All People Making a Difference
Difference MakerIndia鈥檚 blind readers had no lifestyle mag. So this woman made one.White Print, a Braille lifestyle magazine, was founded by Upasana Makati. She has also printed children鈥檚 books in Braille, including 鈥淭actabet.鈥�
Difference MakerBe like Fauci? Pandemic inspires surge in med school applications.Inspired by the selflessness of medical personnel during the pandemic, young people are applying to medical school in droves.
Difference MakerHow Ojok Okello is rebuilding the hometown he never knewOjok Okello returned to his father鈥檚 hometown in northern Uganda planning to build just a small house. But it turned into much more: 鈥淥kere City.鈥�
Difference MakerWhy do some child soldiers heal and not others? What one scholar found.Sierra Leone鈥檚 civil war spawned a generation of former child soldiers. Connection and community may explain why some have been able to recover.
Difference MakerAs Canary Islands face migration crisis, former migrants step up to helpSpain鈥檚 Canary Islands saw a spike in new arrivals last year, causing a local crisis. Those who were migrants in 2006 are helping to manage it.
Difference MakerHe grew up wanting for nothing. Now he gives other students a leg up.Helping the Homeless Colorado and EEqual aimed to support people experiencing homelessness, especially students. Matine聽Khalighi helped found both.
Difference MakerThis 12-year-old鈥檚 bold mission? To get laptops to students in need.When remote school left some of her classmates behind, Daisy Hampton found a small way to reach out and make a big difference.聽
Difference MakerIn a Brooklyn kitchen, a Statue of Liberty spirit offers a fresh startTraining for newcomers to the United States focuses on 10 weeks of culinary and job skills in the Brooklyn, N.Y., cafe of nonprofit Emma鈥檚 Torch.
First LookRescued by kindness, Megan Cohen now shares hope in PhillyMegan Cohen started the Grace Project last year to help drug addicts on the streets of Philadelphia, where she once struggled too.聽
Difference MakerFor Indian teen who launched village library, it鈥檚 about more than booksSadiya Shaikh realized her family鈥檚 ancestral village in Bihar, India, had no library. So the 18-year-old set one up herself: Maulana Azad Library.
Difference Maker鈥楲ow and slow鈥�: Latino lowriders cruise for communityCalifornia car culture includes Latino lowriders, who take pride in their cars as well as promote respect for family and community.
Difference MakerCoat as shelter: Designer Bas Timmer creates for people who have no homeA designer was motivated by the death of his friends鈥� father to make a garment for homeless people using excess fabric and workers who are refugees.
Lending an ear: 鈥楩ree listening鈥� is this guy鈥檚 businessIn this era of social distancing, Kip Clark offers human connection: From a perch on a street in Cambridge, he listens to anyone who wants to talk.聽
Difference MakerFirst Thanksgiving: How a Native woman is setting the record straightLinda Coombs鈥� lifework is to share a fuller picture of the Wampanoag Nation and its contact with some of the first English settlers.
Afghan refugees create a taste of home in MalaysiaMeaningful Meals, run by the Greater Action nonprofit, helps Afghan refugees in Malaysia earn an income catering meals from their homeland.
Difference MakerThe quiet powerhouse fighting racism in one of America鈥檚 whitest statesHow to tackle a problem as monumental as systemic racism? In Vermont, it starts with something radically simple: listening.聽
Difference MakerAn electrician鈥檚 good deed launches a movement of helpersA retiree鈥檚 home repair problems were a big deal for her, but an easy good deed for a network of volunteers that has expanded to help others, too.聽
Difference MakerRetired no more: A Texas octogenarian advocates for seniorsDoris Griffin, an advocate for older people 鈥� at nearly 90 years old 鈥� knows how to speak for, and about the needs of, Texas seniors in the pandemic.
Difference MakerAt Stan the Man鈥檚 bookmobile, kids buy books with acts of kindnessFormer kindergarten teacher Stan Tucker launched his Read 鈥檔鈥� Roll bookmobile to promote literacy. But it鈥檚 become a vehicle for kindness too.聽
Difference MakerFighting stigma with ice cream at Sikia CafeSikia Cafe in Jinja, Uganda, which is staffed by deaf waiters, aims to change attitudes toward the deaf community.聽
