Today, Rosario's life changes forever. Today, the mother of six becomes a homeowner. Tonight, she will not sleep on a dirt floor. Today means her family will soon be reunited. On this cloudy day in April, International Relief Teams and Project Mercy, a local nonprofit dedicated to improving the living standards of families in the […]
Watch these high school students host nursing home residents to a prom complete with flowers, photos, a king and queen, and dancing.
This remote village in Guatemala has just received the type of humanitarian aid that can make a real difference: hundreds and hundreds of eyeglasses.
A young singer who slept outside during a talent competition was so inspired by the homeless men he met that he donated his winnings to a shelter.
Five-year-old Haylen set up an ice cream shop because he wants to help "a bunch and bunch and bunch of kids" so they can buy medicine. Read on.
No one goes homeless for more than 10 days in Medicine Hat, Alberta – the city puts people in housing first–then addresses how they became homeless.
People who fled Vietnam 30 to 40 years ago are helping a new generation of refugees who are also fleeing violence, this time in Syria.
Southern Alberta will soon be sporting a brand new one-thousand-acre provincial park named Antelope Hill thanks to a generous donation from a retired farmer.
Grab your tissues if you're a softie for true love - Alfred's grandson wanted to help his grandpa always to remember his beautiful marriage to Sylvia.
After received nearly 1,500 nominations for its 2006 Build-A-Bear Workshop Huggable Heroes program, twelve inspiring kids have been recognized for their outstanding efforts to change the world. Welland Burnside, 18, starting Suitcases for Kids, so that children moving from one foster home to another wouldn't have to carry their belongings in black garbage bags.
Akrit is an incredible boy, aged 12, living in India who performed his first sugery at 7. Now he works with 76 adults on his theoretical cure for cancer. He sees his duty as stoppin all the suffering in the world.
The HERO campaign strives to better the lives of children who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Today it launches its HERO Youth Ambassador Program by bringing 12 teens to Namibia and South Africa to make a difference in HIV/AIDS-affected communities.
Great kids abound. They can tackle any problem in the world today. Last Friday the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for high school students showcased the world's best young scientists and inventors competing for (US) $4 million in awards and scholarships. One of the three winners, 16-year-old Madhavi Gavini, from Mississippi, tried to find […]
A 6 year old boy saves his kid brother from a cougar who was about to attack. Instead of taking 3 steps into the house, he ran 40 feet past the cat to gather up his brother.
A San Francisco teen-ager who raised $18,000 by running in a road race Tuesday presented the check to one of the most seriously injured victims of the Columbine High School massacre.
Everyone could use a helping hand every once in a while, and for Danny Harkins, this was a perfect time for a helping hand. Without the three boys there to help, he could have died. Thankfully, some people are kind enough to watch out for one another and keep everyone safe. . . Check out the picture of Danny hugging his heroes! Free registration is requ
June 3, 2005 - Kids everywhere are helping out around communities. These children have done things such as volunteering, raising money for patients with cancer, even helping out at the local YMCA. Whatever the reason may be, whether it’s to help the ill or just to put a smile on someone else’s face, it’s nice to know that children can make a difference in the world.
Where others saw only a vacant lot filled with weeds, Levit imagined a lush, organic garden whose yield would feed the poor, hungry, and homeless.
Why did Georgetown University rename its cancer research lab in honor a donation of just $5,000? Because the money was raised by a nine year-old girl.
Nicola Henderson, 17, jumped out of an airplane at 10,000 ft. and free fell at over 120 miles per hour for five thousand feet, harnessed to a professional parachute instructor, returning to earth to the cheers of those below. Nicole is deaf and blind but not letting disability ruin her life.