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Society France

14. December 2020

Learn French on Video Chat – Your Teacher is an Elderly in France

Through an initiative, French learners can practice their newly acquired language skills by video chatting with elderly citizens living in France who, in return, break away from isolation.

Society

Society USA

23. October 2020

To Study, if It Works: 800 Residents of Poor US City Will Be Paid Guaranteed Income

In an effort to help Compton, one of the poorest American cities, the pilot program Compton Pledge will assist 800 people by giving them direct cash payments over two years to study the positive effect a guaranteed income has on the population.

Heroes

Heroes Dubai

21. October 2020

This Painting Is the Size of Two Football Fields – and Will Raise Millions for Charity

With his canvas painting “The Journey to Humanity”, the largest in the world displayed in Dubai, Sacha Jafri hopes to raise 30 million USD for charity.

Animals

Animals USA

1. October 2020

The Comeback of the Swift Fox (It Took 50 Years and Features GPS Collars )

For the first time in 50 years, 27 swift foxes return to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. This return marks the restoration of a missing piece of the Great Plains ecosystem and of the tribes’ natural heritage.

Society

Society China

29. September 2020

China Is on Its Way to End Extreme Poverty

China seems to be beating one of the biggest issues in the large country -poverty. Extremely poor residents went from 56 million in 2015 to 5.5 million last year.

Environment

Environment Germany

18. September 2020

35,000 Volunteers Collect Tons of Rubbish Before it Reaches the Oceans

A whopping 320 tons of rubbish was collected in just one day from the banks of the German rivers Rhine, Moselle and Ruhr thanks to the help of more than 35,000 volunteers in the “CleanUp” campaign.

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Heroes Indonesia

17. September 2020

Meet the Woman Who Gave a Sanctuary to More Than 1,000 Stray Dogs

Susana Somali has saved more than a 1,000 dogs since she opened the Pejaten Animal Shelter, one of Indonesia’s largest animal shelters, in 2009.

Society

Society USA

14. September 2020

From the Ruins of Katrina, New Orleans Turns Over a New Leaf, One Garden at a Time

From the ruins hurricane Katrina left in New Orleans in Louisiana, USA, fifteen years ago emerged the urban garden project Garden on Mars meant to teach people how to grow their own food.

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Heroes USA

2. September 2020

Teenager Invents a Hunger-Fighting Tool – and Gets 250,000 Bucks

Seventeen-year-old Lillian Kay Petersen was awarded $250,000 for developing a tool that helps prevent children from dealing with food insecurity around the world so "they don't face malnutrition and lifelong consequences."

Society

Society United Kingdom

1. September 2020

Order In to Help Prisoners Stay Out!

Brixton prison, located in London, UK, opened the “Clink at Home” food delivery service as part of a charity initiative that aims at giving prisoners a better chance of finding jobs once released.