Polio paralyzed Martha Mason from the neck down in 1948, and she spent the rest of her days inside an iron lung, an 800-pound airtight tube that breathed for her. But Mason, who died Monday at 71, made people forget about her fragile condition as she talked passionately about politics and literature, theology and vegetable gardens.
Major Phil Packer lost both his legs in Iraq. Doctors back home said he would never walk again. Not only is Phil walking again (with canes), he has just finished the London marathon, walking two miles per day determined to raise a million pounds for charity.
After reading online about an Egyptian pig farmer who had lost everything after his government's misguided attempt to prevent swine flu, an American couple struggling in their own furniture business sent more than a thousand dollars to help. The heart-wrenching story added a perspective to the couple's life and financial struggle that made it worthwhile.
A mother and child reunion in Thailand proves nothing can match a mother's love — and elephants never forget.
Habitat for Humanity has been given a $100 million gift from Atlanta developer J. Ronald Terwilliger, who said his work in the housing industry has offered him a look at the struggle of poor people to find decent housing. The nonprofit group announced Thursday it will be able to build 60,000 homes around the globe with the gift.
On World Elephant Day, what's more appropriate than watching a baby elephant discovering baby birds for the first time...
Her opponent congratulated Yingluck Shinawatra for winning Thailand's first general election since 2007, an election that many hope will bring an end to years of unrest between two political factions that climaxed last year with protests that turned deadly.
The Thai Life Insurance company made a short film with a powerful message that kindness can lead to GREAT things. It is called Unsung Hero.
In the eleven years since Duncan McDougall quit his successful management consulting career to start the Children's Literacy Foundation he has touched the lives of more than 75,000 rural and at-risk readers across New Hampshire and Vermont.
Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than anyone in history, and now he is heading back up Mount Everest, not for the fame or glory, but in the name of environmental protection.
Fulfilling a personal goal, former science minister and supermarket tycoon Lord Sainsbury has become the first Briton to give more than £1 billion to charity.
A Pittsburgh man trekked to Chicago for no other reason than to do good deeds for strangers in the hope that they will do the same for others. He calls it the best weekend of his life.