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04/02/2009 18:22

by Marcia Stepanek

When in Britain last week at
the Skoll World Forum, I was
referred to a recent article
in The Observer written by
Joss Garman, the 24-year-...

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Stepping Up

Red Lights

New York filmmaker Guy Jacobson
journeyed from the red-light district
of Cambodia to the front lines of
activism against human trafficking
by founding a nonprofit, and using
his film Holly (now in expanded
release throughout the U.S.) to raise
public awareness. The U.S. State
Department's Trafficking In Person's
Report 2008 (released this month)
has recognized Jacobson and his
co-producer Adi Ezroni for their
work, citing it as "one of the best
researched narrative films on
child sex tourism."

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Strings Attached

Kristin Stepanek

South African, Tuffy Kirsten—founder and director of Mothers Creations—breathes new life into a culture's dying craft and uses it to help HIV-positive mothers find economic freedom Read article >

Passage to India

Rose Reis

The first week teaching in Rajasthan, India, I was terrified. Anytime I left my guest house, I hid under layers of scarves (no one was going to see my blonde hair!) and wadded a handkerchief over my nose and mouth. I was scared of everything: the dust-clogged air; the screeching, careening motorbikes; the towering camels, and the endless gaggles of street children treading on my heels... Read article >

Kabul Winter

Sherry Amatenstein

The story of twin NYC surgeons, both Army Reservists, who use their spare time to treat war victims in the Red Zone of Afghanistan on their own dime—as told in their own words. Read article >

Liquid Mercy

Jesse Andrews Ellison

In 2004, Manhattan party promoter Scott Harrison quit the club scene to become a photographer aboard a ship of volunteer doctors offering free health care to the poor along the coast of Liberia.

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Stepping Up

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