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Canadian Man Invents Boat for Wheelchair Canoeing

The spark of the idea came to able-bodied Jon Pimlott while rowing in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He'd seen the people in wheelchairs casting their lines from the accessible fishing dock. 'Too bad they couldn't be out bobbing in a canoe or rowing their own boat'. Then, a vision came to him: All at once he knew he could build it and it would work. Now all his spare time is spent giving people with limited mobility a new freedom on the water.

Israeli Man Funds Tennis for Arab Youth, Promotes Co-existence

An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.

Israeli Man Funds Tennis for Arab Youth, Promotes Co-existence

An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport. He dreamed that a tennis court could provide a common ground between Jews and Arabs and Christians alike, so in 1998 he started building or supported tennis courts and programs in nine Arab neighborhoods all across Israel.