Students Speak!

09/14/2007 After 21 years of war and tens of thousands of deaths, Uganda takes steps towards peace while the International Criminal Court attempts to uphold justice. Gareth McKibben considers whether the two can find common ground.

11/20/2005 Thailand’s “condom king,” Mechai Viravaidya, has been employing innovative means to tackle population growth, poverty, environmental conservation, and sexual health issues in Thailand for over twenty years. He recently discussed key public health strategies with students at American University in Washington, D.C.

10/07/2005 Friday marks four years since U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan, but many Afghan refugees are still living in camps in Pakistan. American University photography student Satomi Kato offers a glimpse into their lives.

08/06/2005 Breaking from his studies at the Boston University School of Management for the summer, Vince Barrailler offers us a glimpse of life in Nigeria through the eyes of an American with just a short time to get to know the country and its people.

06/06/2005 Spending three days with three-year-old Samaa, a Sudanese refugee in Greece, American University student Paul Perry discovers the consequences of U.S. foreign policy priorities in a truly alternative spring break experience.

03/02/2005 Brad David and Saji Prelis flew from Washington D.C. to Sri Lanka recently to do a needs assessment ahead of launching a post-tsunami reconstruction project in the country. "Our goal was to find out from Sri Lankans what happened and how they reacted...True enough, reality was far more complex and amazing than the media sensational hype," David told OneWorld.