UNICEF is piloting a new program called Community-Led Total Sanitation in the village of Fadieda, some 100 kilometers north of Bamako. It relies on community leaders, like Mr. Sho Traore, to teach people how to make major changes in their hygiene and sanitation habits.

In the slums of Calcutta, children are serving their communities by leading vaccination drives, working together to empower themselves, and safeguard the future of their community.

As more people use bed nets to combat malaria, mosquitoes are adapting, making identifying and disrupting their breeding sites crucial. A Tanzanian pilot study led by Dr. Nicodem Govella is testing how effective larvicide is in reducing malaria in a large city.

Ade Yunarsih starts her newborn visits each day at 6 a.m., averaging 20 to 30 house calls for each week and delivering about ten babies each month. She?s been keeping this schedule, more or less, for 15 years in the village of Kampung Cirendeng, Indonesia. Ade is the person mothers turn to when they are pregnant, when they are giving birth and when their children become sick.

The West African nation of Niger is on the brink of a major food shortage. Concern Worldwide is implementing several innovative projects on the fly in order to prevent a catastrophic scenario.

Dr. Ernest Madu runs the Heart Institute of the Caribbean in Kingston, Jamaica, where he proves that—with careful design, smart technical choices, and a true desire to serve—it's possible to offer world-class healthcare in the developing world.

With almost a five percent HIV prevalence, Côte d’Ivoire is one of the countries worst affected by HIV/AIDS in West Africa. UNICEF helps sustain a health center in Bouake that treats over 800 HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children as well as provides social and educational support.

Stigma and discrimination are fueling the HIV epidemic in the Caribbean. Join poet and writer Kwame Dawes as he explores the issues surrounding HIV-related stigma in Jamaica and speaks with the people who are most affected.

UNICEF’s Eminent Advocate for Children, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan, spends time with members of the Girls’ and Boys’ Empowerment Movement (GEM/BEM) club at the Phefeni Senior Secondary school in Soweto, South Africa. The club offers a safe place to share problems, learn leadership skills, and build confidence to withstand peer group pressure.

Lesotho has made significant progress in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, thanks to the nationwide "Know Your Status" campaign and a renewed national strategic plan on HIV and AIDS.

Some 30,000 people in Kosovo who identify themselves as belonging to the Roma, Ashkali or Egyptian ethnic groups are living on the fringes of society. Many lack the identity papers that would entitle them to the benefits available to other citizens: social welfare, unemployment, even schooling.

Along the Kenyan coast, the sexual exploitation of children and sex tourism is widely accepted. Many girls see it as an easy way to earn money and, for those from poor households, as a ticket out of poverty. The World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children promotes international cooperation for more effective action on sexual exploitation.

In the past, villagers in rural Nepal were forced to burn firewood as their main energy source, leading to deforestation and health issues for women who constantly breathed in the smoke. Beehive bio briquettes are an alternative energy source that cost almost nothing to make, are smoke free, and are created from biomass that doesn't necessitate felling trees. See how this Nepalese community is being transformed through making, using, and selling bio briquettes.

Khadeza and Jahanara both live in Dhaka, Bangladesh, but their lives could not be more different. While Khadeza lives with her son, husband, and mother-in-law, Jahanara is a single mother with seven children to support. Khadeza has a steady job in a garment factory, which has a clinic where she can access family planning free of charge. Jahanara works as a cleaner in several houses around the city and has no access to birth control.

PATH created the lively, interactive Magnet Theater group in Kenya to help individuals and communities examine and alter risky behaviors involving sex. Individuals like Nelson, who became motivated by what he saw to get tested for HIV and change his ways.