get Back to School In this poorest country of the Middle-East, only seven out of every ten school-aged children are actually enrolled in or attend school. All too many children drop out before they finish their basic education.…

Beekeeping- A Sustainable Trade for Families in Montes de Maria By Maria Garcia, Communications Coordinator, Sincelejo, Colombia Beekeeping is an important trade for Manuel Arrieta Diaz, who has spent ten of his 47 years practicing this craft. For Manuel, who is Vice President of the Honey Producers Cooperative of El Carmen de Bolivar, Coapomiel, “The…

Child Workers in Yemen Given Back their Childhood This article originally appeared on CNN By Mark Tutton Every day, 12-year-old Abed El-Elah and his 10-year-old brother leave school at one in the afternoon and head to work — selling balloons in the park. They work until sunset, earning 1,000 Yemeni Rials (about $4.60) a day…

By Yasmeen El Khoudary From looking at him, one might assume that Rezeq Shtaiwai is just a typical man in his late fifties, but it’s not so. This man has an inspiring story to tell. Rezeq, like most Palestinians in Gaza, used to work in Israel but has been unemployed since the blockade. With eight…