Solar Suitcases Pack Brighter Futures for Kids In U.S. & Africa
“A solar suitcase is a tool mostly designed to empower a community. So it can help start small businesses, it can provide light, it can be used in hospitals to power a small vaccine refrigerator.” See how WE CARE Solar and California school kids are giving kids a brighter future here: https://goo.gl/vMMb3Y and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org.
1 Million Children Are Fed From This Tiny Shed Every Day
“It’s become normal to go one or two days without having any food at home. You worry where the next meal is going to come from." Mary's Meals feeds more than one million children every day in 12 countries, and is raising the alarm over a worsening food crisis in southern Africa. Read the full story at here: http://goo.gl/Qo7J0l and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #hunger #nonprofit
The Best Defense Against A Great White: An Electric “Force Field”
Australian researchers have found a commercially available device is the best shark deterrent yet – warding off 100% of white sharks on their first approach and proven effective against seven other species. Read the full story at http://goo.gl/iqx600 and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #shark #Australia
The Sato Project Saves Over 1,000 Abandoned Dogs in Puerto Rico
“Seeing a shy or confused dog transform into a confident, playful, happy dog is priceless. And kind of addicting.” Read the full story of how the The Sato Project is rescuing dogs from Puerto Rico's beaches here: http://goo.gl/a0VhkM and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org
$11M Moving Company Saves Women in Danger By Giving Services A...
For the last 20 years, California-based Meathead Movers has been donating its services to victims of domestic violence. The company has also started #MoveToEndDV to encourage other businesses to help victims rebuild their lives. Watch now, see the full story tomorrow at hopefulheadlines.org #women
Putting the “Good” in Grief For Kids Living With Loss
“Meeting on a regular basis with the same group of people going through a loss, I could talk about things that no one else in my life could quite understand.” See how Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) and its "Good Grief" camps help kids deal with personal tragedy. Read the full story here: https://goo.gl/nd657U and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org. #survivors
‘Rescue Chocolate’ Donates All Profits to Save Dogs & Cats
This chocolate company’s sole mission is to save dogs, which is why each Rescue Chocolate bar is not only named to raise awareness of pet overpopulation issues—like “Peanut Butter Pit Bull”, “Pick Me! Pepper”, and “The Fix” — but 100% of the profits go directly to animal rescue organizations. Read their full story here: https://goo.gl/4ZUjat and see more stories like this one at HopefulHeadlines.org. #dogs
Woman Quits Job to Find Dogs Forever Homes
Sarah Brasky was willing to quit her job to work full time finding forever homes for seven dogs that proved to be some of the hardest to adopt in New York. Read our full story here: http://inb.li/zYbbW and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org #dogs
Creating an Eco-Village in Detroit
Shamayim "Shu" Harris is working to transform her blighted neighborhood in Highland Park, right outside Detroit, into an eco-village. Plans are underway for solar-powered street lamps and rain barrels for water, plus a healing center, market so people have access to healthy foods, and a homework center for kids. Read the full story of The Avalon Village here: goo.gl/y3jFrh and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org
Solar Panels Keep Oxygen Flowing When Power Goes Out
"When the power goes out at hospitals, patients die.” A Canadian team is using solar power to keep oxygen flowing to patients in Uganda. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/w0BFXk and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org
Left With Few Options, Mom Creates Lifeline For Autistic Adult...
Meet the people finding housing for adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/wFyQEv and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org #autism
Showgirl’s Nonprofit Gifts New Breasts to Women With Cancer
“My doctor told me that I needed to understand I would never be the same. It’s never the same when you don’t have your breasts. But spiritually and emotionally, I am extremely grateful.” My Hope Chest, founded by a showgirl, helps breast cancer survivors pay for reconstructive surgery. Read their full story here: https://goo.gl/I7pU71 and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org #breastcancer
Vision for the Future: Flying Hospital Restores Eyesight
“There are 1.4 million blind children in the world and more than half of those children have preventable or treatable causes of blindness, and 90 percent of these blind children live in the developing world, where Orbis International works.” Their flying eye hospital is creating a new vision for eye care. Read the full story here: and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #healthcare
Trouble In Paradise: Teen’s Nonprofit Educates Invisible Child...
