My Benin Food-Drive in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ella, a recent graduate, shares her experience in assisting the needy in Benin City. Despite being in Calabar, she was able to work remotely in ...
The Creativity of Love
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In a video message for all the faithful just before Holy Week, Pope Francis encouraged us to infuse our actions with "the creativity of love ...
Ugandan Doctor Wins 2020 Harambee Prize
A graduate of Makerere University in Uganda, Dr. Irene Kyamummi has worked for over ten years to provide health care for children in the slums ...
A Center for Women’s Health in Palestine
One year ago the first center in Palestine for the specific diagnosis of breast cancer was opened in Bethlehem. Its history is an example of ...
The Impact of a Few Days of Service
"When I was in high school, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were distant lands. But an unexpected opportunity to organize a service project in Lithuania brought ...
A Painting "Marathon" to Help Excluded Children
A young artist from Seville, Spain, set out to paint 400 paintings in 2 years, donating half of the profits to projects that help children ...
Covid-19: Prelate’s Dialogue with Health Care Workers
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz took part in the second edition of “Harambee Covid-19 Conversations,” a series of discussions among health care professionals from Africa, Europe and ...
Beyond My Four Walls
The following stories show how creativity and a passion for doing good can cut through walls and cross over oceans. Although we are confined, our ...
“It was my ardent wish to lift my family out of poverty"
Punlaan School is a project of some women of the Prelature of Opus Dei in the Philippines, aimed at helping young women from underprivileged families ...
Josemaria, Once Again Among the Needy
"But what can I do?" On seeing so many needy people in the streets of Mazatlan (a coastal city in Mexico), Amparo asked herself what ...
ELIS Over the Years
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A brief history of the ELIS Center, a social project in Rome begun under the impetus of Pope John XXIII and entrusted by him to ...
Building Boys’ Capacity through Science
The just concluded Science Challenge, organised by Helmbridge Study Centre, Lagos, ran for five weeks, testing participating students in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and General ...
In Portugal: “#washing your hands is not enough”
Dita, from Portugal, writes about an initiative to connect by phone with elderly people who are suffering from loneliness during COVID-19. Many new friendships have ...
"Los Americanos" Have Arrived
A group of ten high school students from the US spent their Christmas break this year serving the townspeople of Santa Caterina Palopo, Guatemala, where ...
"Wasted" Food for the Hungry
Some members of the Prelature in the Philippines have begun a Food Bank to distribute soon-to-expire but still very edible products to undernourished families.
A Golden Opportunity to Celebrate
Kibondeni College in Kenya has been celebrating its 50th anniversary for the last 12 months with various events. Here are some of the highlights.
In Congo: Health Care for the Most Vulnerable
Dr. Celine Tendobi is working with determination to improve health care for pregnant women at Monkole Hospital in Kinshasa. From an article published in "La ...
Work Camp in Land of Many Islands
A group of 38 young men from Australia and New Zealand went to Vanuatu (a country of 83 islands 1,000 miles east of northern ...