All People Making a Difference
Difference Maker‘Bring back the fireflies’: In metro Manila, a cycling brigade aims to cut pollutionThe women-led Firefly Brigade advocates for safer bike lanes and curbing pollution.
Difference MakerTractors can kill. Farm safety for teens can save lives.Ellen Duysen educates farmers in seven states across the Midwest and the Great Plains to inspire them to embrace a “culture of safety.”
Difference MakerDon’t toss that bruised banana. A Colorado market rescues food to serve the community.Nathan Shaw’s food rescue operation gives imperfect groceries a second chance.
Difference MakerFor this affordable-housing advocate in Ontario, tiny homes are where the heart isAmid 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.
Difference MakerIn a Haiti hungry for hope, one doctor uplifts her community from the insideMarie-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.
Difference MakerPoland has united to cut back on coal. This activist led the way.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.
Difference MakerUsing scrap metal and imagination, this contractor builds lifelines in TunisiaKarim 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.
Difference MakerDeaf students in Nigeria boost their coding skills – and their self-esteemA Nigerian nonprofit trains children and young adults who are deaf in computer programming and robotics.
Difference MakerHer father was unfairly arrested in Nigeria. Now her nonprofit fights for others.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.
Difference MakerVocational restaurants in Laos cook up a brighter future for young peopleFriends-International collaborates with the Lao government and other nonprofits to aid young people interested in culinary education.
Difference MakerThis instructor builds confidence among Maldivian women, in the water and outMaldivians, 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.
Difference MakerMeet the Canadian who’s feeding Ukraine’s stray dogsDuane Taylor started Impact Express, a project that delivers pet food and veterinary supplies to stray animals in Ukraine and neighboring Moldova.
Difference MakerBehind the potter’s wheel, veterans work on healingFor 11 years now, military veterans and their families have been coming for a series of pottery classes that Odyssey ClayWorks offers free of charge.
Difference MakerWhen children become caregivers, who cares for them?Yucan, a social enterprise founded by a young caregiver in the United Kingdom, is among the nonprofits and charities that have stepped up to support young people caring for family members.
Writing workshops offer a refuge in Oregon’s prisonsA literary journal called ponyXpress, featuring poetry and prose, is helping incarcerated writers in Oregon develop their talents.
Race fees can be costly. This group makes running more accessible.Running is often considered widely accessible, but racing can be expensive. That’s where the Stride for Stride running collective comes in.
A little schoolhouse fights to keep Mohawk language aliveAt the Akwesasne Freedom School, children learn from some the last remaining first-language speakers of Mohawk.
From dentures to job training, ex-prisoners get help to thriveMiles of Freedom helps people leaving prison. The most important thing it offers: community.
How a tiny town in Namibia saved its beloved rhinosOnce hunted to near extinction, the rhino has found safe haven in Palmwag, Namibia, thanks to community conservation efforts.
Difference MakerGrowing rice in Louisiana: A path to justice, for Black farmersKonda Mason has built community among musicians, social entrepreneurs, and farmers – all in an effort to make the world more just.
