The daily heat from the sun baking the Abaco Islands was fierce, relentless. Especially on the roof of the local library, where some of the 17 Pitt student-athletes — men and women from five sports — ...

(The Conversation) — As tourists head to airports this summer, American travelers are likely to see groups of young people in matching T-shirts awaiting flights to Latin America or further afield.

Whether it's a mission trip, research program, or semester cruising, the Caribbean study abroad has no doubt become the ...

Julie Choueiki, a nurse, remembers going on a medical aid trip with Colorectal Team Overseas (CTO) to Greece. While there, the mother of a young boy with a complicated anorectal malformation in need ...

The concept of the medical mission as a currency for peace has always been an intellectual exercise for me. Very recently, I got to see it in action. My other passion, understanding the keys to ...

After years of debate, the line is blurrier than ever. In the early years after its founding in 2004, Hands and Feet Project was climbing a steep learning curve as it sought to help vulnerable ...

Instead of setting out abroad, a group of 169 volunteers from multiple churches of various faiths completed their missionary work in Berks County for Mission Trip Birdsboro & Beyond on Saturday. “We ...

In May of last year, a 10-foot wall with barbed wire known as the “Wall of Shame” divided the wealthy from the impoverished outside Lima, Peru. Lavish white buildings sit on one side of the wall, ...

In light of the coronavirus, many things have been put on hold. For local churches and organizations, the decision to cancel mission trips this year was a tough one but had to be made. Mission trips ...