When Ryan and Amy Green lost their 5-year-old son Joel to cancer, they channelled their grief into creating “a videogame developer’s love letter to his son”. Computer programmer Ryan began making “That Dragon, Cancer” while Joel was still alive; he had already…
US non-profit organization Lava Mae is transforming old city buses into mobile bathrooms to give showers to around 200 homeless people in San Francisco every week. Lava Mae, which roughly translates as Spanish for “wash me,” has installed ‘hygiene pods’ with showers, toilets,…
Mohamad Al-Noury and Athar Farroukh were forced to flee bombing in their Syrian hometown just days after their wedding. And so shortly before traveling to Canada, the couple spent their honeymoon in a refugee camp. Upon arriving in Saskatoon, they were interviewed…
Flight attendant Taylor Tippett knows the power and beauty of the handwritten note. Because for the past year, she’s been spreading love, hope, and strength by taping small slips of paper with inspiring words and quotes to the windows of the airplanes…
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This oft-quoted adage has become a bit of a cliché, but that doesn’t render it untrue. Indeed, this inspiring dutch guy has proven that having a can-do attitude can lead to massive transformations for the better. This…