Few things compare to the joy of holding a newborn baby for the first time. For mothers who have experienced violence, terror and loss, the happy relief of delivering a healthy baby is even greater.

The world can at times seem chaotic. But when you dig deeper, narrow your focus, you see how this brokenness affects real people. They share the same hopes and fears, feel the same joy and pain, as we all do.

As Hurricane Florence begins cutting into the eastern United States, Medical Teams International is poised to respond. More than one million Americans have been told to leave their homes and evacuate to temporary shelters capable of weathering the high winds…

Read stories of humbling courage from mothers around the world…

Photographer Helen Manson traveled to southwest Uganda to document the experiences of Congolese refugees crossing the border…

“I think all of us can imagine what it would be like for us to lose our home, to be stuck in a shelter.”

“Thank you for having these vans available for the people who need it.”