Fleeing Danger and Finding Hope
As an interpreter, Arabiya Aldhaher uses words to bridge divides. But when it comes to telling her own story, sometimes even language [...]
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07, 2017
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06, 2017
Driven to Serve in Appalachia
Long before Wrenn Turpin married our founder, Dr. Jim Turpin, she was a rebel with a cause in the Appalachian Mountains [...]
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06, 2017
San Diego Family Beats Cancer Twice
Never bet against Angelica Foster. Staff from Project Concern International (PCI) first met the San Diego mother in 2010. At the time, [...]
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05, 2017
Loss Drives Latina to Champion Women’s Health
In recognition of National Women’s Health Week, we’re featuring Perla Ledesma (above photo, far right)—a program participant turned staff member who is [...]
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04, 2017
From Pregnant and Abused to a Community Health Advocate
Marce was pregnant and escaping an abusive relationship when she came to live with her siblings in San Diego. She had been [...]
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06, 2016
Girls Only! – Empowering Young Girls to be Strong
By Ashley Dittmar PCI empowers people around the world to lift themselves out of poverty and to live happier, healthier lives. [...]
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06, 2016
Ensuring a Healthy Future for Families in San Diego
By Christa Davis and Dr. Maria Lourdes F. Reyes We’ve all experienced the discomfort of a hygiene “incident”: running out of [...]
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04, 2016
Leveraging Partnerships to Fight Diabetes
World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7, and this year’s theme is around diabetes awareness, prevention and scaling up [...]
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12, 2015
Reflecting on the Status of Women and Girls
Last week commemorated Human Rights Day, a day that recognizes the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United [...]
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07, 2015
A Beautiful City with an Ugly Problem: Our Fight Against Human Trafficking in San Diego
By Marissa Cardwell San Diego is a large and diverse county. It’s known for its beauty, near-perfect weather, military bases, craft [...]