On March 27, 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko climbed inside a Soyuz rocket to travel to the International Space Station, in orbit 248 miles above Earth. This…
South Africans have seen a resurgence of random acts of kindness more than thirty years after Anne Herbert wrote “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty” on a place…
Encourage good, forbid evil, protect the poor and defenceless, and strive for justice. These four pillars provide the structure on which attorney Zaakir Mayet lives his life, determined to speak…
At 90 years old, a woman from Michigan named Norma is living life to the fullest on a road trip across the United States. Just two days after Norma’s husband…
#RAK16 is spreading across the globe & we’ve been Paying it Forward by bringing you all the news about random acts of kindness. The last thing some people were expecting…
Lady Gaga performed an emotional rendition of “Til It Happens to You” alongside survivors of sexual assault at Sunday’s Oscars, bringing the crowd to its feet for a standing ovation….
After her own difficult experience battling extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and hearing the stories of what other TB patients and survivors had been through, medical doctor Thato Mosidi (29) realised…
When original American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson returned to the show’s stage to perform her touching tribute to the father figures in her life, there was hardly a dry eye…
Janet Jobson has always felt strongly about trying to create a just society. South Africa (28 February 2016) – When Janet was a teenager, her mother – an activist…
John Hume is a South African rhino farmer. He owns & protects more rhinos than anyone else in the world—around 1,261. At his farm in Klerksdorp, about 100 miles southeast…
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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men” - Herman Melville
