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Every year, a team of U.S. doctors travel to Jalapa, Guatemala with Latin American Medical Providers (LAMP) where they treat some of poorest people in the region. In just under one week, the team sees over 1,000 patients and do up to 80 surgeries for people who couldn't normally afford treatment.
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In February 2009, Fresh Cut traveled to Guatemala to document a medical mission in a small town called Jalapa. There, we met David Sutton, a missionary from Houston, Texas, who helped make sure that everything went smoothly.
Fresh Cut profiles the nonprofit educational organization Minds Matter of Chicago that is working to make the dream of college a reality for low-income high school students.
Seed bombing involves planting flowers on barren land that's otherwise hard-to-reach or simply not conducive to plant growth, such as construction sites, abandoned lots, and even alleys and sidewalks.
Found-object assemblage artist and clinical psychologist Jacqueline Roig offers a glimpse into her world.
Every year, hundreds of Native Americans gather for the American Indian Center of Chicago's 54th annual Pow-Wow.Fresh Cut gets in on the drumming, dancing and ofcourse the frybread!
There's rarely any good news about Sudan. A group of volunteers in Chicago decided to change that. Accompanied by a member of the "Lost Boys of Sudan," ordinary people join forces in an effort to ship donated medical supplies to the war-torn country, where a new and much-needed hospital is under construction.It's a small step in confronting a problem half a world away.
For the Lakota tribe in South Dakota, growing industrial hemp is not just a business — it's a means of survival. "Standing Silent Nation" chronicles the ongoing legal battle between the government and the Lakota over their right to grow and sell industrial hemp on tribal land. Part of Fresh Cut's "Under The Radar" series.
When it comes to comic book conventions, Comic Con International in San Diego gets all the attention.But what about Wizard World Chicago, the second largest convention in the country? We give it the love it deserves.