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Winner of Moscow Millions Donates Prize Money to Orphans
Tony G. of Melbourne is keeping the gold bracelet, and the title of “Russia’s National Poker Champion”, but his cash winnings of $205,000 he...
Teaching AIDS Orphans to Farm and Help Themselves
(IRIN) - Twelve-year-old Nhlanhla Matsebula, one of Swaziland’s growing number of children orphaned by AIDS, has good reason to feel proud. He has mastered...
Airline Attendants Use Overseas Flights to Aid Half Million Orphans
An American Airlines flight attendant wondered how she could help others less fortunate than herself. Then, she noticed all the empty seats and spare...
Orphans in Remote Russia Cheered by Moscow Deliveries
"Children pour out of orphanage No. 72, laughing and waving, and hurry to help unload the cars, stacked with boxes of toys, sports equipment,...
Zambian Tailor Wins AIDS Award for Providing Orphans with Free School Uniforms
Six years after a teenage Zambian tailor started using his only sewing machine to make free school uniforms for AIDS orphans, the organization he...
Madonna Helps AIDS Orphans in Malawi
Madonna is visiting the African state of Malawi where she is building an orphanage and child care centre and is involved in other initiatives...
HERO Youth Ambassadors to Serve African Orphans, Schools Hit by AIDS
The HERO campaign is enhancing the lives of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it launched...
Volvo Pledges Lifetime of Cars to U.S. Doctor Serving Orphans, Mothers in Ethiopia
The fourth annual Volvo for Life awards were announced and the 2006 grand prize winner is Dr. Ingida Asfaw of Pontiac, Michigan. Asfaw is...
Summer Vacations, Cheering Orphans, and Host Couples
To California, North Carolina, and Virginia, the Summer Miracles program brings orphans from Russia, Kazakhstan and Columbia for summer vacation with host families. Through...
A Special Group of Soldiers, Vietnamese Orphans and Their American Angel
Betty Tisdale has a special spot in her heart for veterans, especially Vietnam vets. She read a book that changed her life by renowned...
A Mom’s Love Helps Woman Wake From Coma After Five Years
From Grand Rapids comes a story too magical to believe—of a mother's love creating a medical miracle, and a woman who cared for a...
Texas Tiny Home Community Thrives With 2,000 Neighbors: Easing Homelessness in Austin
In Travis County, beyond the zoning laws of Austin city, a village of tiny homes has been easing the chronic homelessness in Austin for...
College Project Sparks Student to Start Orphanages for Homeless Kids in Philippines: ‘Why haven’t I started this?’
Inspired by two mission trips to the Phillippines, Joanna Maniti was standing in front of her Univ. of Southern California class explaining her idea...
Texas Grandmas are ‘The Knit Wits’ Who Craft Homemade Hats and Toys For Children in Hospitals and War Zones
For over twenty years, a colorful collective of ladies residing at a senior living community in Dallas have crafted thousands of hand-knit items, bringing...
Good News in History September 13
439 years ago today, the building of the royal palace at San Lorenzo de El Escorial was completed. The historic residence of the King...
Good News in History, July 21
170 years ago today, the New York State legislature voted to set aside or purchase 770 acres in the middle of Manhattan Island for...
93-Year-old Grandma Creates 6-foot Buckingham Palace Entirely Out of Wool-Look at the Incredible Details
A great-great grandmother dubbed the 'Queen of Knitting' has created a massive six-foot long replica of Buckingham Palace made entirely out of wool.
Margaret Seaman...
Adult Elephants React to Birth in the Herd Just Moments After Adorable Baby is Born (WATCH)
For the first time in 8 years, the orphan-elephant heard in Kenya's Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is welcoming a new infant, and the response was...
Mom Sews Manta Ray for Son’s Birthday When She Can’t Buy One –And a Tide of Kindness Floods in From Strangers
An ocean of kindness has swept over a loving mom and her son after strangers learned about her ingenuity in the face of poverty—and...
Herd of Elephants to be Moved from UK to Kenya in Rewilding ‘World First’
Elephants are famous for their migrations—long marches across savannahs and deserts done entirely from memory, but for 13 captive elephants in Kent, their journey...