When Lindsay Sobel was twelve, she went to a basketball game at the LA Staples Center arena and was shocked by how much homelessness there was in the area. She remembers seeing how many homeless people had terrible life conditions, something she believed no one deserves. And, it also struck […]
The English footballer Marcus Rashford became the youngest person to top the Sunday Times Giving List. The 23-year-old English striker of Manchester United raised £20 million from donations in supermarkets intended for groups helping fight off children food poverty in the UK. The Giving List ranks people by the amount […]
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 […]
Carolyn Collins is a high-school custodian. One day, four years ago, she was about to take out the garbage in the early darkness of the morning when she heard someone knocking on the door of the cafeteria. She went to open the door and there were two students- a boy […]
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 […]
Jon Bon Jovi wants to help ‘one soul at a time’ and through his non-profit organization Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, he has tackled problems like homelessness and food scarcity. Despite making a name through music, the 57-year-old singer and songwriter is also an active philanthropist who believes that giving […]
A Malawian teenager William Kamkwamba taught himself how to make electric windmills from trash and gained worldwide acceptance. He has been praised by climate change advocates like Al Gore, as well as business leaders worldwide. His achievements are indeed remarkable and against-all-odds as he needed to quit school at the […]
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, […]