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There's one date that is etched in the mind of Adriana Chitula - 15 April 2001. It was the last time she saw her parents. That night soldiers attacked her village and she fled into the bush to hide. She had no idea if her parents survived the attack.

On March 13, 1982, 177 women and children from the Mayan village of Rio Negro, Guatemala, were tortured, raped, and massacred by the Guatemalan army and army-led civil patrol groups. Ten year-old Jesus Tecu Osorio witnessed and survived the murders of his family and neighbors, only to be enslaved as a servant for three years in the home of one of the killers. Jesus eventually escaped and went on to win the Reebok Human Rights Award for his tireless work to bring the guilty to justice.

A slide show with music promoting world peace.

In Guatemala, AFSC works with a local partner, Ceiba Association, to improve security and peace in neighborhoods of Guatemala City. The Peace Truck provides first aid, counseling for drama and conflict mediation.

350 Bedouin, Christian, Muslim, Druze, Jewish orthodox and secular Access students from ORT schools celebrated their 2-year English Access Microscholarship by traveling to the mixed Arab-Jewish city of Ramallah to participate in an "English Service Learning" day.

Milad Yousufi grew up in war-torn Afghanistan, and though he didn't have a piano, he did have an imagination.

USIP's Gordon Lubold interviews Jahvid Durrani of Integrity Watch Afghanistan in Kabul.

After decades of civil war, and years of work clearing up after it, Mozambique is slowly moving towards being declared free of land mines. All thanks to man's unlikely new best friend: the rat.

DFID Humanitarian Advisor, Neil Barry, reports from northern Sri Lanka on how UK funding is helping people return to their homes after the conflict.

Some of the people who may be directly affected by plans for sustainable development live along the Amazon river. Gabriel Elizondo took a six day journey along the waterway to visit them, and hear their thoughts on Rio plus 20.