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  Floating Doctors are Real Lifesavers

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:33 PM ET

  LaBrot told CNN.He and his 15-person crew plan to travel south and hit 15 countries in Latin America, including Haiti, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and several Pacific Islands.At each destination, the group will dole out some of the 20,000 pounds of medical supplies they ar Read More

  More like this in: Health, Travel, Eco-Friendly, Health Care, Haiti, Honduras, Medication, Guatemala, Panama
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  'Infecting' Students With Volunteerism

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  in the program, some of whom may have never been on an airplane flight, "find themselves in places such as post-Katrina New Orleans, Ecuador, Ghana, Nicaragua and Sri Lanka, building houses, improving water systems or working in a free clinic," all in an unfamiliar place."I tell students my job i Read More

  More like this in: Haiti, North Carolina, Ghana, Habitat for Humanity, Peru, Sri Lanka, North Carolina State University
• Back to Life, One Man at a Time

  By Lisa Germinsky | Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:37 PM ET

  professional and physical issues essential for success. Kelly aspires to solve this problem one man at a time, 21 days at a time.  Born in Nicaragua, the Johnson & Johnson product director moved to Miami when he was 2-years-old and grew up with exposure to philanthropy and a sense o Read More

  More like this in: Philanthropy, Homelessness, US, Kindness
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  The Love Boat

  By Lisa Germinsky | Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:54 PM ET

  access to advanced medical care. One-third of the patients were children."Each port along the tour of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, El Salvador and Nicaragua was allotted 10 days worth of attention. While most procedures addressed cataracts and hernias, doctors also set broken bones and mende Read More

  More like this in: Volunteerism, Health Care, Haiti, The Miami Herald, Military Personnel, Dominican Republic, El Salvador
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  Green Globetrotting Gives Your Wallet a Break

  By Sara Novak | Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:04 AM ET

  an opportunity to give back to local communities through volunteer work and donations.For example, join Sustainable Harvest for an adventure in the Nicaraguan Jungle. Trip participants will work with local families on projects promoting sustainable agriculture, reforestation and povert Read More

  More like this in: New York, Europe, Canada, Farmers Market, Italy, Hawaii, tourism, Argentina, The Nature Conservancy, Ecotour, Green Travel
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  You Gotta Have Faith

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:22 PM ET

  $25,000. The money replenishes the $15,000 taken from the church’s social service budget and adds another $10,000 to help aid programs in Africa, Nicaragua and Ghana, as well as to assist local homeless people.“In the midst of these times of economic scarcity, we found abundance,” Lent Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Africa, Money, Homeless, Kindness, Alabama, US
• An Uprising Grows in Peru

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:04 AM ET

  Alberto Pizango, who heads the human rights group AIDESEP, the main organizer of the indigenous protests, was granted asylum this week in the Nicaraguan Embassy to escape government charges of sedition that would result in up to 35 years in jail. Pizango has referred to the violent clashe Read More

  More like this in: California, India, Associated Press, Poverty, Peru, South America, Bolivia, Racism, Ecuador, Waterways, Evo Morales
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  Tech Meets Good: 2008 Tech Awards

  By Dan Estabrook | Mon Dec 8, 2008 3:23 PM ET

  Institute for Innovation Health Award: Marc Koska, Star Syringe (41 countries including Angola, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Denmark, Myanmar, Nicaragua, and Sri Lanka) - Learn more All of us at Tonic applaud these winners (yippie!) and are pleased to see the full list of nominees includ Read More

  More like this in: Health, Technology, California, Energy, Africa, United States, Schools, India, China, Poverty, Conservation, Renewable Energy