YA Author Shamim Sarif Partners with Headwaters Relief Organization to Combat Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is prevalent worldwide, even in more developed countries such as the United States. Around 4 million people are trafficked each year—with 50% of trafficking victims being children—taken for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Areas that have recently suffered a natural disaster are especially vulnerable to human traffickers, and this hidden aftermath caught the […]

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Stand Tall International: An Interview with Charity Co-Founder Masha Balovlenkov

Welcome back, Germ readers! Recently, Germ had the great honor of interviewing Masha Balovlenkov, co-founder of the non-profit organization Stand Tall International. Through her team’s amazing work at the non-profit, several young lives in Tanzania and abroad are receiving life-changing surgeries and funds for schooling within their communities. So, I won’t waste any more time; […]

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Ukuthemba Children’s Home

The word “orphanage” quickly evokes certain images to our minds, and for the most part, these images are none too positive. We might be able to chalk this up to seeing one too many Shirley Temple movies — because, obviously, all orphanages cannot possibly be so horrific and run by people who should clearly be […]

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