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With COVID-19 keeping us all tethered to our homes, it’s easy to get restless, especially for those of us who love to volunteer abroad. But just because travelling isn’t an option doesn’t mean that we have to stop volunteering and giving back. For the past few months, I’ve been volunteering online. I’ve been volunteering online […]

More than ever, peace is pertinent in today’s society. We are in a humanitarian crisis unlike anything we’ve seen since World War II, the environment is in trouble and global political power system is in a state of flux. However, as a small group of social entrepreneurs we are turning this energy into something tangible.

Sitting in front of their door, little Joe wearing a long face with catarrh sliding from his nostrils putting on ton dresses have stayed for over twelve hours without food. When asked what the problem is twelve words came out from his mouth “I am hungry and my parents have gone to look for food”.

Globechain.com is an online reuse platform that connects people, charities and businesses to enable them to reuse unwanted items within a global supply chain network creating a waste audit and social impact value for members. From shop fixtures and fittings to coffee grind for growing oyster mushrooms to medical equipment and office furniture, we want

Stigma is a degrading and debasing attitude of the society that discredits a person or a group because of an attribute (such as an illness, deformity, color, nationality, religion, tribe, etc). The resulting coping behavior of affected person results in internalized stigma. This perceived or internalized stigma by the discredited person is equally destructive whether

Whether at the negotiation table between Palestine and Israel, the living room couch in your home, or on a swing set in a playground, the art of listening is essential in creating a nonviolent world. To be attentive, or alert to the conditions that create the potential for violence, is a necessity for resolving the

The end of the year 2019 has marked another grim event: the emergence of covid-19, a virus from the coronavirus family. The virus has infected 169,034 people and killed 6,492, evolving into a pandemic. While healthy young people have a good chance of survival when infected, the elderly and people with existing conditions are at