“I met great-grandmothers barely older than my own mother, parents who wouldn’t bring their kids to school when they had the day off from work, and kindergarteners raised with seven siblings in a single parent household." Read how this teenager is changing that here: http://goo.gl/syFOHA and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #education
How This Mobile Tech is Reducing Pregnancy Related Deaths
“Every day, 800 pregnant women die from causes that are totally treatable if you know there is an issue. In a number of parts of the developing world there are a lot of women who aren’t getting access to healthcare or ultrasounds because they’re living in these very rural places.” Read how Qualcomm and the Mobile Ultrasound Patrol Project are driving down the costs of ultrasounds and improving prenatal care in remote rural areas here: https://goo.gl/aOpK2A and see more stories and videos like this at hopefulheadlines.org. #technology
Soap Saves Lives in Africa
“Our products aren’t just bars of soap, they’re a vehicle to create an impact in developing nations.” Read the full story of how Health 2 Humanity"s soap-making project is saving lives in Africa at http://goo.gl/fGxPkO and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #NoMoreDirtyHands
Soap Saves Lives in Africa
“Our products aren’t just bars of soap, they’re a vehicle to create an impact in developing nations.” Read the full story of how Health 2 Humanity"s soap-making project is saving lives in Africa at http://goo.gl/fGxPkO and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #NoMoreDirtyHands
It’s A Farm In A Box: What’s Growing in These Shipping Containers
“We’re working with NASA to develop a Self Sustaining Crop Production Unit for extreme climates and deep space.” Freight Farms is already bringing changes to earth, creating vertical farms in shipping containers and transforming urban farming. Read the full story here: https://goo.gl/gu6g2y and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org #verticalfarming
They Ask All-Star Athletes for Their Lunch Money to Feed The H...
When these women asked MLB player Curtis Granderson, of the New York Mets for his lunch money, he said donating his $10,000 per diem check this baseball season was a “no-brainer.” Read the full story of Per Diems Against Poverty here: http://goo.gl/6Vxw8f and read more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #hunger
Artists Use Dirty River Water as a Medium to Reduce Pollution
“Although the pigments have already been decontaminated, the smell of the sludge was still present, so that was a big challenge for us artists.” Read the full story about ABS - CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, Inc. and its project to make art from polluted water here http://goo.gl/Gwznzw and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #art #pollution #Philippines
A "Nobel Prize" For Heroes Who Help Kids
“With every child [we treat], we learn a lot. Our work is something the general population wants to turn away from. But to be trusted by a child—there is no more important work or honor.” Read more about Claire's Place Foundation, Inc. and it received the "Nobel Prize" for child advocates from @worldofchildrenawards here: https://goo.gl/GvYWkd and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org. #children #advocacy
More Cream With That? Café Lets You Bond With Adoptable Cats W...
“It’s a way to get animals who wouldn’t have gotten a walk or had anyone to play with that day some love and affection.” See how Cat Town lets you bond with cats over a cup of coffee. Watch the video below, read the full story at http://goo.gl/e5hK7k and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #cats
Tiny Houses Hold The Key To Breaking Poverty Cycle
“We’ve reached this point where big, big, big is not necessarily the best.” See how tiny houses are breaking the poverty cycle and helping end homelessness in America. Read the full story here: https://goo.gl/MkvTl5 and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #tinyhouses
Female Survivors Use Custom Tech For Social Change
“We know that as we broadcast her story, thousands of young women hear Rose’s story and learn they are not alone in their experience. For Rose, knowing her story is being used to help young women locally and globally, she now envisions herself, and also becomes, a leader, a force of change in the world.” Read how the Footage Foundation is fostering social change here: https://goo.gl/AVYGVa and read more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org. #technology #women
100% of These At-Risk Girls Get College Acceptance
“In sixth grade, they’re visiting a college campus. The question is not if they’re going to college, but where. If these young women don’t know female neurosurgeons or female airline pilots, we’re exposing them.” An all-girls school approach in Texas results in every graduate being accepted to college - and more than $40 million in scholarships per year. Read the full story of the Young Women's Preparatory Network here: https://goo.gl/CIxkxN and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org #women #education
Think ‘Habitat for Humanity,’ But Funded by Backpacks on Kicks...
Architects designed this Project Latitude backpack as part of their plan to revolutionize the way volunteers build homes, schools, and other buildings in developing countries. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/Jh4zyQ and See more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #volunteer
L.A. Launches Drive Toward 100% Renewable Energy
America’s second largest city, Los Angeles, has committed to becoming the first major U.S. city to switch to all renewable energy — and to do it in less than 20 years. Read the full story here: https://goo.gl/5iXEL7 and see more stories like this at HopefulHeadlines.org
PETA “Superhero” Who Saved Thousands of Animals Wins Biggest V...
"Jes Cochran has rescued 16,000 rats and 600 reptiles from inhumane conditions in a California breeding facility—the largest rescue in U.S. history—and was on the ground after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans saving animals from boarded-up buildings, and helped remove 400 chinchillas from tiny steel cages in a fur farm rescue." Read the full story of this PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) field worker's greatest victory yet here: http://goo.gl/3Zdb4n and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org
“SURFice” Dog Helps People Heal While Catching Waves
“That was the crazy thing,” Corporal Messina said. “Everybody said, ‘Wait, you really just got up on the first wave — with a dog, no less?’” Read the full story of Surf dog Ricochet, the SURFice dog! here: http://goo.gl/JphyC4 and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org
Why People are Turning Warehouses into Prime Farmland
“It’s definitely a kind of futuristic technology, but I also think we’re getting way back to our roots of how our ancestors ate produce on a daily basis.” Companies like Urban Produce and AeroFarms grown fresh produce just minutes from urban centers, using emerging technology to deliver fresher foods. Read the full story here: http://goo.gl/UYH8OM and see more stories like this at hopefulheadlines.org #technology #food