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Are Your Children’s Books or Dictionaries Collecting Dust? Book Drives Help to Educate Children in Asia
A small team of 11 people and numerous volunteers around the world have made Bookbridge a successful social program that is measured not by...
13 Compassionate Americans Receive White House Medals
Recognizing their good deeds, President Barack Obama yesterday awarded the nation's second-highest civilian honor to 13 compassionate Americans for their decades of service helping the...
International Women’s Day: Three Women Turned Pennies into Empowerment
Today is the 100-year anniversary of the founding of International Women's Day—a day to celebrate the achievements of women worldwide and to rekindle efforts...
Woman Saving Girls From Sex Slavery Named CNN Hero of the Year
A woman whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the...
Top 10 CNN Heroes for 2010 Announced
A Scotsman providing free daily meals to 400,000 children, a former child soldier clearing land mines in Cambodia and a Texas builder giving injured...
Ten Hero Kids Voted Most Huggable, Each Awarded $10,000
Ten youth judged as this year's Huggable Heroes were honored today for their volunteer efforts at making the world a better place -- in...
Room to Read Builds Its 10,000th Library
Three weeks ago in Nepal, 1,000 villagers gathered to mark a momentous day in the history of Room To Read, a charity that builds...
Foreign Service Puts Language Tapes Online for Free
Have you been secretly wanting to learn to speak Italian? How about Czech, Hebrew, or Swahili? The US Foreign Service has now made...
Wheelchair Adventurer Travels Where No Chair has Ever Been (w/ Video)
At the age of 29, Andrew Shelley sat stuck in the same predictable 9 to 5 job as his father. Looking back on his...
NYC Bike Messenger Exports Fun to Orphans, 2 Wheels at a Time (Video)
After experiencing a "tsunami of happiness" from orphans in Cambodia, a bike messenger from New York City started an organization that donates bikes to...
More than 1000 New Species Discovered in Southeast Asia in a Decade
Over a thousand new species have been discovered in the Greater Mekong Region of Southeast Asia in just the last decade, according to a...
Ten Signs of Peace on Earth: The Children’s Culture Connection
The good news that is the common thread running through children in war-torn Iraq or poverty-laden India, is that they all still have hope....
CNN to Give $100,000 to ‘Hero’ on Holiday Special
This year's Top 10 CNN Heroes were announced last week. Each will receive $25,000 and be honored during a televised All-Star Tribute airing on...
Nine Reasons to Love the United Nations
The Nations of the world can gather this week with pride on the occasion of the 63rd session of the General Assembly of the...
Former Hunters Help Rare Birds Recover
One-time hunters recruited to a conservation project have helped threatened bird populations in Cambodia's Great Lake recover, according to a report Friday. The Wildlife...
One Laptop Per Child (Video)
Units of the XO laptop are now shipping to Uraguay and Peru. Designed for poor children in developing countries, the XO is low-cost ($100-$200),...
Miss Landmine Angola: Beauty Pageant for Landmine Victims
Forget strutting the runway with big hair and cheesy smiles. The Miss Landmine Angola competition leaves behind the superficiality and aims for promoting pride...
Former Gang Member Saves Street Kids – and Himself – with Break Dance
"Once a gifted break-dancer in California, Tuy Sobil, 30, has resurrected his old passion – to help save Cambodian street kids from the sort...
Rare Vultures Discovered in East Asia
AP reports, researchers in Cambodia have discovered the only known colony of extemely rare slender-billed vultures. “Amazingly, there were also a host of other...
Volvo Pledges Lifetime of New Cars for Heroes
Hope Bevilhymer from West Jordan, Utah, is "America's Greatest Hometown Hero" in the third annual Volvo for Life Awards. Her inspired work in developing...