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Daniel Luhata Shungu

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

After a career with drug manufacturer Merck & Co., Daniel Luhata Shungu retired in 2002 to focus on eradicating onchocerciasis – also known as “river blindness” – a parasitic disease associated with irreversible blindness, severe itching, reduced life span,...

Barbara Barlow

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Pediatric surgeon Dr. Barbara Barlow went to work at Harlem Hospital in 1975, eager to serve children who had little hope for surgical care because of limited ability to pay. She was appalled at the fatal injuries she saw that were easily preventable – burns,...

Dana Freyer

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

From the desk of her corner office on the 48th floor of a Times Square skyscraper, Dana Freyer has a sweeping view of some of the most famous landmarks in the world, from the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty. What Freyer can’t see are trees. And yet for...

Andy Czerkas

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

In 2000, Andy Czerkas and his wife, Jenny, began volunteering in low-income and senior housing complexes in Madison, Wisc., neighborhoods marked by poverty. Czerkas was motivated by religious faith and a sense of service that dated back more than 25 years, when – upon...

Ammie Jenkins

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Ammie McRae Jenkins, 65, sees land as the center of family and community life in the rural South – a source of income, food, medicine, culture, history, and self sufficiency. When she was a child, her family lost their land and means of family support that was...

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