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Holiday Giving: Cuso International’s Maternal Health Program

Holiday Giving: Cuso International’s Maternal Health Program

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In Ethiopia, more than 80 per cent of women give birth without a skilled health worker. If complications arise, the consequences can be tragic.
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A moment of contemplation with friends after a gruelling afternoon of trekking in Nepal.

Why Friendships Define Your Time Abroad

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The people you meet overseas will be integral to the kinds of experiences you have, and here's why.
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A clean-up underway in the writer's community.

The Highs and Lows of Community Life

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Living in an isolated community in South Africa has presented a number of unexpected challenges.
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A girl demonstrates how to "wai" in Thailand.

Respect in the Thai Classroom

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Four unique customs that teachers will encounter in Thailand. 
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Loading the rice in Hpa'an.

Offering Aid in Myanmar

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Lending a greater meaning to my work abroad.  
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The Pantheon.

Keeping the Spark of Travel Alive

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When the excitement of travel fades, here are three ways to reignite it. 
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Looking out over a sunset at Sigiriya Rock, Sri Lanka.

Learning How to Go Home

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Being abroad has taught me many things, including that everything comes to an end. 
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Passport, Backpack & Self-defence Lessons

Passport, Backpack & Self-defence Lessons

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How Krav Maga boosted my confidence in travelling.
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The writer with her family in Mexico.

Why I Travel: To Expand My Kids' Worldview

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Want to rip up the rulebook and take your family on an extended adventure? Here's how—and why—I did just that. 
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Copan, Honduras

Her Too: Gender-based Violence & Indigenous Communities

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Where I work in Honduras, it will take everyone's buy-in to effect change. 
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Zurich during the holiday season.

Working Where You Studied Abroad

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Weighing the differences between my life as a student and my life as a professional in Switzerland. 
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It's all the little differences that remind me I'm in Madrid.

At the Three-Month Mark

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Daily, I teeter between feeling like a madrileño and like I just arrived in Spain last week.
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