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Canadian volunteers bring solar-powered study lamps to their fellow students deep in the jungles of Costa Rica.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
An international education is fundamental to promoting a world that actually gets along.
Published in Study Abroad
Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Métis lawyer Brenda Gunn works with Mayan survivors of Guatemala's massacres.
Published in Volunteer Abroad
Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like? Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world.
Published in PhotoPro
Why young people need to experience the world firsthand.
Published in Why we travel
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Verge asked six seasoned explorers, "What do you NEVER leave behind?" Here's what the experts had to say.
Published in Budget Traveller
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An award-winning documentary draws attention to a Canadian company's role in Ecuador's oil mess.
Published in Why we travel
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War reporting for the plugged-in generation.  It’s fast, mobile and to the point. It’s also deadly serious.
Published in Why we travel
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Robert Young Pelton has found his way into, and out of, more conflict zones than most can name. 
Published in Why we travel
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At last count, Aki Ra has defused over 20,000 landmines—the same number he estimates he laid as a child.
Published in Beyond the Guidebook
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