Nigerian nonprofit Slum2School, founded by Otto Orondaam, aims to help kids access education in a country where about 1 in 3 are out of school.
Earning a living does more than put food on the table and money in the bank. It builds pride and hope. The Sewing Machine Project helps people do both.
One man鈥檚 commitment to mentoring long-distance runners in prison is changing hearts, perspectives, and lives.
Susan Murabana鈥檚 Travelling Telescope program aims to show Kenyan kids the stars up close 鈥� and that astronomy and science are for everyone.
This Black master falconer is a mentor, conservationist, and Dr. Dolittle of sorts 鈥� saving raptors, at-risk youth, and himself along the way.
Anthill Creations, the brainchild of Pooja Rai, is a Bengaluru-based nonprofit that designs and builds low-cost playgrounds throughout India.
Imam Husamuddin Meyer shows how spiritual counseling can help inmates reach the inner peace they need to avoid veering into Islamic fundamentalism.
David Hertz looked at food insecurity and saw local culinary training, among other things, as a way out.
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�
Inspired by the selflessness of medical personnel during the pandemic, young people are applying to medical school in droves.
Ojok 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�
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.
Spain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.
Helping the Homeless Colorado and EEqual aimed to support people experiencing homelessness, especially students. Matine Khalighi helped found both.
College readiness 鈥� and keeping students in college 鈥� is Superintendent Pedro Martinez鈥檚 top goal for his low-income, Hispanic school district.
When remote school left some of her classmates behind, Daisy Hampton found a small way to reach out and make a big difference.
Training 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.
Sadiya 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.
California car culture includes Latino lowriders, who take pride in their cars as well as promote respect for family and community.
A 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.
Linda Coombs鈥� lifework is to share a fuller picture of the Wampanoag Nation and its contact with some of the first English settlers.
How to tackle a problem as monumental as systemic racism? In Vermont, it starts with something radically simple: listening.
A 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.
When the pandemic threatened to keep older poll workers away, young people raised their hands to facilitate the 2020 election.
Doris 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.
