Founded 14 years ago, African Impact is a volunteer abroad organization that believes in giving a hand up, not a handout. That means a variety of things for the Cape Town, South Africa-based company, ...

“We still farm (with) a lot of practices that have been passed down since my great-grandfather,” said Michael Halas Jr. Glover Teixeira reached the heights of MMA glory, and it all started in the ...

International health volunteers make a small yet significant contribution in sub-Saharan Africa, according to recent research. Medical volunteer numbers remain low, and resources are shifting to local ...

Most of Duke's offensive linemen are hoping to build some team chemistry by helping build an African community.Guard Dave Harding is bringing 10 teammates and a strength coach to Ethiopia for 10 days.

A recent graduate of St. Joseph’s University who attended Unionville High School is spending the summer in Africa, where she plans to volunteer at several schools. Brittany Keesling of Pocopson plans ...

As a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African country of Namibia, 23-year-old Joie Kallison couldn’t have been more removed from her comfortable home in Buffalo Grove. But the fiercely independent ...

D A K A R, Senegal, Sept. 18 -- The information came to us on short wave radios. It was delivered by men riding horses, holding transistors to their ears. It was passed along by word-of-mouth in Wolof ...

Volunteering to teach Chinese in Tanzania was Zhang Liping's chance to finally see the world. She never thought it would transform her career so dramatically. Zhang Liping stands in front of the ...

International health volunteers make a small yet significant contribution in sub-Saharan Africa, according to research published in the online open access journal Human Resources for Health. Medical ...