James Dorsey travels among the Dogon, ancient but little-known people whose villages are perfectly camouflaged in the red cliffs of Mali, West Africa.

With captivating photographs and a lovingly-told story, Lola Akinmade reveals how the NGO C.H.I.E.F is improving the life and health of local Nigerians.

A concise history of Zimbabwe since Mugabe´s rise to power in 1980 with links to various NGOs doing humanitarian work.

This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.

"This dam clash is epochal because it is one of the few turning points in history where a small, illiterate band of half-naked mud-hut dwellers have halted – temporarily or for good – a democracy’s proposed use of water," writes James Workman in this comprehensive look at the Himba, proudly defiant and independent natives at Namibia's edge.

An honorable mention in the 2007 Traverse contest, "Hands of the Child" captures a young woman's experience traveling through the Casamance region of Senegal where, with the help of a local non-profit cultural exchange organization, she makes a special connection with the Casamance drummers.

"These people have lost everything – some even watching as their fathers, brothers and uncles were murdered right in front of them, but somehow their humanity, culture and spirituality stay intact,” says photojournalist Mark Brecke in this profile of his work with the people of Darfur.

Learn how one group, Living With Elephant Foundation (LWE), a Botswana registered NGO, is bringing together elephants–perceived by villagers as destructive and undesirable pests–and orphaned street children–in encounters that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.

"In a region where most people are agriculturalists, leaving their lands meant leaving their livelihoods behind as well," writes Jenny Williams in this snapshot of life in Southern Sudan.