In the 20 years since genocide, Rwanda has recovered more than most people could have imagined. The secret to their success: stabilizing the local economy through community-based farm cooperatives. The…
Watch a preview of A Closer Walk’s premiere episode: The Roma (Albania). For centuries the Roma have suffered discrimination, inequality, and abject poverty. Derogatively labeled “gypsies,” these people struggle for…
Displaced families in the Karen hill regions of Thailand are susceptible to one of the most insidious effects of poverty: human trafficking. Young girls are offered lucrative jobs with cash…