Topic: Difference Maker - CSMonitor.com

Special topic: Difference Maker

John Alston turns kids in hoodies into a choral band of brothers
After the Haitian earthquake: saving priceless murals, artifacts, and other treasures
Pewee Flomoku saw Liberia's child soldiers through a camera lens. Now he promotes peace
Publishing children's books 鈥� and delivering them by elephant
Using a wood chipper to save cheetahs, Africa's most endangered big cats
He's raising hope in southern Sudan by boosting crop yields 鈥� and women's rights
Turning Bolivian street beggars into proud performers
A Nobel Peace Prize winner finds spiritual values in planting trees
'Girl Talk' youth program counters school bullying with mentoring
Using hands-on philanthropy to bring Haiti relief
Children who lend a helping hand show they can make a difference and change the world
She went to New Orleans to clean up after Hurricane Katrina 鈥� and stayed to start a charter school
How a college president toppled the ivory tower
'Super-librarian' figures out secret to getting kids to read
Her guiding principle when working with at-risk teens: Never, ever give up
Helping South Korea's foreign workers win fair treatment
She uses paint, brushes, and volunteers to clean up graffiti and build communities
Matching kids with adults who live their dream
Surviving floods, droughts, and poachers' bullets to save elephants
He invites suicide jumpers for a cup of tea
Hitting a high note by helping high school musicians in Seattle shed limitations
She recruited Facebook friends to save Gulf Coast's hermit crabs.
Liberia's only woman newspaper editor packs a 'Punch'
He teaches inner-city kids how to be smart about money
Entrepreneur Jimmy Pham went back to Vietnam to help lift others out of poverty