Meet the woman who aims to give 10,000+ sex workers and their children a better life
Not all heroes wear capes – and Seema Waghmode is definitely one of them. Currently living in the city of Pune, India, Seema always had an inclination towards social work. That is why she started working with leprosy patients immediately after completing her studies. In 1993, she started her own social work organisation and called it Kayakalpa. It was the same year that she joined the government’s research...
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Oprah Winfrey donates $2 million to help Puerto Rico recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Maria
Oprah Winfrey has donated a whopping $2 million to help Puerto Rico recover from the massive damage caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. The island is still struggling to recover from destruction unleashed by the hurricane which caused the death of over 3,000 people, rendered thousands homeless and left large parts of the island without drinking water and electricity for months. Winfrey’s donation will go...
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Man converts board games into bed sheets to keep sick kids in hospitals entertained
Hospitals can be quite dreary and drab for all patients, irrespective of their age. Young patients, however, feel even more desolate in the monotonous hospital environment. An entrepreneur from Charlotte, North Carolina – Kevin Gatlin – felt that this shouldn’t be the case when he visited his friend’s hospitalized child several years ago. So he spent almost two years developing interactive bed...
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Sikhs all around the world to plant 1 million trees for the 550th birthday of founder Guru Nanak Dev ji
EcoSikh , a Washington DC-based NGO committed to environment protection, launched a world-wide campaign to plant one million trees to help the environment and mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev ji, the founder of Sikhism. EcoSikh collaborates with thousands of Sikh Gurdwaras and institutions all over India, Malaysia, Pakistan, the US, UK, Australia, France, Hong Kong, Norway and many other...
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Lawyer-turned-farmer transforms 20 acres of barren land into an organic farm and animal sanctuary
Aparna Rajagopal, a lawyer from the city of Noida, India, decided to adopt a rescue horse in 2014. She, along with her husband, wanted to provide a haven for the four-legged creature as their home was too small to house it. That is when they decided to lease some land on the outskirts of Noida. Today, spread over 20 acres, lies the Beejom Organic Farm and Animal Sanctuary that she built over the last four years...
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This school district packages unused cafeteria food for students in need
In America, a lot of students rely upon the free breakfasts and lunches provided by schools for their daily food requirement. However, since the schools remain closed on weekends, these students often have to go without food. Now the Elkhart School District of Indiana has come up with a brilliant solution to the problem. The school has started salvaging their wasted food so that they can package it up for their...
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School kids are ‘seed bombing’ this Indian state in an effort to restore green cover
Almost two decades ago, the eastern Indian state of Bihar was split into two to form the new state of Jharkhand. The area left in Bihar after the division had just 9% forest cover. High levels of pollution and such meager green cover resulted in the air quality dropping to alarmingly low level in most cities, including the state capital Patna. To combat this, school kids in the state have resorted to a unique...
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71-yo walks 10 miles to help cyclone victims, wins the heart of one of Africa’s richest men
Plaxedes Dilon, also known as Gogo Magombo, is a hardworking 71-year-old African woman who gets up at 4 a.m. every morning and covers long distances on foot selling clothes for a living. However, her limited income and old age did not deter her from walking 10 miles to donate clothing and kitchen supplies to people hit by a cyclone in southern Africa! Magombo had just returned home from a long day of vending...
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7-year-old’s heartfelt letter prompted L.L.Bean’s head Steve Smith to switch to paper straws
Seven-year-old Benjamin Ball absolutely loves sea turtles and knows quite a bit about the menace of marine plastic pollution too! That is why when he visited the L.L.Bean flagship store in Freeport, Maine, he was disappointed to find out that they didn’t have any paper straw for his lemonade. But unlike most kids his age, Benjamin decided to do something about it. The little guy wrote a letter to the...
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These 7 Indian doctors treat the poor free of cost
In India, most people consider doctors next to God, if not God. Sadly, now-a-days there is no dearth of not-so-ethical doctors who not only fail to live up to the status accorded to them, but also don’t think twice before fleecing their patients. However, for these seven doctors from Madurai, “social service” isn’t merely a catchphrase. It’s a way of life. These are doctors with a conscience. While four of...
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