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Kindness

Generosity, neighbors, and peace made by hand.

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Bili the baby gorilla has a friend at last — and a sanctuary home People · 2026-10-03 · Republic of the Congo The aunties, grandads, and neighbors raising Liverpool's children Liverpool Express · 2026-10-02 · United Kingdom Nearly every child in Jordan is in school — UNICEF is applauding Devdiscourse · 2026-09-30 · Jordan They saved her at 3. They haven't missed a birthday since. Upworthy · 2026-10-02 · United States A new roadmap to teach Latin America and the Caribbean to read Devdiscourse · 2026-10-01 · Dominican Republic Kenya and Türkiye sketch out six new hospitals for mothers and children People Daily Digital (Kenya) · 2026-10-03 · Kenya Sri Lanka puts childhood itself on the national agenda Daily FC (Sri Lanka) · 2026-10-02 · Sri Lanka In one of the world's hardest places, 2.63 million children got their polio drops UNICEF via ReliefWeb · 2026-10-02 · Central African Republic Uganda reaches for 7.5 million little arms, one jab at a time Mama FM · 2026-10-03 · Uganda 80,000 young Nigerians get a shot at real-world skills The Sun (Nigeria) · 2026-10-03 · Nigeria 43 years at the chalkface: a teacher's lifetime gets its award SAnews · 2026-10-02 · South Africa Qatar ranked the most peaceful country in the Middle East Lovin' Doha · 2026-06-16 · Qatar The child-safety platform that found 54,000 missing children is now a UN global champion PhoneWorld · 2026-06-05 · Pakistan No more late fines — and the books came back Gridley Herald · 2026-09-29 · USA Three bronze bison now stand guard at the Smithsonian Associated Press (via KCAU) · 2026-03-20 · USA Publix is giving $25 million to food banks across the Southeast Palm Beach Post · 2026-10-02 · USA Thousands of strangers are recording conversations for America's 250th Current · 2026-07-28 · USA Two strangers drove a grieving student an hour to reach his friend WEKU (NPR) · 2026-08-18 · USA A storm survivor just got the keys to his brand-new home WVLT · 2026-08-31 · USA She digs through Helene's wreckage to return people's memories WAMC (NPR) · 2026-09-25 · USA Ken Griffin's $3 billion gift is the biggest in US college history Associated Press (via Gray Television) · 2026-09-30 · USA Harold Hamm gave $150 million to transform health care in Oklahoma The Oklahoman · 2026-09-22 · USA Community Gardens Helped Shape the Dominican Republic's HIV Policy UMass Amherst · 2026-09-29 · Dominican Republic In a rougher region, Uruguay stays the calm one Nearshore Americas · 2026-09-01 · Uruguay 25 medics, one week, and villages medicine forgot Schoenstatt.org · 2026-05-02 · Argentina Three months after the quakes, Venezuela's Red Cross volunteers are still showing up every day ReliefWeb (IFRC/Venezuelan Red Cross) · 2026-09-24 · Venezuela Finland named the world's happiest country for the ninth year running Smithsonian Magazine · 2026-03-23 · Finland Thirty teenagers, five faiths, one garden of peace in Sofia URI Europe · 2026-08-30 · Bulgaria Ireland's modern art museum asks: what are the actual tools of peace? Irish Museum of Modern Art · 2026-03-10 · Ireland Seven Moldovan grassroots groups honored for rebuilding their communities European External Action Service · 2026-06-01 · Moldova France's spare-change donations just passed €100 million for charity IPC · 2026-04-22 · France Monaco just launched a global chain reaction of kindness Monaco Life · 2026-05-13 · Monaco Six Pacific grassroots groups just won backing for island resilience SPREP · 2026-04-09 · Fiji A 12-year-old cancer survivor was honoured for helping other kids The Straits Times (via Singapore Silent Heroes) · 2026-05-23 · Singapore Japan flew three giant helicopters to help Indonesia fight its fires Reuters · 2026-09-08 · Indonesia South Africa's grannies are boxing, reading and driving change Sowetan · 2026-05-26 · South Africa Mali backs 3,500 young people into training and jobs Ecofin Agency · 2026-05-14 · Mali Zimbabwe's pharmacist-queen wins hearts at Miss World Youth Village Zimbabwe · 2026-09-07 · Zimbabwe Three nations sign landmark pact to share the Ruvuma river IUCN · 2026-08-10 · Mozambique 180,000 Kenyan children read aloud as one Writing Africa · 2026-09-11 · Kenya 45 volunteers, one Friday, a safer home for a neighbour in Amani Milwaukee Journal Sentinel · 2026-09-18 · USA $3 billion, one signature — the largest university gift in American history Fast Company · 2026-09-30 · USA A sacred fire, 100 neighbours, and a town learning its true history 89.3 CFOS · 2026-09-30 · Canada A vacant lot of weeds and wrecked boats is about to become three family homes South Coast Today · 2026-10-03 · USA London’s first mosque turns 100 — a beacon of peace Wandsworth Times · 2026-10-03 · UK Three years in hospital as a baby; now she lifts every child on the ward Glasgow Times · 2026-09-18 · UK The man who refused to lose a second river dolphin Global Humane Society · 2026-09-28 · China The dumped snake that built a rescue Cornish Stuff · 2026-10-02 · UK Wheelchair auditors put Cornwall's attractions to the test Cornish Stuff · 2026-10-02 · UK $7 million to keep America's blood supply flowing Church News · 2026-10-02 · USA A campus center built for every kind of mind and body ETSU News · 2026-10-02 · USA One access pass for every theatre, gallery, and gig The Arts Council (Ireland) · 2026-10-01 · Ireland $9.5 million races to contain Ebola in Congo Allen Family Philanthropies · 2026-10-01 · DR Congo The Amazon's guardians finally got their own early-warning system ICCA Consortium · 2026-09-28 · Peru The challenge turning kids into hunger heroes PR Newswire · 2026-09-28 · USA