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The difference between growing older and growing up
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned...
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The Measurement of Hope
The lives of the world’s poorest people have improved more rapidly in the last 15 years than ever before, yet I am optimistic that we will do even better in the next 15 years. The progress that the...
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Defeating procrastination: “El minimalismo según ValeDeoro”
I shipped! A bit later then expected, nervous as hell, I hit the button “publish”. For today I crushed the little devil on my shoulder who tried to convince me that it was not good enough yet, that I...
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Great human Nick Winton Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2013
There was an Englishman who listened to his friends in 1938 and visited Czechoslovakia. He immediately understood the threat of Nazism. Consequently during 1938 he persuaded the British parliament to...
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The dark side of physical beauty
It’s a naturally occurring desire our culture has endlessly obsessed, idolised and twisted. Unlike most of the other desirable human characteristics such as trust, respect, compassion, empathy and love...
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‘Disabled’ Mannequins Remind Us That Beautiful Doesn’t Mean ‘Perfect’
It’s no secret that the smooth, plastic bodies staring out of store windows aren’t true physical replicas of the people who stare back at them. But there’s no reason they can’t be. Pro Infirmis, an...
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New Writing on a School wall
© 2013 Heymann Brothers Films The writing on this school’s walls quotes Mahatma Gandhi in Hebrew and Arabic: “We must be the change that we wish to see in the world.” Parents who send their kids to...
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True Olympic spirit: Canadian coach helps Russian athlete with broken ski to...
RIA Novosti / Konstantin Chalabov The true Olympic spirit has been displayed by Canadian cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth, who helped Russian athlete Anton Gafarov with his broken ski during...
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Britain´s first social supermarket opens to help fight food poverty
Guzelian Ltd Britain’s first “social supermarket” opened its doors in December last year, offering shoppers on the verge of food poverty the chance to buy food and drink for up to 70% less than...
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This 8-Year-Old Is Making Sure No Kid Is Denied A Hot Lunch
FundRazr: Amber Melke- Peters An 8-year-old Michigan boy decided to take matters into his own hands when his friend was denied a hot lunch because he didn’t have enough money in his account. Cayden...
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Kindness Idea: Help Someone with Yard Work
Doing yard work can be a very tiring task, especially for someone who is elderly or has a physical disability. It can also be time-consuming, which might make it hard for someone who works several jobs...
View ArticleLourdes: A story of perseverance in Paraguay
Lourdes was only 18 when she says her world came crashing down around her. When her son, Victor, was born, Lourdes pieced together work, trying to keep their little family of 2 afloat. She decided to...
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Syrian refugees become volunteers within a month of arriving in Australia
Johnny and Carol Bilouna. Photo: Adam McLean By Angela Thompson Less than a year after arriving in Australia, with their bullet-riddled Aleppo home a fading memory, Johnny and Carol Bilouna pulled on...
View ArticleEmployment ideas for people with autism and homeless people
These are two videos showing that it’s a good idea to employ homeless people and people with autism – they are responsible and they do their job well… Solution for Homelessness This city has a...
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