These five women in Montreal are gathering every month to cook food that will feed the less fortunate. Food scarcity has become a bigger issue since the pandemic started and these ladies are trying to mitigate its negative effects. They’re the co-founders of the Shathi Sisters, a multifaith soup kitchen. […]
This 7-year-old girl, Cavanaugh Bell, is only a bit taller than the tires of the 53-foot semitrailer he and his mother filled with pounds and pounds of supplies. Although the boy seems tiny when he stands next to the towering truck, it was his idea to pack it with things […]
Manny Pacquiao is well aware of how it feels to have nothing because he was once there. He grew up in poor conditions with his family in the Sarangani Province in the Philippines and had to leave school at the age of 10. There were days when he drank only […]
A Brazilian dentist, Felipe Rossi, is a proof that not every superhero wears a cape. He’s been working for free in Brazil and Africa to fix the teeth of those individuals who’re unable to afford treatment. Back in 2016, Rossi went to Mozambique together with an NGO Mission Africa and […]
On the 19th of February, the Indonesian Minister made an unusual proposal- he said that they should encourage the rich people in their country to marry the poor and vice versa as a means of tackling their high rate of poverty. The Minister for Coordinating Human Development and Culture, Muhadjir […]
In this unique cafe in India, you can get free food if you bring in plastic waste. India launched their first garbage cafe in the city of Ambikapur in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. This is an initiative of the Municipal Corporation and the goal is to enable quality […]
Street Store is a pop-up and rent-free clothing store which gives free clothes to homeless people. The story began in 2014 when they made a one-time event to help provide clothes for the poor and homeless from Cape Town, South Africa. Today, this initiative is spreading on a worldwide level […]
Poverty and homelessness are some of the major issues in the 21st century and there is still a lot to be done to reduce the percentage of people who live on the streets and are poor. And, in order to change something, we do not need to start big. Sometimes, […]