All People Making a Difference
Difference MakerMagalie Dresse is helping Haiti move beyond handoutsThe entrepreneurial owner of Caribbean Craft has created a successful business that offers employees wages and benefits far above what is usual in Haiti.
Soccer program heads youths away from troubleFormer professional Andy McLaren, who has battled his own demons, started A&M Training to give youths in inner-city Glasgow, Scotland, a positive alternative to drugs and crime.
Harry Potter fans 鈥� and J.K. Rowling 鈥� win a deal to get child labor out of chocolateIn novels and films Harry Potter stands up for vulnerable people. Members of the real-world Harry Potter Alliance now have gotten Fair Trade certification for products sold in their hero's name.
A real magic carpet story: transforming 28,000 lives with $200In India, one man鈥檚 idea to double salaries and let artisans work from home has created a positive ripple effect across five states.
Difference MakerSabyasachi Mukherjee revived a once-grand but dilapidated museumA stately structure in Mumbai built during British rule has become a modern world-class cultural center.
Elena-Alis Costescu promotes democracy in RomaniaThe Ra牛iu Center advocates for human rights, accountability among public officials, and the participation of youths in civil society.
Underground and on rooftops, farms take root in big citiesInnovative projects are trying to help feed the world's booming cities by farming in urban spaces, including high above, and far beneath, busy streets.
The Veteran Artist Program helps the talents of US military vets bloomBR McDonald founded the Veteran Artist Program to brings art, music, theater, and painting to communities across the country while helping veterans launch careers in the arts.
Olympia LePoint showed courage on her path from poverty to rocket scientistHow do you get from a tough childhood in South Central Los Angeles to mission control? By taking fear out of the equation.
Rebuilt palace will again be the historic center of BerlinThe enormous, centuries-old Berlin City Palace was badly damaged by Allied bombs in World War II. But now Wilhelm von Boddien's dream that it rise again as a cultural landmark is coming true.
Difference MakerWilliam Whittenbury employs his 'can do' spirit to save an endangered porpoiseFewer than 100 little vaquita porpoises are left in the Gulf of California. California teenager William Whittenbury aims to save them.
Los Angeles looks to capture rain to help solve its water problemsThe urban drainage system of Los Angeles can never quite look like wild creeks, but restoring some capacity to store, slow, and filter water fixes many problems at once.
3 new ideas for working alongside the world's poorest peopleSurprising and unorthodox strategies 鈥� board games, nail salons, membership health clinics 鈥� are showing promising results in addressing the needs of those in extreme poverty.
How Florida farmworkers won a fairer deal from America's biggest food companies'Food Chains,' a film documentary, chronicles how Florida's tomato pickers were able to work with food companies to raise pay and improve working conditions.
Faith community makes a difference in a Pennsylvania townAliquippa, Pa., faces tough economic challenges. But scores of people of all faiths are working together to help resurrect it.
Young generation steps up to volunteerYoung Americans are more serious about giving back through volunteering than were their parents, an AP poll finds.
West Africans in Texas aid the Ebola fight back homeAs 2015 dawns, the West African community in Dallas is no longer the focus of Ebola fears. It can turn its attention to helping those in need in places like Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Sworn enemies in Colombia put down guns, make peaceThe World of Timber business is a rare example of reconciliation between warring factions in Colombia's five-decade war that has killed 200,000 people and displaced 6 million.
US college student founds a 'peace camp' in AfricaArmel Nibasumba is committing his life to helping end the ethnic tensions that led to the deaths of more than 1 million Africans.
Difference MakerLisa Kristine reveals the brutal conditions 鈥� and uplifting humanity 鈥� of today's slavesPhotographer Lisa Kristine has traveled the globe for three decades, inviting viewers to deeply connect with her subjects.
