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The One Who Answered the Call
The way basic healthcare is provided to some of the most impoverished people in Bangladesh changed forever in the year 2002. That’s
19 June 2015
Virtual Supermarket: A game to detect memory problems in older adults
A new specialised videogame, developed by Greek scientists and available for free, promises to accurately examine and “save” the
19 June 2015
Girls today, pioneers in Stem tomorrow.
The Straits Times, Singapore
19 June 2015
Visualizing Impact: A civic commitment to making information readable
It all began with an observation: information and knowledge are essential to development. A number of organisations, especially non-
19 June 2015
Because you’re happy
It seems that Switzerland is the happiest nation in the world...or at least if we are to believe the latest World Happiness Report
19 June 2015
A clean bag of water
It weighs no more than 300 grams, fits easily into a backpack and looks like any other plastic bag.
19 June 2015
Harassment Map: An initiative to empower Egyptian women
While working with one of the civil society organisations in Egypt in 2005, American citizen Rebecca Chao and her three Egyptian
19 June 2015
Light for the blind
It was a fine morning on June 25th, 2013. RagibHasan reached his office atthe University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA and started
19 June 2015
Incredible Edible
Plant first, ask later. This is what a handful of volunteers in an ordinary town in northern England did, and from it sprang a worldwide
19 June 2015
Living Together, On And Off The Road
This July, a Muslim, a Jew, a Christian and an atheist will take off on a year-long journey around the world, the second
19 June 2015
Luwrain: an operating system for the blind
Russian developer Mikhail Pozhidaev, himself visually impaired, has created a free operating system for the blind, which is simple
19 June 2015
Powering Villages, Empowering Lives
In India’s Barefoot College, rural women learn to make and maintain solar panels, bringing clean power to their villages and creating
19 June 2015
Merry-go-round turns play into power
Generating electricity through play. That’s the simple but inspired idea of an American humanitarian organisation: Empower
19 June 2015
Boroume [We Can!]: Saving Food, Saving Lives
At the end of 2011, a group of friends saved 12 cheese pies left over at a bakery in a poor neighbourhood of western Athens and
19 June 2015
From Trash To Tchaikovsky
Filled with stamps from the 15 or so countries he has visited, Brandon Cobone has an impressive passport for an 18-year-old. Even
19 June 2015
NUMBERS 18
To avoid casualties caused by landslides during this monsoon, the Chittagong district administration has launched its eviction drive evicted 18 vulnerable hill dwellers.
18 June 2015
Bruce Lee
Well-known martial artist Bruce Lee was born in Chinatown, San Francisco. He was a action film actor, martial arts instructor
18 June 2015
STAR DIARY
I had an interesting interaction with a teenager a couple of days ago. It hasn't been long since I was a teenager myself, but I didn't know how much times had changed.
18 June 2015
SNAPSHOT
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching ― Gerard Way
18 June 2015
The Song of the Sea
One day, during the gruesome Calcutta riot (1946), a curious boy escaped the strict surveillance of his phupu (paternal aunt), Salema Khatun.
18 June 2015