A Young Boy Shines Shoes To Get By, But That's Not What Keeps Him Up At Night
We don’t get to choose the life we’re born into, but if we’re lucky, we can decide what we try to do from there. And for some, that just might mean starting fires in the middle of the night.
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Hard To Believe The Woman At The End Of This Video Is The Same Woman As At...
I’m grateful this brave woman allowed cameras in to record her when she started taking anti-retroviral drugs. What they caught on tape was truly remarkable. Every time I watch it I go right back to...
View ArticleWhat One Magazine Is Doing To The Minds Of These Girls Is What I Wish More...
There are over 1 million teenage girls growing up in Rwanda right now and one huge difference in how they’re doing it from generations past. Watch out, world!
View ArticleIf You Care About A Bunch Of Girls Staying In School, Look To The Toilet
If there’s ever been a case to make the great #2 a #1 priority in India, these guys nailed it.
View ArticleThe Condom Of The Future Looks Like One People Would Actually Be Excited To Wear
Even though they do so much good, sometimes condoms get a bad rap. Too small, too big, too uncomfortable, too unpleasurable, too embarrassing to buy, whatever. But that doesn’t seem to be the case...
View ArticleThe New High-Tech Medical Device That's Changing Lives For Little Money
Take a second and think of a piece of technology attached to you at all times. Phone? Camera? Beeper? Just kidding on that last one (I think). Now check out this technology that takes that whole...
View ArticleAt First I Thought, 'Haha, Safe Sex Dance.' Then I Thought, 'Wow, That's...
Not to age-check you or anything, but were you born before the HIV/AIDS crisis was a thing? Because more than half of Ethiopia’s population today was born after it, and that means there’s a ton of...
View ArticleWhat Do The First 1,000 Days Of A Child's Life Have To Do With Anything?
I get a little peeved when some folks say raising kids is best done by instinct — that only works if you live in an environment plentiful enough to facilitate your instincts. Watch what kids...
View ArticleThe Simple Way A Developing Country Managed To Decrease The Number Of Babies...
Adding 34,000 health workers is a big help in any country, but it’s especially effective in one where the majority of the population lives in rural areas. The results of the program speak for...
View ArticleWhat Is Obstetric Fistula And Why Are So Many Women Suffering From It Worldwide?
A lot can go wrong when delivering a baby. And in less fortunate parts of the world, it often does. It’s tragic and unfair, and it’s what’s next that makes this doctor such a ray of hope.
View ArticleThe Undeniable Power Of A Health Worker. Why Aren't They Sticking Around?
1 billion people in the world will never see a health worker in their lifetime, and it’s not necessarily because the areas they live in have always lacked people with the proper training and skills....
View ArticleThey Thought It Couldn't Happen To Them. And Then It Did.
It’s pretty cool when celebrities lend their star power to a cause, but sometimes they take the spotlight away from the problem. That’s not a problem here. Alicia Keys brings attention to a problem...
View Article14 Fact-Checked Things To Make Your Pessimistic Friends Realize 2014 Might...
The always awesome John Green took a look at a bunch of fancy statistics that affect our world and decided to share with you 14 reasons why things don’t suck as much as we thought they did. At 1:48,...
View ArticleWhen Future Generations Look Back On Us, They'll Say We Had The Opportunity...
Just because this video is about global pandemics doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom. For once, we have some good news and the opportunity for even better news. Watch and share the progress!
View ArticleEveryone Poops, But 2.6 Billion People Do It In A Really Crappy Way
I know it’s synonymous with crap, but your toilet can do so much more! Can you imagine all that water and all those pipes and septic tanks turning our business into fertilizer? Or fuel? Or even clean...
View ArticleWhat You Can Expect From Africa Isn't What Many Of Us Have Been Taught To...
Well hey there, Africa … almost didn’t recognize you! Parts of you look mighty different than I’ve been led to believe in the past — in a totally surprising and empowering way. And you know what? I...
View ArticleFor The Dignity Of His Daughter, A Father Lives A Life As 'Poop Guy'
As a kid, it might be kind of embarrassing if your father is known as Poop Guy. But if I were the daughter of this particular Poop Guy and heard what he says at 0:27, I’d totally own it and be like,...
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Why Jan. 13, 2014, Went Down As One Of The Biggest Days In Global Health...
It was just a few years ago that India accounted for nearly 50% of the world’s polio cases. HALF! Half is … well, half more than it should be. Scary. But fast-forward to today and it’s a completely...
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