Stepping Up in Solidarity, from California to Tanzania
More than 9,500 miles separate San Diego, California, from Musoma District in Tanzania. But on International Women’s Day (IWD) last week, a [...]
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03, 2018
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01, 2018
Putting Human Trafficking Out of Business
Over the course of the two-hour meeting, the telephone rang no less than 30 times. No one picked up, but the message [...]
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08, 2017
Breastfeeding Takes A Community
On August 1, UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) kicked off World Breastfeeding Week and Breastfeeding Awareness Month with a clear [...]
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07, 2017
Fighting Human Trafficking Together
It’s easy to think about human trafficking as something that would only occur in far-off countries, but it’s also happening right here [...]
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07, 2017
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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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
Meet Tony Tseng, PCI Changemaker
You could say Tony Tseng’s interests have been all over the map—from geography major to ropes course instructor to Peace Corps [...]
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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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11, 2016
55 Years: Honoring PCI’s Enduring Impact
In 1961, a young doctor from San Diego volunteering at a Tijuana clinic saved the lives of two small children who [...]