GUATEMALA - Young Selvin has never experienced what it's like to have a dad. His father left his mother Liliana before he was born. Although he is only eight years old, Selvin is considered the "man of the house". Liliana had a hard time coping with the role of a single mother. "Selvin was not...
PERU - On the Peruvian plateau surrounded by the Andes mountains lies the largest navigable lake in the world. At an altitude of 3,810 meters above sea level, the air is thin, and the low temperatures actually hide how hot the sun is. The shore of Lake Titicaca is densely overgrown with inconspicuous tortor reeds....
Growing up on her family's cow farm in the Amish area of Pennsylvania, Kathy Smoker enjoyed playing outside. She seemed happy and carefree, but she kept a secret that she didn't dare to reveal to anyone. "I was sexually abused as a child. My abuser stalked me. And he was at the farm almost every...
LIBERIA – Like many people in Liberia, Ma Kemah and her family are still recovering from the effects of the Ebola epidemic that swept the country in 2014. years. Almost everyone in the country has a story and Ma Kemah, who lives in a community just outside the city of Monrovia, is no exception. She...
