Dozens of children went to work stuffing 500 backpacks with school supplies Saturday, to make sure arriving Syrian refugee children don’t fall any further behind in their schoolwork. The Canadian…
A slow New Year’s Eve at a Cheddar’s restaurant brought one waitress a fortune. Someone left her a 370-percent tip. However, the message left with it proved most valuable to…
In Istanbul, there’s a mosque where you can pray alongside cats. The Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque’s imam Mustafa Efe has been letting stray cats since last year. Mustafa calls the…
What would happen if our President lubed up, put some takkies on and went for a run? Kim Nicola Stephens asked the question in an open letter, which quickly went…
Sarah Owen Bigler hoped to be in and out of the Target store quickly. With a toddler suddenly fussing in the cart and a young daughter in tow, she found…
The group that has stood up against e-tolls is widening its scope to challenge poor governance, maladministration and corruption around South Africa. The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) will…
An incredibly inspirational post about South Africans helping each other is teaching us all a very important lesson. Johannesburg, South Africa (18 January 2016) – Mainstream media can often…
An amazing South African good samaritan has offered to pay for the university education of two bright matric pupils from a rural KwaZulu-Natal school. Peter Harvey, 71, said after he…
What are the chances a 6th-grader from the biggest slum in Kenya ends up on stage in New York City, speaking to thousands of people? Not very great, but Eunice…
John O’Malley was so impressed and inspired by the hospice nurses who tended to his wife, he abandoned retirement and went back to school to become one. O’Malley began taking…
Where mind meets heart
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ― Maya Angelou
