All People Making a Difference
TripAdvisor-style ratings may save migrant workers from slaveryContratados.org, a site for migrants from Mexico working in the US, lets migrant workers rate their experiences with recruiters or employers online, by voicemail, or by text message.
Difference MakerJohn Hope Bryant wants African-American students to be smart about moneyOperation HOPE is helping to fill a yawning gap that many finance experts see between what Americans know about financial planning and what they need to know.
New ways to help Hong Kong's human trafficking victimsHong Kong is a hotbed of sex trafficking and forced labor but it narrowly defines what trafficking is. Now Liberty Asia is creatively applying existing laws to trafficking cases.
Young Iraqis in Baghdad hold a peace carnivalThe goal for next year: a 鈥榙ay of peace鈥� celebrated in every province of the war-torn country.
More Than Words uses books to boost foster teensThe Boston-area nonprofit employs troubled teens to run online and storefront bookstores while also teaching them life skills.
Engineering Smiles aims to bring mobile dental care to those in needA group of engineering students in Arizona, most of them women, is designing a mobile dental facility for use in Nicaragua.
Difference MakerJeff Lee and Ann Martin started a place to read about 鈥� and experience 鈥� the WestThe Rocky Mountain Land Library, 32,000 books about the American West, will find a suitable home聽on the historical Buffalo Peaks Ranch in Colorado.
Geek teams on two continents write poverty-breaking apps for KenyaThe Nov. 20-22 Poverty Hackathon will be the first international development-focused virtual hackathon. A panel of judges will choose a winning idea.
Difference MakerTemsutula Imsong picked up a broom and bucket and cleaned up a riverbankThe ghats, or steps, along the Ganges River seemed to be beyond help. But her volunteer effort has now been lauded by India's prime minister.
How one American found a way to help Syrian refugees: baby carriersMothers around the world are sending聽baby carriers to聽Syrian refugees, revealing a compassionate face behind the ongoing immigration debate.
Syrian journalist wins award for her courageous reportingShe has been targeted by both the Syrian government and militant forces after setting up an underground newspaper to report on what was really happening.
Online university offers Syrian refugees an opportunity to study for freeKiron University, founded by students in Berlin, promises to provide college courses to refugees without fees or the need to supply missing legal documents.
Among US tribes, a movement revives native foods and landsThe Fond du Lac band in Minnesota is planting wild rice and restoring damaged wetlands. Across the US tribes are reviving traditional food sources and healing scarred lands.
'Frugal innovation' does more with less to find solutionsTechnological advances have added expensive bells and whistles. Getting back to basics allows low-income populations to play a major part in their own progress.
A visionary's quest: a city filled with gardensOrion Kriegman wants Boston to burst with food-producing parcels tended by the community.
Small island states ditch diesel for cheaper, cleaner energyThe Marshall Islands is cutting diesel use dramatically with small-scale wind power, solar power, and energy efficiency moves.
Difference MakerMelissa Fink turned a struggling grade school into a national modelThe principal of Jones Elementary School in Springdale, Ark., begins by addressing the needs of the 'whole child.'
Old tires faithfully protect Yellowstone鈥檚 most famous geyserA new pathway in Yellowstone National Park is made from repurposed rubber, allowing more water to flow into the ground and recharge the Old Faithful geyser.
These Black Mambas protect African wildlife from poachersThe United Nations has honored the Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit, comprised mostly of women, which has dramatically reduced poaching in a South African national park.
Two decades after the genocide, a Rwanda wildlife park recoversAkagera National Park was devastated during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. Now wildlife, including hippos, crocodiles, and even lions, is coming back.
