All People Making a Difference
Operation Jersey Shore Vacation offers an oceanside respite to US military familiesA tiny New Jersey charity provides a place for military families to vacation along with gift cards for groceries, free meals, and island outings.
Reduce, reuse, recycle 鈥� and repair: New York's Pop-Up Repair shopNew York City鈥檚 Pop-Up Repair shop was an experiment aimed at learning how break the cycle of use-and-discard goods.
Difference MakerColin Flahive opened a restaurant in China that's a beacon of enlightened managementCaring for his employees led him to undertake an ever-wider range of nonprofit and humanitarian efforts across the province.
Planting mangrove trees pays off for coastal communities in KenyaMembers of the Dabaso Creek Conservation Group have planted an estimated 10 million mangrove trees. The forests, in turn, have provided for the community, bringing in birders and other tourists and becoming a habitat for crabs and fish to harvest.
Cleaning up the global aquarium tradeAbout 30 million fish and other creatures are caught annually to supply the home aquarium market, taking a toll on some reef ecosystems. But conservationists are working to improve the industry by ending destructive practices and encouraging aquaculture.
New generation activists build bridgesA traditional organizing approach makes opponents into 'enemies,' but a new crop of union and other activists is using love and empathy to create alliances and new possibilities.
Marga Fripp empowers women immigrants in the USHer group Empowered Women International gives a voice to the Washington D.C. area鈥檚 immigrant and refugee women, enabling them to pursue their dreams of becoming a part of their new community.
Bank Andara, a bank for banks in Indonesia, grows micro businesses 鈥� and turns a profitBank Andara has partnered with 737 microfinance institutions in Indonesia, reaching nearly 1.2 million low-income clients with 鈥榦ne stop鈥� shopping for all their banking needs.
Solar kits bring clean light to Kenya's poorBuyers make payments securely from home using their mobile phones, which also can be kept charged with the solar kit.
How better-trained farmers slow Brazil's deforestationImazon helps farmers formalize their land titles and trains them in improved farming techniques, like rotating crops and limiting overgrazing, to make their land more productive and reduce the need to cut down more rainforest.
Christine's Hope for Kids gives kids a chance to be kidsThe nonprofit group Christine's Hope for Kids has given more than $300,000 in donations and in-kind support to groups in New Jersey and across the country that work with children.
Double win for Haiti: human waste into valuable fertilizerThe social enterprise SOIL provides clean facilities for families in Haiti while also supplying a local source of fertilizer to sorghum farmers.
10 organizations that protect the environment We tell you about 10 organizations that are working to protect and conserve the environment. All 10 of these organizations have four-star ratings from Charity Navigator and at least $13.5 million in total annual expenses.
'Push-Pull' strategy helps end hunger and poverty for farmers in sub-Saharan AfricaPush-Pull techniques help African farmers increase productivity, strengthen soils, and protect staple foods from pests 鈥� all without expensive chemical fertilizers or pesticides.
Difference MakerUS college student Surya Karki builds schools back home in NepalMaya Universe Academy was born in 2011 out of the creative altruism of Karki and six other young people from all over the world.
Food hub links local produce with local buyersNashville Grown, a new food hub in Nashville, Tenn., is a model for making local food accessible beyond farmers markets.
In Cambodia, kids breakdance toward better futuresAt Tiny Toones, a nonprofit group in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, youths learn to breakdance, as well as how to pursue goals beyond their limited circumstances.
Rooting corruption out of the systemThe Partnership Against Corruption Initiative works worldwide sharing best practices and forcefully making the case for the advantages of corruption-free business transactions.
A tea shop in Atlanta sends young women in India to collegeKatrell Christie uses profits from her Atlanta tea shop to finance college educations for orphaned girls in India.
How two plant geeks grew a 'paradise' in a blighted backyardIn 'Paradise Lot,' two inner-city residents write about how they transformed less than an acre of blighted yard into a thriving food forest full of mushrooms, gooseberries, silkworms, and more.