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Faith community makes a difference in a Pennsylvania townAliquippa, Pa., faces tough economic challenges. But scores of people of all faiths are working together to help resurrect it.
Young generation steps up to volunteerYoung Americans are more serious about giving back through volunteering than were their parents, an AP poll finds.
West Africans in Texas aid the Ebola fight back homeAs 2015 dawns, the West African community in Dallas is no longer the focus of Ebola fears. It can turn its attention to helping those in need in places like Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone.
Sworn enemies in Colombia put down guns, make peaceThe World of Timber business is a rare example of reconciliation between warring factions in Colombia's five-decade war that has killed 200,000 people and displaced 6 million.
US college student founds a 'peace camp' in AfricaArmel Nibasumba is committing his life to helping end the ethnic tensions that led to the deaths of more than 1 million Africans.
When a deaf 15-year-old boy finally learns to speak, what does he say?Check out this short video of a Ugandan teenager just 10 weeks into a sign language program.
World Ocean School: sailing with a purposeA historical schooner is now a unique classroom that offers hands-on learning and life lessons.
'Tis the season, when the police save ChristmasIn White Plains, N.Y., local police stepped in to save a family's Christmas after their gifts were stolen. It turns out, that's not so unusual.
A Bigshot with a big goal: Get kids thinkingA simple build-it-yourself camera teaches science and art.
Molly Cantrell-Kraig uses a car as a vehicle to transform womenHer Women With Drive Foundation helps women whose only barrier to self-sufficiency is the lack of transportation.
How an ex-girlfriend's round-the-world ticket helped launch a global charityJordan Axani is leveraging his viral story about a free airline ticket for a Canadian named "Elizabeth Gallagher" into a campaign to raise money to help others travel. Here's why it just might work.
Founder of D.C. Central Kitchen tries feeding Los AngelesRobert Egger's L.A. Kitchen aims to reduce food waste and unemployment while combating hunger and isolation among older adults.
Philanthropist couple saved 3,000 migrants at seaChristopher and Regina Catrambone launched the Migrant Offshore Aid Station to rescue migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe.
Walden Pond, where Thoreau lived simply, goes solarWalden Pond, considered the birthplace of the environmental movement, will have a new visitor center, powered by solar energy, that includes a charging station for electric cars.
Farhana Yamin's simple yet radical idea: zero emissionsMs. Yamin has been a key actor in getting that ambitious goal into the discussion of carbon emission reductions under way at the UN climate talks in Lima, Peru.
Toys for Tots: creating 7 million smiles a yearA Marine Corps Reserve effort helps families.
Education is key to protecting children in West AfricaPeople need to feel free to ask questions, to voice their opinions, and to understand the role they can play in changing practices such as child marriage, says a Muslim leader and child protection specialist.
Lava Mae provides mobile showers for homeless peopleFunded by Google and Indiegogo, a San Francisco nonprofit turns old buses into much-needed shower facilities for those living on the streets.
A decade after a devastating tsunami, new forests protect Indonesia's coastThe tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004 obliterated vast areas of Aceh Province. But villagers there have used an innovative microcredit scheme to restore mangrove forests and other coastal ecosystems as a natural barrier against future killer waves and storms.
Inventor hopes to clean the air with giant purifiersIn Lima, Peru, now hosting UN climate talks, Jorge Gutierrez is showing off his air-purifying 'super tree' device that he says can convert as much carbon dioxide into oxygen as 1,200 trees.
