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Matthew James learned silversmithing and started his own business called The Gem Studio. A portion of the profits he earns goes to fund a Ugandan orphanage he started five years ago. (Cassie Bingham)

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, an African migrant covers his mouth with tape during a protest in front of the U.S. embassy, demanding asylum and work rights from the Israeli government in Tel Aviv, Israel. Tens of thousands of Africans in Israel face jail if they do not accept an offer to relocate to an unnamed African country, while Uganda and Rwanda, widely presumed to be the likely destinations, have denied the existence of any agreement with Israel's government even though scores of migrants are believed to have already settled there. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Kindall Palmer (center), Rob Brown (left) and Dr. Stephen Minton discuss revisions to the NeoLife Ventilator. (Erica Palmer)

Women in rural towns of Nepal are secluded in small huts away from their families four days out of every month.

Musana empowers women in Uganda by providing both steady employment and education that includes health, entrepreneurship and English.

Ugandan women model their handmade bracelets. (Photo courtesy Musana Jewelry)

BYU students showed their eagerness to 'go forth (and) serve' by attending the Y-Prize kick-off event Jan. 21.

When BYU education professors Steve Hite and Julie Hite began researching schools in Uganda, they had no charitable intentions.