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A Change of Peace

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Taking a journey into Nyungwe National Forest with the Rwanda Defence Forces.
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The Future of the Rainbow Nation

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This captures the experience of recognizing the dedication and sacrifice of low income, black and mixed race first generation graduates in gaining degrees, as they are joyously cheered on by their families, many of whom can not read or write.
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A Cold War Tale

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This is a story of international humanity.
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Acholga

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Love lost and but not forgotten on a hike in a remote corner of Pakistan.
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Grace

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A story of gazing into the eyes of a child and awakening to the stark reality that the premise  "every human life is equal" is a cruel illusion.
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Lesson in Compassion Through the Eyes of Children

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This is a true story of how two young street children in Lhasa, Tibet, changed my life. They taught me how to turn anger into compassion.
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Inspiring Trails

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A development mission to El Salvador shatters previously held notions of traveling and the west's relationship to the developing world.
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Shanghai Rides

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A Canadian woman discovers a new world inside Shanghai when she buys herself a cheap bicycle.
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“Why I Have That Tattered Egyptian Pound in a Clear Acrylic Frame on My Desk."

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I'm frequently asked why I keep an old Egyptian Pound encased in an acrylic brick frame on my desk. It is my most prized possession, a reminder to look upon strangers as precious family members I have not met, and a potent symbol of what traveling can teach us.
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Signum

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A chance encounter that I experienced when I visited Europe as a chaperone on a school trip during spring break (I am a high school teacher in Montreal, Quebec). 
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