When Abdulmajid Bala opened his shop in 2004, he immediately felt the pull to give something back.
Fahrije Hoti, founder of the KB Krusha agricultural cooperative, helps women to heal, 27 years after a massacre in their village.
Leslee Johnson, the founding editor of The Intersection, a bimonthly newspaper, shines light on the challenges of an often-overlooked group.
Pehli Kiran, a nonprofit, operates schools with mobile infrastructure and tailored lesson plans.
The group Callijatra preserves and promotes a once-forgotten language and its writing systems across Kathmandu Valley.
Goonj and Sampurna help couples rethink extravagant weddings with single-use items.
Large numbers of children began arriving at Our Father鈥檚 Cleft after Sudan鈥檚 third civil war erupted in April 2023.
Eschewing more lucrative careers, Aramide and Oluwaseun Kayode are behind the free Talent Mine Academy and an online training platform for teachers.
Maine Needs began as a Facebook group aiding immigrants. It now helps tens of thousands of other people as well 鈥� with volunteers lining up in droves.
Women are increasingly challenging social norms by forming farming cooperatives.
鈥淧eace does not fall from the sky,鈥� according to Joseph Ben Kaifala, founder of the Center for Memory and Reparations.
鈥淚f children couldn鈥檛 come to the library, the library had to go to them,鈥� says the head of the nonprofit Alif Laila Book Bus Society.
Bipin Dhane impressed islanders on Majuli so much that they donated land, bamboo, and their labor to build a place where he could teach their children.
Solomon Ekundayo wrote the storybook 鈥淭he Loud Cry of Ogun River鈥� to explain a river鈥檚 decline in terms children can absorb.
Since 2018, children in the Republic of Congo have been performing classical music in a culture permeated by traditional rumba.
Osita Osemene鈥檚 organization works to restore the dignity of returned migrants from Nigeria and elsewhere.
As tent encampments grow in rural areas, small-town volunteers are responding the best way they know how: with food, coats, and encouragement.
Wildlife SOS teaches tourists and tour operators about the pain that elephants endure during training, and later, in their lives as riding elephants.
The Kindness Project鈥檚 curated shop provides each new foster child with a week鈥檚 wardrobe and other items.
Science Fuse, a social enterprise, primarily teaches children in impoverished areas, including the Machar Colony slum area in Karachi.
In addition to providing food, the sites have created opportunities for locals across the generational spectrum to interact with one another.
Hundreds of athletes from lower-income families in the Washington area are becoming part of competitive, no-fee teams, thanks to Open Goal Project.
Since mid-2024, urban young people across India have been connecting tribal Bakarwal kids to training in digital animation, coding, and web design.
Sara Almabruk is strategizing how to save Mediterranean angel sharks, 鈥渃ustodians of the seafloor鈥� whose robust presence can indicate a healthy ecosystem.
A garbage-dump-turned-park in Lagos is providing room for children to roam free and play.
