All People Making a Difference
When a deaf 15-year-old boy finally learns to speak, what does he say?Check out this short video of a Ugandan teenager just 10 weeks into a sign language program.聽
World Ocean School: sailing with a purposeA historical schooner is now a unique classroom that offers hands-on learning and life lessons.
'Tis the season, when the police save ChristmasIn White Plains, N.Y., local police stepped in to save a family's Christmas after their gifts were stolen. It turns out, that's not so unusual.聽
A Bigshot with a big goal: Get kids thinkingA simple build-it-yourself camera teaches science and art.
Difference MakerRosemary Nyirumbe runs a school for young women fleeing slaverySt. Monica Girls鈥� Tailoring Center in Uganda teaches skills that allow women to earn a living for themselves 鈥� and often for the children they bore as slave 'wives.'
Molly Cantrell-Kraig uses a car as a vehicle to transform womenHer Women With Drive Foundation helps women whose only barrier to self-sufficiency is the lack of transportation.
How an ex-girlfriend's round-the-world ticket helped launch a global charityJordan Axani is leveraging his viral story about a free airline ticket for a Canadian named "Elizabeth Gallagher" into a campaign to raise money to help others travel. Here's why it just might work.聽
Founder of D.C. Central Kitchen tries feeding Los AngelesRobert Egger's L.A. Kitchen aims to reduce food waste and unemployment while combating hunger and isolation among older adults.
Philanthropist couple saved 3,000 migrants at seaChristopher and Regina Catrambone launched the Migrant Offshore Aid Station to rescue migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived simply, goes solarWalden Pond, considered the birthplace of the environmental movement, will have a new visitor center, powered by solar energy, that includes a charging station for electric cars.
Farhana Yamin's simple yet radical idea: zero emissionsMs. Yamin has been a key actor in getting that ambitious goal into the discussion of carbon emission reductions under way at the UN climate talks in Lima, Peru.
Difference MakerNalini Shekar put aside retirement to help India's waste pickersIn Bangalore, India, Nalini Shekar has organized lowly waste pickers wandering the streets into a cohesive group of waste-management professionals.
Toys for Tots: creating 7 million smiles a yearA Marine Corps Reserve effort helps families.
Education is key to protecting children in West AfricaPeople need to feel free to ask questions, to voice their opinions, and to understand the role they can play in changing practices such as child marriage, says a Muslim leader and child protection specialist.
Lava Mae provides mobile showers for homeless peopleFunded by Google and Indiegogo, a San Francisco nonprofit turns old buses into much-needed shower facilities for those living on the streets.
A decade after a devastating tsunami, new forests protect Indonesia's coastThe tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004 obliterated vast areas of Aceh Province. But villagers there have used an innovative microcredit scheme to restore mangrove forests and other coastal ecosystems as a natural barrier against future killer waves and storms.
Difference MakerPeter Schumann's puppets speak out on big issuesAs a boy Peter Schumann carried his hand puppets with him when he fled the Russians. Now he's one of the foremost practitioners of experimental puppet theater in the world.
Inventor hopes to clean the air with giant purifiersIn Lima, Peru, now hosting UN climate talks, Jorge Gutierrez is showing off his air-purifying 'super tree' device that he says can convert as much carbon dioxide into oxygen as 1,200 trees.
Religious leaders vow to eradicate modern-day slaveryAn anti-slavery drive, led by Pope Francis, receives the backing of a wide array of the world's religious leaders.
Prospector Theater helps disabled people entertain new prospectsA restored theater in Ridgefield, Conn., provides customers with a great moviegoing experience while employing people with developmental disabilities.