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How one woman turned two acres into a profitable businessAfter receiving financing and training from the nonprofit One Acre Fund, Viola Nsengiyumva nearly doubled her harvest, bought three goats, and began raising chickens.
Difference MakerEx-Marine Jake Harriman helps people who've had only bad choices find a better lifeNuru International fights extreme poverty by handing its projects off to local groups. If Nuru is still around in 30 years, Harriman says, it has failed.
Emma Watson's plea for equality wins men's supportThe actress, who rose to fame as Hermione in the Harry Potter movies and who now serves as a UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador, launches HeForShe, a campaign to unite men and women for gender equality.
Climate-smart farmers get tech savvy to save India's breadbasketUsing machines to sow rice directly, devices to inform when to irrigate, and phone messages warning of infestations, farmers are learning to adapt to climate change.
Adam Green puts wind in the sails of inner-city studentsRocking the Boat works with young people challenged by economic, educational, and social conditions, helping them develop self-confidence and the skills needed to achieve their ambitions.
Beyond the bookmobile: a farmers market on wheelsA rolling solution to the limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables is revving up in North Carolina.
Practical planet careYou don鈥檛 have to believe in the detrimental effects of human industry on the environment to be green today. Reducing dependence -- on big government, big utilities, and big energy -- appeals to rugged individualists as much as to tree-huggers.
Readers RespondReaders Write: True religion seeks peace; rejecting sensational picturesLetters to the Editor for September 22, 2014 weekly magazine:Green: Spiritual leaders should call for peace not war.Price: Clicking on聽sensational pictures shapes our consciousness and our world.
Margaret Butler puts girls on track to succeedKomera supports education for girls in Rwanda, where few can afford secondary school.
Difference MakerPeggy Stevens brings kids from three religions togetherKids4Peace Boston teaches communication and understanding to 12-year-old Jewish, 海角大神, and Muslim children from the US, Israel, and the Palestinian territories.
Pretty faces draw eyes to animal abuseModels Against Puppy Mills, a campaign created by the Companion Animal Protection Society, uses pretty models to draw attention to ugly 'puppy mills.'
After dodging life in a brothel, Thai woman fights for those without a countrySrinuan Saokhamnuan lacked Thai citizenship but managed to earn a college degree in the US and now speaks out for other stateless people.
Matt Severson funds students in need one by oneThe School Fund, founded by college student Matt Severson in 2010, allows a donor to provide financial assistance to a worthy student anywhere in the world.
Investments in clean energy pay offUS energy companies have steadily increased investments in energy efficiency over the past five years 鈥撀� $7.2 billion in 2013 alone. They return $3 to $4 for every dollar spent.
Scottish vote: preserving the essence of enlightenmentThe Age of Empire is over. But the Age of Enlightenment -- born in England -- remains a work in progress in a world still struggling with intolerance, superstition, fear, and aggression
Readers RespondReaders Write: Education's real problem is poverty; more women needed in parliamentLetters to the Editor for September 15, 2014 weekly magazine:Krashen:聽Common core doesn't fix the real problem of education鈥� poverty.Budd: Though the number of women in the United Kingdom's parliament doubled, the percentage of women is still too small.
How global brands are (finally) investing in factory workersThe HERproject reaches factory workers in developing countries through peer mentoring. The training includes health and preventive care and instruction on how to create a savings account and a family budget.
Percy Hayles saw boys struggling and said 鈥業 gotta do something鈥�His Young Men鈥檚 Success Series engages vulnerable young men from some of Boston鈥檚 toughest neighborhoods teaching money management skills and offering academic advising, summer job placement services, and educational field trips.
Difference MakerReshma Saujani created Girls Who Code to help girls get computer savvyGrowing up, Reshma Saujani was terrified of math and science. Now she makes sure other girls don't miss out on opportunities because of similar fears.
13 Israeli and Palestinian groups building peaceBelow are just some of the organizations and initiatives working to create a lasting peace based on dignity, security, equality, and respect for the human rights of all Palestinians and Israelis.
