Volunteering in Africa

Great News Out of Africa

Erin Levin | Posted 05.08.2012

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Erin Levin

Have you ever heard a song which changed your life? This is the story of a group of children who sang a song which transformed theirs forever. Let me back up a little bit.

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For The Children of Ghana, Indignation, Inspiration And Perspiration Are Not Enough

Rabbi Will Berkovitz | Posted 12.24.2011

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Rabbi Will Berkovitz

In Ghana, words like "childhood," "innocence" and "safety" are built on the unreliable foundation of words like "rescue," "survival" and "luck."

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Kenya Dispatch: Foggy Ideas

Ming Holden | Posted 07.26.2011

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Ming Holden

I am in Nairobi for seven weeks to do creative work with young women who are refugees. But that's all I know; of paramount importance to this work is a willingness not to define it too clearly going in.

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