As Furman students, we often get trapped in the “Furman bubble” and sometimes neglect to see what is truly going on in the world around us. We often take things such as our education and health for granted. My goal in this blog over the semester is to focus on various aspects of the United States and international organizations assisting in foreign countries with an emphasis on education and health aid among other human interest topics. My sources will include USAID, IRC, World Bank, the UN and UNICEF as well as interviews from experts, classmates, and professors. By doing this I hope to provide valuable insight into this aspect of U.S. foreign aid and hopefully enable my peers to be educated and formulate their own opinions on international issues.