Category — Leaders and Heroes

Derek, a Ugandan refugee, who now lives in Atlanta has created The Global Soap project. He knows that about 15% of Ugandan children under the age of 5 die due to bacterial diseases which could be avoided just by washing their hands with soap. Derek’s project is to collect all of the used bars of soap from hotels, reformat them and sterilize them, and send them to Uganda. Click here to read more about this hero’s mission.

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A woman won the lottery and decided to give back, literally. She spent her day at the local Burlington Coat Factory and purchased items for strangers. She didn’t stop there though, when one woman asked for rent money she promptly wrote out a check. One would ask “why would she do such a thing?” the winner states she doesn’t need the money and wants to do this. This would lead to the issue of why she is playing the lottery to begin with, maybe it was for this very reason. Click here to watch more about what happened today at this local store.

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With e-commerce business booming people finally have a creative outlet. That being said, it is no surprise that people are more clever and their ideas are more in demand than ever. These young individuals have all come up with creative moves and put these moves in to action via the internet. The rewards were handsome. With sites like Modcloth bringing affordable vintage clothing to your doorstep and Click to Client an online marketing tool, these entrepreneurs didn’t just make this list, they are definite individuals to keep an eye on. Click here to find out who else made the list.

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A five year old girl from India finds a new way to bond with her dad, karate. After basic training it was obvious that this little girl was more than a natural, she had a talent. At only five years old she has mastered the art of self discipline. Click here to read more about this amazing little girl.

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A few weeks ago we reported on the Cirque founder/ millionaire venturing in to space. In addition to being in space, he is now holding a benefit viewing of him in space to bring public the issue of clean water throughout the world. This is a very innovative technique. As cirque dancers perform, the founder will bee streaming of a video if his space experience. Many celebrities will be in attendance. Click here to read more about this event.

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Three Americans were granted the highest distinction today of the Nobel Prize for medicine. They were granted this honor for their work with chromosomes. Their research can now be used to find out how cancer is spread, how it is formed and hopefully how we can cure it. Click here to read more about these amazing individuals

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Inspired by great climate change leaders, this boy was able to use scraps to change his village’s power using electric windmills. This boys story is truly triumphant, as his family is very poor as well as his village. This great story has caught the eyes of many and will now be the subject of a book “the Boy who Harnessed the Wind”. Click here to read more about this boy and his amazing story.

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A Pensioner painted his home an eccentric color in stating “we all need a little color in our lives”. Click here to read more about this man’s story.

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John Carver, a teacher from the UK, is flying across the UK on his flying bike to raise money for charity. Click here to watch the video.

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John Littlejohn created a summer camp for inner-city kids call Thrive City.  Thrive City is a  music camp that took place at Towson University at a reduced rate. The kids were chosen by their school’s music teachers. Click here to learn more about the Thrive City camp and John Littlejohn’s leadership.

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