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Heroes South Africa12. February 2020One Woman’s Court Battle in South Africa Helps 400,000 Others
72-year-old Agnes Sithole has won a court ruling that will not only grant her rights to some of her husband’s property, but that will also protect around 400,000 black South African women living under a discriminatory marriage law.
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Heroes USA25. January 2020Ex-Homeless Woman Turns Vacant Lot into a Sanctuary for the Homeless
A vacant lot in Oakland, California in the United States has been transformed by the local community into a model homeless encampment: a clean camp with a solar shower, garden, kitchen and even a lounge area.
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Heroes Australia19. January 2020‘Army of Angels’ Volunteer to Bring Relief to Bushfire Victims
The bushfire crisis in Victoria, Australia has caused severe damage to properties and farms. But an ‘army of angels’ have loaded a convoy of 150 trucks with essential supplies, to help relieve farmers of many of their worries.
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Heroes Germany15. January 2020Stop Killing Seals, Handball Stars Tell Canada
In the days leading up to the European Championship, Germany’s national handball team joined PETA in a message against animal cruelty: posing shirtless with an artificial blood wound on their shoulders, they called for Canada to stop hunting seals.
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Heroes USA14. January 2020Leonardo DiCaprio’s Earth Alliance Gives Three Million Dollars for Bushfire Relief
Earth Alliance, an environmental organization co-chaired by Leonardo DiCaprio, has launched the Australia Wildfire Fund – donating 3 million dollars in a effort to help the country tackle its “catastrophic bushfires”.
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Heroes Peru15. December 2019GoT Star Goes Deep Into the Endangered Rain Forest, Says: “There Is Hope”
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recently traveled to Peru with the UN agency on an investigative mission: uncovering the root of the fires in the Amazon, and what can be done to prevent future devastations.