Young Canadian volunteers with Médicins Sans Frontières talk about braving some of the world's worst conflict zones to deliver help where it's desperately needed.

He's 26 years old, he lives at home with his parents... and he's changing the face of human rights reporting in Ghana. Meet Ben Peterson, co-founder of Journalists for Human Rights.

As a former kayak guide and Nile River Explorer, Alex Mihailovic is not exactly your typical surgeon. But she's breaking new ground in her field and making a difference for a generation of kids in Uganda.

The people of Cha'llapampa, Bolivia, want to encourage tourism. Four student volunteers want to help. But where do you start?

He's founded Doctors Without Borders Canada, helped run two e-health companies and travel to 75 countries (and counting.) Dr. Richard Heinzl speaks with Verge about his perspective on living life adventurously.

Toilet rolls, poisoned darts and Dead Sea muck: Humanitarian NGO volunteer, Verge correspondent and veteran traveller Mike Fuchigami on his version of international trade.

After decades of war, resignation has replaced hope for many young Afghans who have never seen peace.

The challenges of beating HIV/AIDS in Africa are enormous—but the spirit of its young people may be even greater. In regions of Tanzania where discussion about AIDS only happens in whispers, art and drama are getting people talking.

The 2004 tsunami that slammed South East Asia has all but disappeared from the headlines here, but in the year since a group of UBC students has been working quietly to help people in Aceh, Indonesia, rebuild their homes and lives.

An exchange programme gives kids from Nairobi's slums and Maasai children a chance to teach each other about the different ways of life within their own country.