All People Making a Difference
For Sandy Martin The Little Nature Museum is a lifelong passionStarted in Sandy Martin's bedroom when she was 13, The Little Nature Museum has received thousands of visitors who experience the results of her intimate knowledge of and love for nature.
Angelique Namaika finds strength in God to help the displaced in the CongoSister Angelique Namaika 鈥� a nun working in the Congo 鈥� has helped transform the lives of more than 2,000 women and girls forced from their homes and abused by the Lord's Resistance Army.
SunFunder uses crowdsourcing to finance solar projects in Africa, IndiaMore than a billion people lack access to electricity. Solar power could be a big part of the answer, says SunFunder founder Ryan Levinson.
Scott Harrison found meaning in life by starting charity: waterBy building freshwater wells, rainwater catchments, or providing sand filters, charity: water finds simple solutions to help solve the world鈥檚 water crisis: Roughly 1 in 9 people around the globe lack access to clean water.
Rachel Faller launches socially conscious fashions in CambodiaKeoK鈥檍ay, an innovative fashion label in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, combines social and environmental responsibility with contemporary designs.
Difference MakerStephen Wade uncovers 'The Beautiful Music All Around Us'He's a folk music detective, revealing the lost artists who helped create American folk music.
Honesty earns Boston homeless man $104,000 鈥� and countingGlen James found more than $40,000 in a backpack and turned it in to police. After reading media accounts of James' honesty,聽 Ethan Whittington, started a fund for James on the crowdfunding site, gofundme.com.
Books to Prisoners answers pleas of inmatesBooks to Prisoners, a nonprofit group that sends free reading material to prisoners across the United States, operates on a shoestring but with dogged determination.
An American mom helps build a school in Uganda'Give it up for Gulu' began as a simple fundraiser by a stay-at-home mom but became a long-term passionate project aimed at building a pre-school in Uganda.
Volunteering helps to promote 'One America'Points of Light is sponsoring One America, an effort to get people of all political, social, and religious backgrounds to work together as volunteers on 'roll up your sleeves' projects.
Ninety percent of kids give to charityChildren whose parents talk to them about giving are 20 percent more likely to give than those whose parents don鈥檛, a recent study finds.
Satellite images of Syria help a nonprofit gather data, keep witnesses safeSatellite imagery allows Amnesty International to gather critical data quickly and without putting witnesses or researchers in danger.
Difference MakerJohn Dennis Liu inspires people to save Earth's ecosystemJohn Dennis Liu says humans can stop destroying their planet. He's documented ecological restoration projects around the world to prove it.
SolePower puts a charge in your stepSolePower鈥檚 shoe insert converts walking energy into electrical power, a potential game-changer in the developing world, where many people now have cell phones but poor access to electricity.
Young leaders from the Middle East gather to tackle the region's big challengesAt an intensive six-week session in Portland, Ore., this summer 18 students studied ways to create jobs and resolve conflicts in their home communities.
Jailed Yorm Bopha symbolizes a widespread problem in Cambodia 鈥� land grabsResidents of a Phnom Penh neighborhood have had their land taken away by the government. Protesters like Yorm Bopha, a young mother, are trying to do something about it.
Detroit bankrupt? Six ways the Motor City is thrivingNews media accounts of Detroit's bankruptcy miss the growing industries, strong communities, and policy changes laying the foundation for the city's recovery.
Bin Donated makes unwanted items 'gone for good'Jud Kinnucan founded the Chicago area nonprofit group Bin Donated to collect useful items that businesses might have thrown away and give them to those in need.
Difference MakerKyoko Okutani helps women start businesses, skirting Japan's gender gapKyoko Okutani heads Women's World Banking Japan, part of a growing network of female entrepreneurs in a male-dominated country.
Serving Brazil鈥檚 poorest micro-entrepreneursThe Tenda Atacado Group provides products, credit, and learning opportunities that support entrepreneurs at the Base of the Pyramid 鈥� the poorest of the poor.