World | People Making a Difference

Ellen Duysen educates farmers in seven states across the Midwest and the Great Plains to inspire them to embrace a “culture of safety.” 

Nathan Shaw’s food rescue operation gives imperfect groceries a second chance.

Amid an affordable-housing crisis, homelessness is a serious concern in Canada. The prefab village known as A Better Tent City is seen as one solution.

Marie-Marcelle Deschamps doesn’t want to be anywhere but Haiti. For decades, she has dedicated her life to an innovative hospital that provides far more than physical care.

Anna Dworakowska helped create Polish Smog Alert, a national movement that has pushed through groundbreaking initiatives for cleaner air and has shifted thinking in one of Europe’s most coal-dependent countries.

Karim Arfa’s work serves to assure those who have long felt abandoned by their national and local governments that regular people can come up with solutions to entrenched problems. 

A Nigerian nonprofit trains children and young adults who are deaf in computer programming and robotics. 

Hope Behind Bars Africa offers free legal services to indigent Nigerians, many of whom are unjustly arrested and unable to afford bail or legal representation. 

Friends-International collaborates with the Lao government and other nonprofits to aid young people interested in culinary education.

Maldivians, especially girls and women, have limited opportunities to learn swimming. The Manta Trust’s Ocean Women program is training women to be swim instructors to help get more islanders into the water.