World | People Making a Difference
Disaster relief volunteers in Japan are helping to entrench a culture of compassionNonprofit groups and throngs of volunteers acting on their own have played a key role in aiding disaster victims in this temblor-prone country.
Kashmiris leverage social media to revive a language on the brink of extinctionThe efforts of two Kashmiri content creators represent a quiet resurgence for the Kashmiri language.
‘Green time’ over screen time: The Greenagers group gets youths to love the outdoorsA transformative program in western Massachusetts helps young people learn the value of stewarding the land, while also taking joy in conservation.
Reporting child abuse can bring shame in Pakistan. This group is transcending taboos.The nonprofit Rozan was set up in 1998 with the goal of eradicating domestic violence from Pakistani society.
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A 6-cents-a-day school in Nigeria turns students into strivers and problem-solversThe Knowledge, Solutions, Skills, and Kreativity school on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital provides six years of learning for students who would otherwise be unable to afford it.
This judge grew up with nothing. Now he makes sure that children have books.Judge Omar Weslati helped start a library for students in Bir El Euch, Tunisia. Other libraries soon followed.
This Nigerian nonprofit brings former foes together through the power of storytellingA group known as Yiavha has trained hundreds of youths to organize intergenerational storytelling sessions in their communities.
Two brothers use mangoes to help break the hunger cycle in a Ugandan villageThe nonprofit Mango Project is addressing food waste in a village that has a bounty of mangoes.
South Africa’s ‘soccer grannies’ take the field for kicks and camaraderieOff the field, many of these older women have extraordinarily challenging lives. On the field, they are simply athletes.
This restaurateur never made it past fifth grade. Now she runs a roadside library.The owner of a popular pit stop in Ozar, India, keeps her business stacked with books that are free for the browsing.
This teenage mountain climber is leading his Nepali community to new heightsNima Rinji Sherpa is the youngest person to summit the world’s 14 mountains higher than 8,000 meters – and an advocate for young climbers.
She survived Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. Now she promotes peace through education.Though she lives half a world away in Japan, Marie Louise Kambenga is the driving force behind a school in her homeland of Rwanda.
Pakistani women stitch a new future for themselves while shattering barriersThe Behbud Association teaches women to sew and embroider so that they can lift themselves out of extreme poverty.
A tech-savvy farmer is getting young Nigerians excited about agricultureThe work of the Soilless Farm Lab is especially important in Nigeria, as urbanization has reduced the amount of arable land.
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