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Iranians Erect ‘Kindness Walls’ to Warm Up Winter for the Poor
Even as the UN removed a virtual wall of sanctions from around Iran this weekend, the Iranian people were busy transforming the actual walls...
Malala is Inspiration for Her Mother To Go Back To School
Malala Yousafzai has inspired millions of women and girls to stand up for their right to an education.
Her mother turned out to be one...
Global Outpouring for Refugee Father and Child Selling Pens on Street
A photo of two exhausted Syrian refugees, a father holding his daughter while trying to sell pens on the street, inspired a worldwide outpouring...
Africa Celebrates One Year Without A Single New Case of Polio
August 11 marked one year since the last wild polio case was detected anywhere on the entire continent of Africa.
Although it does not yet...
Malala Turns 18 Today: She Has Big News for Fans and Syrian Refugee Girls
Today on her 18th birthday, Malala Yousafzai, the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated by opening a school for Syrian...
She’s Officially Celestial: Malala Gets Astroid Named After Her
She fought for girls’ rights, survived an assassination attempt, and won the Nobel Peace Prize all by the time she was 17 years old....
Fishermen Rescue Rare Whale From Nets Thanks to New Training Program
An extremely rare type of whale has been saved from almost certain death thanks to a training program for Pakistani tuna fishermen.
The February 10...
Bill Gates Celebrates Good News of 2014 in World Health
In his year-end newsletter Bill Gates wants to celebrate some of the good news hidden in this turbulent year. Millions of dollars in grants...
Malala Yousafzai Becomes Youngest-ever Nobel Prize Winner
Citing the "fraternity between nations" which Alfred Nobel mentioned as one of the criteria for the award, a Muslim Pakistani, Malala Yousafzay, and an...
An Immigrant Tariq Farid Made Fruit Baskets a $400 Million Business
Tariq Farid says his family would "still be struggling" if they were in Pakistan. Instead, they opened a flower shop in Connecticut and Tariq later...
Ongoing global education crisis and what young people can do to change it
As a newly-appointed Global Youth Ambassador for A World at School, I want to bring attention to the 57 million children around the world...
Indo-Pak Students Plan Bicycle Rally for Peace
A group of 13 university students with their counterparts across the sometimes hostile border will cycle in celebration of the Indian and Pakistani Independence...
Sharp Decline in Maternal and Child Deaths Globally, New Data Shows
Since the start of an international effort to address maternal and child mortality, millions of lives have been saved globally, a new study shows.
In...
India and Southeast Asia Are Now Officially Polio-Free
Older Americans remember when, in the 1940s and 50's, polio crippled about 35,000 people each year. After Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine, the...
LEGO Donates $3 Million to Educate Refugee Children
The LEGO Foundation presented a $3 million donation to the UN refugee agency on Friday to help improve access to quality primary school education...
Top 10 Good News Stories of 2013
Saying goodbye to 2013 feels bittersweet. When we remember the crime and tragedies of the year, we tend to forget all the good things....
Marvel Comics Introducing a Muslim Girl Superhero
With most superheroes, when you take away the colorful costume, mask and cape, what you find underneath is a white man. But not...
New Fund for Asia to Protect Poor From Climate Extremes
A new $140 million fund to boost climate resilience in cities in six Asian countries was launched on Friday by the Rockefeller Foundation, the...
Taliban Can’t Silence Malala who Celebrates 16th Birthday with Defiant UN Address
The Pakistani child education activist who was shot in the head nine months ago by Taliban militants celebrated her 16th birthday by delivering a...
Gold! Haiti Finds Potential $20 Billion of Precious Buried Ore
Exploratory drilling in Haiti has uncovered gold and silver deep inside the country's northeastern mountains that may help relive centuries of poverty in the...