When the mom of a student with Down Syndrome dies of cancer, his teacher adopts him
Jean Manning was a single mom to Jake, a boy with Down Syndrome. The duo had to shift to Massachusetts from Florida for Jean’s medical care. Fortunately, soon after they shifted, a school placement was found and Jake became settled into what would be his new normal. That’s when Jean and Jake met Kerry Bremer – the teacher who would soon be a mom to the boy. “I fell in love with him...
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Former child laborer now feeds 2,000 hungry people daily for free
This is yet another example of how some people who were underprivileged before are today more than willing to do their bit to help others in the same condition. 26-year-old Malleshwar Rao from Hyderabad, India, worked as a construction worker during his formative years. In his words, “I was born in a family in Nizamabad with no financial means to support me at all. Very early on in life, I realised that I would...
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Once on the verge of going extinct, humpback whales are now thriving in the South Atlantic
In the mid 1950s, humpback whales faced a serious threat of extinction as less than 450 of the species swam in the South Atlantic Ocean at the time. Their numbers plummeted greatly after whale hunting began in the western South Atlantic around 1830. However, the good news is that the whales have recovered strongly and today, an estimated 25,000 humpback whales swim in the western South Atlantic. This rebound may...
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