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Infographic: Rising Death Toll in Central America’s Northern Triangle

This infographic charts the rising death toll in the Northern Triangle, which includes Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. Driven by gang warfare, government corruption, and poverty, the violence in this comparatively small region exceeded the death tolls in several combined war zones in 2015.
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Jesuit Volunteer Reflects: Learning How to Receive

Coming out of my JVC International Orientation, I felt so pumped to enter into the role of a Jesuit Volunteer in Belize. I left energized with a mentality that I am not here to ‘help’ anybody. I am not here to change another country's systems or values. I am here to learn from the people. I am here to be both with and for them. I am here to accompany them.
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Finding Light Amid Sorrow and Grief

On October 24, 2015, four young, beautiful, and promising women died in a car accident while traveling back from the mid-term break. Three of them were current Creighton University students, and one was a recent graduate. They were part of a sorority that is well known on campus and these women were very amiable people, from stories that I heard. It was an unexpected tragedy that affected everyone on campus, from close friends of the women to people, like me, who did not know the women on a personal level.