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He’s Earned a CNN HERO Award for Transforming Lives on City Streets Where he Once Sold Drugs
If you walked into Tyrique's community center on Taney Street in South Phillidelphia, you'd see a kind man devoting his working hours everyday to...
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott Donates $15m to Provide Glasses to Farmers With Blurry Vision in Developing Nations
Jeff Bezos' former wife MacKenzie Scott has donated $15 million to provide hundreds of thousands of people with eyeglasses.
It's believed to be the largest...
Former Debt Collectors Have Wiped Away $6.7 Billion of Medical Debt for Millions of Americans
A dynamic duo from Wall Street has just passed a huge milestone in charitable history, completely paying off the medical debt for some 3.6...
Delaware Will Install Free Solar Panels For Low-income Residents and Paying 70% For Moderate-incomes
A new two-year pilot program launched this month will spread the benefits of solar power to Delaware residents who otherwise would not be able...
Giving Cash and Therapy to Men Engaged in Crime—and 10 Years Later, a Surprise Success
What if I told you that investing roughly $500 for therapy, plus providing a little cash, helped some of the most troubled young men...
Dutch Visionary Helps Refugee Camp Recycling All of its Plastic Trash into New Products
A refugee camp in the northern Sahara that relies on international aid for everything has gotten their hands on small, relatively-portable plastic recycling machines...
Opium Production Ceases as Communities in Mexico’s Golden Triangle Turn to Forestry
An area famous for cropping narcotics and cannabis has changed its moniker from the Golden Triangle of Opium to the Golden Triangle of Sustainable...
Denver’s Program to Dispatch Mental Health Teams Instead of Police is So Successful it is Expanding 5-Fold
After dispatching mental health teams, instead of police officers, to certain 911 emergency calls, the city of Denver is proclaiming their pilot program a...
Why Senegal Winning Africa’s Biggest Sports Trophy is the Ultimate Feel-Good Story
For the first time in their country's history, the talented footballing nation of Senegal has taken home Africa's finest sporting prize: The African Cup.
They...
Youth Hailed for Providing Renewable Energy to 10,000 People Without Using Battery, Wind, Sun, or Water
Growing up in Sierra Leone, a young man who saw a problem and was determined to fix it has been awarded international prizes for...
Artist’s Joke to His Friends Garners $600,000 for Nigerian Orphanages
A Nigerian musician and showman asked for money on Twitter for his birthday to get his Rolls Royce released from a port, but flipped...
Refugees in Cameroon Have Turned a Treeless Desert Camp Into a Thriving Forest – LOOK
What once was brown now has turned green, thanks to a special collaboration between the Dutch Lottery, the UN, and a group of humanitarian...
First-of-its-Kind Commencement Inside Prison Celebrates 25 Inmates That Earned Bachelor’s Degrees Behind Bars
On a prison yard 70 miles away from Cal State LA’s campus, the university celebrated its newest graduates.
25 incarcerated men received bachelor’s degrees during...
Inventor of Hand-Cranked Washing Machine is Distributing the Low-Cost Device to Refugees
The inventor of a hand-cranked washing machine has traveled to Iraq to distribute the low-cost device to refugees.
Navjot Sawhney created the 'Divya' to allow...
A Family Treasure Scattered in the Street and the Good Samaritan Who Cared
Javier Folgar was brainstorming ways to celebrate the first anniversary of his business, and decided to create a blog post highlighting all the wonderful...
Bezos Earth Fund Pledges $1B to Conserve Land and Sea in Critical Areas ‘We can and must reverse this’
Jeff Bezos has placed an additional $1 billion into the Bezos Earth Fund to be spent on creating, expanding, managing, and monitoring protected and...
In Hurricane Stricken New Orleans, a Solar Microgrid Kept the Lights on in This Apartment Building for Low Income Vets
Another hurricane, another power outage? In the state of Louisiana, one apartment complex is keeping the lights on—a beacon of hope in New Orleans.
St....
A Billionaire CEO Gives Ousted Hermit $180,000 to Rebuild His Cabin After it Burned Down
A self-proclaimed hermit who became unintentionally famous after losing his home to a fire is about to get new digs thanks to generous donations...
Mom Sews Manta Ray for Son’s Birthday When She Can’t Buy One –And a Tide of Kindness Floods in From Strangers
An ocean of kindness has swept over a loving mom and her son after strangers learned about her ingenuity in the face of poverty—and...
Volunteers in India Do it Again–Planting 250 Million Saplings in Single Day and Seeing 80% Survival Rate
In just a single day, Indians have planted an impressive quarter-billion tree saplings in their quest to clean the air.
Whereas mass tree planting operations...