For millions of people living in poverty around the world, hospitals are difficult to access and doctors are in short supply. So a midwife is a vital source of strength for moms in need. Despite global improvements in health care and education to help mothers deliver their babies safely, thousands of pregnant women still fall through the cracks each year. […]
Children living in poverty around the world get clean water in all kinds of ways. Some are blessed enough to have pipes deliver water directly to their home. Other children walk to an improved water source like a community tap or well to fill up their jerry cans with clean water. But some children — especially those who live in […]
Growing up, Maria’s mom did “easy work,” as the neighbors called it. She was a prostitute. Sometimes Maria and her younger brother were left at neighbors’ houses in Montero, Bolivia, while her mother went to work. Other times, the children came with her. Even though Maria was just a little girl, she understood what was going on. “I remember where […]
