PROVO — Whether it's with used vegetable oil, wind turbines, termite mounds or microloans, social entrepreneurs are working to make a difference one village, latrine or student at a time. During the 12th annual Economic...
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BLUE ASH - Working two-hour shifts in teams, more than 600 volunteers Saturday assembled 200,000 meals for starving children in famine-stricken Guatemala. They were boxed and stamped with a yellow sticker reading "Packed in...
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cusco, Peru Altitude sickness is really rubbish. It worked too - we booked our trip to Macchu Picchu with him (after a wee bit of haggling). After a day walking up to and around the...
PAUCARÁ, Peru, Nov 21 (IPS) - As if he were showing off a treasure, Dionicio Sarmiento holds up his seed potatoes with a smile. "Look how nice they are, all ready to plant. It'll be a good harvest," says the peasant farmer from...
Jump to the full entry & travel map Cusco, Cusco, Peru Overview Cusco is the most visited department in Peru. It is home to the city of Cusco , the Sacred Valley of the Incas , and the citadel of Machu Picchu , one of the Seven...