When he started making short documentaries with rural children and teenagers in Senegal, Jeremy Teicher’s main goal was to get…
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Ryan Clinton wants to make animal shelters ‘no kill’ zones
Most people would agree that it’s better for healthy dogs and cats in animal shelters to be adopted than to…
Sze LaiShan helps the poor trapped in tiny ‘coffin’ and ‘cage’ tenements
The cloying odor of damp clothes and sweat from the five men crammed into the small room in a tenement…
She bring electricity to Indonesian villages
It takes a lot of energy to keep up with Tri Mumpuni Iskandar, which seems fitting given her passion: to…
Babies know difference between right and wrong
It is often thought of as one of the qualities which distinguishes humans from animals. And a new study has…
Hicks launches groups that empower Africa’s poor and disabled
Photographer Paul Joynson-Hicks has a second vocation: He founds nonprofit organizations in Uganda and Tanzania that serve the needy. Paul…
Used soda bottles light up the world
Water, a little bleach, and a plastic bottle are all Filipino entrepreneur Illac Diaz needs to light up the world.…
Teenager can use fork for first time after being fitted with hi-tech hand
A teenager who lost her fingers to septicaemia as a toddler has been able to brush her teeth for the…
Happy people live healthier, longer lives
Happy people have an advantage over unhappy ones–they may be healthier and may live longer. An extensive review of literature…
Grandmothers to Grandmothers!!!
When Janet Siddall first visited Africa in the 1980s, she was bowled over. “I was absolutely captivated by the landscape,…