Project Connect, Create, Conserve
The purpose of this project is to empower Philippine communities to reduce the worst forms of child labor, in a self-sustaining manner…
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Casa Do Caminho – Xerem, Brazil
“Children from Casa will try to take advantage of new volunteers by acting very sweetly and trying to get things given to them like money and clothes. But after a while of volunteering…”
Monte Azul Favela – Sao Paulo, Brazil
“Everybody from her old home up north had said to her that she will either have a good life with money and be successful in SP, or she will either not have a chance and die in a favela…”
Peace Villages Foundation (Fundacion Aldeas de Paz) – Santa Elena; Venezuela
“Special needs children who are either at risk, have learning difficulties, behavioural problems, or who are handicapped, learn to ride horses…”
Chavez Speaks while Kids Die of Cancer – Cumana, Venezuela
“There were hundreds and hundreds of people crowding in the streets wearing red clothing and hats, and waving flags and chanting like the president was some sort of super-star…”
Indigenous March – Cali, Colombia
“When Gustavo, Neyla and I tried to leave the university, we were stopped at the gates by indigenous guards and told that we couldn’t leave…”
Ikiam Expedition: Part 5 – Ecuadorian Amazon
“The same child that had been bitten by a deadly snake when I first arrived had once again been bitten by a different deadly snake… this time on the hand…”
Ikiam Expedition: Part 4 – Ecuadorian Amazon
“Eight years ago, the whole the tribe used to always dance and sing, but now they don’t because they are Christians…”
Ikiam Expedition: Part 3 – Ecuadorian Amazon
“I feared for them as I watched her four year old son (Israel) wack their other blind, starving dog with a piece of wood, for no reason at all…”
Ikiam Expedition: Part 2 – Ecuadorian Amazon
“I watched as the females picked out small bugs from each others hair, put them into their mouths to bite and kill them, and then spit them back out..”