Asfaw, the winner of the Volvo prize for 2006, is a medical doctor who has galvanized over 550 medical and non-medical professionals in the US and Canada to give their time and talents to address the profound healthcare crises in Ethiopia.
A homeless man found $900 in a wallet in a trash bin but returned it to the owner.Similarly, the man "insists on paying for his food at a nearly relief kitchen.
Since its inception in 1999, the Hole-in-the-Wall project has grown from a single computer at Kalkaji, New Delhi to more than a hundred computers in impoverished villages across India.
When Jackie related the incident to her son, he flipped. “Are you crazy? Haven’t you heard of car-jackers!!†She said it never crossed her mind. It felt from the start that it was right. “I knew I was meant to help this young man. I had no fear.
Stevens' whirlwind flurry of phone calls in the days following Hurricane Mitch produced volunteers, medical personnel, supplies and even a plane for the devastated region.
The gift of life that was given ten years ago is being paid back by a grateful mother to a now-ailing father.
Good customer service can lead to great tips — but this gratuity left restaurant staff stunned and speechless.
An Oklahoma restaurant owner noticed someone had rummaged through her dumpster for food so she posted notes on the property to invite the hungry person in for a fee meal, anytime.
Pearl Jam has raised $367,000, through their own donations, business associates, and their fans to help Flint, Michigan during its water crisis.
South Korean civic groups received the okay to deliver eight trucks of food aid to North Korea Friday. The 180 tons of flour is being delivered to hospitals, schools and day care centers with the hope that the measure will also lead to a softening of strained inter-Korean relations, following the passing of North Korea's leader.
The moms of 3 Americans who thwarted an attack on a train in France had no way to get to their sons' Legion of Honor ceremony, until a CEO stepped up.
Norway has donated approximately $10 million to help the UN Food and Agriculture Organization provide conflict-affected farmers, fishers and herders in South Sudan with critical livelihood support so they can feed themselves.
As a Hollywood actor, Josh Duhamel proves that he hasn't forgotten about his little hometown of Minot. He asked his girlfriend, Fergie, to bring her band, the Black Eyed Peas, to North Dakota to perform a benefit concert for victims of local flooding that damaged 4100 houses and hundreds of businesses.
Children pour out of orphanage No. 72, laughing and waving, and hurry to help unload the cars, stacked with boxes of toys, sports equipment, and coats - as well as cutlery and a new VCR with a selection of cartoons
Nearly 100 Milwaukee area salons and spas are expected to participate in a fundraising effort Tuesday to support victims of a shooting last month at Azana Spa & Salon in Brookfield, and to help raise awareness of domestic abuse.
Seven friends in Malaysia who are not formally organized in any way have managed to collect more than 200 tons of donations for the flood victims in Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang, receiving overwhelming support, even from a guy with a helicopter to transport the goods.
A group of Kentucky men never thought it would get this big. Starting with a notion to raise a few thousand dollars to buy Christmas presents for needy kids in their area, the Edmonson County friends in nine years have bought $270,000 worth of holiday happiness for others.
To ease the strain on federal employees going unpaid during the government shutdown, numerous restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area began offering free sandwiches or discounted food to furloughed workers last week.
The government of Japan has donated US$3 million to the United Nations World Food Programme to purchase food for 44,000 of the worst affected families in Afghanistan, WFP said on Monday in the capital Kabul.
The senior United Nations envoy to Afghanistan reported encouraging economic growth for that struggling nation. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) has risen by 13.8 percent in the last year.
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