All People Making a Difference
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Difference Maker Ek Sonn Chan pipes something precious into the homes of Phnom Penh: safe water
Residents of Cambodia's capital city used to have little access to safe drinking water; now more than 90 percent of homes have it.
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Solar firm taps social-media expert to spur a 'rooftop revolution'
Patrick Crane was impressed by his solar roof. Now the former LinkedIn executive expects solar power to become a 'social phenomenon.'
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Hatua Likoni offers scholarships and mentors to Kenya's students
The nonprofit supports Kenyan students who need mentoring or lack the means to pay for school. The next problem to solve: 9,000 desks for 14,000 students.
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Harnessing the sun’s power to make water flow
Small farmers in Benin in West Africa are using solar panels to power an innovative drip-irrigation system.
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Is recycling outdated?
Don't buy plastic containers or aluminum foil when they can be reused over and over again, blogger says.
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Used soda bottles light up the world – for free
Refracted sunlight from soda bottles acts as a 'light bulb' in dimly lit homes in the developing world
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Backpack Farms helps small African farmers defeat drought
Backpack Farms supports African farmers with low-cost products and training suited to their needs.
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Five trees you’ve never heard of that are helping to feed Africa
Trees such as black plum, marula, and dika provide fruits, leaves, and nuts that have nourished Africans for centuries.
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Apps for Good: technical innovation from the minds and thumbs of disadvantaged youths
Apps for Good recruits immigrant or unemployed youths from London neighborhoods to develop phone programs relevant to their needs and to teach entrepreneurial skills.
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Food gardens at Cape Town area schools grow food and teach farming skills
The SEED Organic Classroom Programme at 21 South African schools teaches sustainable farming techniques while feeding students.
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Abaarso Tech, run like a business, brings top-notch education to Somalia
Jonathan Starr founded Abaarso Tech in Somaliland to unlock the potential of the country's brightest boys and girls.
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Difference Maker Kyes Stevens and her prison arts project change women's lives
The Alabama Prison Arts + Education Project raises self-esteem and provides a creative outlet.
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Ghana schoolboy launches his own Somalia famine fundraiser
An 11-year-old boy in Ghana, Andrew Adansi-Bonnah, has started his own effort to raise millions of dollars to help hungry refugees in Somalia.
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Laura Moulton brings books to the homeless – by bike
Her Street Books project finds avid readers among the homeless of Portland, Oregon.
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Difference Maker Janet Siddall helps African families through 'Grandmothers to Grandmothers.'
Ex-ambassador Janet Siddall works with those caring for those affected by HIV/AIDS through the 'Grandmothers to Grandmothers' project
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David Gessner offers a modest 'Green Manifesto'
Nature writer David Gessner argues that we must first fall in love with nature before we will fight for it.
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Peace Corps teachers return to Sierra Leone
After a 16-year absence Peace Corps teachers like Arteeca Eccles are again helping children learn math, science, and English to in a country where only 35 percent of adults can read and write.
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Stockpiling seeds today saves plants for the future
A quarter of the world's plant species may be headed toward extinction. Seed banks aim to prevent that.
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John Kufuor helps transform Ghana into a model for African agriculture
Former President John Kufuor cut the number of hungry people in half through by using innovative ways to help farmers.
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Debra Ruh makes high-tech available to the disabled
Her company, TechAccess, works with businesses large and small to ensure the disabled can use their products.
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