These amazing random acts of kindness from around the world, are a reminder that reaching a helping hand to someone in trouble is one of the most heartwarming and fulfilling things a person can do.
There is something just so powerful about unexpected acts of kindness that even the least emotional people can’t stay untouched by such acts, we have decided to put a list together of some of the most inspiring stories, and hopefully they will restore your faith in humanity, or even inspire you to be a little kinder than necessary! Look at these amazing random acts of kindness.
Cafe opens its doors for stray dogs to sleep in during the cold winter.
A café in Greece is throwing open its doors to local stray dogs at night to give them a warm, safe and dry place to sleep on cold evenings. The eatery in Mytilene – the capital city of the Greek Island – lets the strays in for snooze and snuggle after it closes its doors to customers at 3am.
“In the city there are many dogs. When the bar closes each night, the dogs come and sleep here. We don’t have a problem. From July, every night there is a dog on the couch.”
When no one shows up at a little boys birthday party, strangers save the day!
When Ashlee Buratti threw a birthday party for her son Glenn, a six-year-old with a mild form of autism and epilepsy, not one of his 16 classmates invited turned up. Buratti took to a Facebook page to describe how heartbroken she felt as the youngster kept asking, “when will my friends come?”
“To see the look on his face killed me inside,” she wrote.
Her local Florida community was quick to rally to the cause. Burrati was inundated with requests from parents asking whether they could come along with their children. In total, about 15 children and 25 adults came to eat cake and give gifts, including a bike.
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Then the local sheriff’s office got involved, with a helicopter flyover over Glenn’s home. A nearby fire crew also put in an appearance and the birthday boy was invited to have a look round a fire engine and take a ride on a police motorbike.
Facebook brings South Africans together to find 4 year old the correct blood donation.
Declan, who is only 4 years old, suffers a rare childhood leukemia. His 5 year old sister was a match for a bone marrow transplant which was very successful. However a few months later, there were no B+ blood platelets available which he desperately needed.
“We took to Facebook and asked anyone who had B+ blood if they could possibly go and get tested and would be willing to donate. We offered to pay for any cost incurred.”
What happened next was nothing short of a miracle! By 14h00 the SANBS Benoni contacted Stacey, Declan’s mom and asked that they stop asking for blood! They had tested over 70 people from when they had opened! And that was just Benoni! All participants who went on got tested did not ask for a single cent in return… they all did it to help Declan.
On a rainy day, a Muslim man in British Colombia, Canada, took off his shoes and socks and gave them to barefoot bus passenger.
“You can take these, don’t worry about me – I live close by and can walk”.
The act of kindness was witnessed by an off-duty bus driver and when his photographs were shared on Facebook, the story went viral. When the donor was approached by the media, he declined to be identified, stating that according to his Islamic faith charitable acts should be anonymous.
Northwold Spar turns this 78-year-old man’s life around!
A 78-year-old man was the victim of con woman who took almost every cent he owns. While dealing with very helpful police and banks, Dianne Bayley, his daughter, has had to freeze his account to secure the last of his life-savings. George, who owns the Northwold Spar, allowed him to keep buying groceries and drawing small amounts of cash without his card, until this issue is sorted.
“While many may not realise how important this is to his well-being and independence, along with his safety, George has continued what appears to be a family tradition of being a decent, good man and a light in his local community.”
George’s & Northwold Spar’s help, has lifted a HUGE weight off of Dianne & her family’s shoulders, they cannot believe how kind people in the world can be.
People set up phone charging points in hurricane Sandy aftermath
When Hurricane Sandy left millions without power in October 2012, people who still had electricity in New York used extension leads to set up power stations outside of their homes to allow strangers to come charge their phones. USA Today featured a number of these make-shift power points that were crucial to families and friends connecting with each other in the aftermath of the disaster.
Donations pouring in for Darren August… a South African who may never walk again after trying to stop a robbery
A campaign to raise money was started for a man who was thrown from a moving train after he attempted to intervene a robbery. Darren August, from Athlone, was on his way to Somerset West last Monday where he works as a facilitator and teaches homeless children.
He and four other commuters were in a carriage when nine men boarded and robbed the passengers near Firgrove station. Darryn told a cousin that a heavily pregnant woman was among those being terrorised. His brother Bernard told News sites that Darryn tried to talk the robbers out of it.
“When he tried to intervene, one of the guys hit him with a crowbar. He tried to get up but he was stabbed in the head with a knife,” he said. “Darryn lost consciousness for a few minutes and when he came to, he was being tossed out of the train.”
The 27-year-old hit a tree before he landed, breaking his spine.
Graeme Dale Kuys, a close friend of Darren, started a campaign to raise money to help him during this tough time. Over R15,000 was raised from the public, and their kind hearts!
A Durbanite decided to share a moment with a stranger which completely changed both of their lives.
Tristan Kock stopped at his local petrol station & decided to speak to a homeless person who had seen often but never approached. Whenever he goes to the petrol station near his house, he always sees this young man sitting outside with not even a blanket to his name. Nobody even acknowledges that he exists.
One night he went up and spoke to him, the man was very shy.
He told me that nobody ever speaks to him. I asked him what he had had for dinner, he told me that he hadn’t eaten a proper meal since the day before.
So he decided to take him on a little shopping spree. They went inside of the Garage and Tristan gave him a basket & told him to pile up the basket with whatever his heart desires.
“At then end of it all he asked me why I did this. I told him it was because I care. We are all in this together, God has blessed me with more than I could ever ask for.”
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