Waiting for Asylum, Cuban Doctor Saves...

Brownsville-Matamoros camp is a temporary residence for Central Americans, Haitians, Cubans and Venezuelans who are waiting for their asylum appointments that could grant them entry into the U.S. Dairon Elizondo Rojas, a Cuban doctor, became a camp doctor while seeking his asylum for the last 11 months. While waiting, Rojas is looking after patients at the camp with the hope that his court date, scheduled for June 23, will be his last

Tanzanian Mother Fights to Protect High-Risk...

Zuhura Hassan is a mother in Tanzania struggling to keep her son safe during the pandemic. Zuhura’s son, a 5-year-old boy named Hayyan Hamoud, is one of the estimated 11,000 Tanzanian children who are born with sickle cell disease each year. SCD is a blood disorder that leads to immunity deficiency. This puts Hayyan Hammnd into a high-risk group that could become more severely compromised by COVID-19 should it infect him

Pregnant Tanzanian Woman Shares Her Fears...

Like many expectant mothers, makeup artist Merry Mwihava was delighted to learn that she would be welcoming a new child into the world. But when Merry lost her job during the pandemic, she was forced to tap into her creative talents to find inventive ways to feed her family. A Coming Joy Wrapped in Fears …

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Getting by with some Help

The story of a single mother who lost her job as a caregiver and the daily adjustments she has had to make. But even through the hardship, she keeps a positive mindset and finds a way to pay it forward

Virtual Yoga

Diego Del Sol, owner of Del Sol Yoga Studio in Washington D.C., speaks to us about how yoga is especially important during these self-isolating times. He has taken his yoga classes online, connecting with his students through mind, body….and Zoom

Ballet Dancer Julie Kent

American ballet dancer Julie Kent was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1993 to 2015. Her farewell role was as Juliet, and in 2016 Kent was named the artistic director of The Washington Ballet. Karina Bafradzhian spoke with Kent about what it takes to be a ballerina – on and beyond the stage

Good News COVID Animal Adoptions

Governments both local and national increasingly have been calling on their citizens to stay home as a way to help slow the spread of novel coronavirus. Musicians have joined the campaign

Pickleball Coach Proves Age Doesn’t Matter...

66 year-old Helen White doesn’t believe in stereotypes. She is sure anyone can do anything – regardless of age. That’s why she is a pickleball coach, and promotes this unusual sport based loosely on tennis as way for the elderly to have fun and exercise

“Good News” – COVID – Mobile...

As worldwide efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus continue, the virus has turned nations into isolated communities as lockdown restrictions become more widespread. In London, Amy Tan, a worship pastor at a local church in Ealing is fighting this isolation with the gift of song-

Uzbek Tightrope Children Learn To Walk...

Tightrope walking has been a tradition in the Yusupov family of Uzbekistan for almost a century. Children are taught to walk the wire before they even reach the age of 2, with younger performers paid more to perform