Cassie* was 12 when a family friend lured her to Manila. “He told me that he can help me to reach all of my dreams,” she remembers, and at first she...

The night of her rescue, 15-year-old Lara* was overwhelmed and confused. On one hand, she was afraid. Lara felt responsible to support her mother and...

Philder’s in-laws began threatening her family soon after her husband died. But you helped her stand up to them, and they quickly realized they...

He came into my room while I was sleeping and covered my mouth and I started to cry,” Marielos* recalled using broken sign language. She was only 16...

There is a style of Japanese art called kintsugi, in which an artist repairs broken pottery by using a lacquer mixed with gold. The point is not to...

Mom means something special to each of us: kindness, bravery, compassion, care, hard-work, strength and certainly inspiration. Chandramma exemplifies...

Hellen had no choice but to flee. The war that Joseph Kony waged across northern Uganda threatened her safety and the safety of her dependents....

Jakelin grew up with her mother and three brothers in their cinderblock home that clung to the gorge of Guatemala City. Her mother worked hard as a...

On a busy day last November, Manikandan took one last look around the dingy snack factory where he’d worked for nine years and decided it was time to...