THE REAL CHALLENGE Host Universal works with the World Fair Trade Organization in 70 countries throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. Here are some of their stories.

Poverty is the cause of AIDS, not HIV
http://www.altheal.org/africa/aidsinafrica.htm

Ghana to UK: the new trail of misery http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2209125,00.html

El Tren de la Muerte: migrants risk life and limb on the death trains
http://www.dallasobserver.com/2007-07-26/news/el-tren-de-la-muerte/print

Cocaine Production Poisons Peru's Rivers
http://www.tierramerica.net/2001/0225/acent.shtml

Small town murder investigation stimulates forensic frontier
science
http://www.forensicmag.com/articles.asp?pid=151

Peru suspects Shining Path rebels in deadly attack on police station in highland village
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/01/america/LA-GEN-Peru-Village-Attack.php

PERU-IRAQ: A Year in Hell for 1,000 Dollars a Month
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39941

Rains and Mudslide Kill 600 in Central America
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/10/10/252.html

Red Cross Offers Tips for Dealing with Flooding, Mudslides and Landslides
http://www.sdarc.org/site/pp.asp?c=erKQL4NQE&b=127616

US Official Praises Peru Drug Effort
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5281606.html