7 brutally honest (but funny) celeb grad speeches
Yes, graduation speeches are typically meant to inspire the next generation of young people entering the world of adulthood, but these comedians decided to cut the bulls***.
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When an airport runway becomes your playground
This is what happened when Berlin took an abandoned airport and gave it to the people.
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Two best friends, two tragedies and one twist of fate
Best friends Adli and Mansour have taken their tragic amputations and decided to look on the bright side of their... unique situation.
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Diary of a Palestinian girl: Nightmares
Janna takes us through the struggle that is life in Nabi Saleh, a village in occupied Palestine. It is, in her words, a living nightmare filled with fear, pain and loss, where protests, riots and shootings are the daily norm. This is our fifth and final episode of the young journalist's diary.
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No outsiders: Follow a local into Syria's thieves market
Here's a peek inside the Damascus thieves market and the rules you need to know.
A New Jerusalem: Interreligious Community
Eliyahu has taken on the responsibility of building a bridge between Jews, Muslims and Christians in the heart of Jerusalem.
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Designer Waste
A true tale from scraps to silver? Embracing garbage and helping people get out of unemployment.
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This is the new grassroots movement in Cuba
Raymel goes out every weekend with his megaphone to bring music to the poor neighborhoods of Havana. He wants to show children that there are other types of music than reggaeton, which is heavy on the sexual imagery. He wants people to hear clean, traditional Cuban music.
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Acupuncture for pets: a revolutionary alternative to euthanasia
Ill pets are often euthanized. But Dr. Jin decided to find a way to give them a second chance. His techniques are not western - he's now the first acupuncturist for pets in China.
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Play for change
PeaceCraft is a Belgium-based theater company that is made up of refugees from all corners of the World. We follow Roxette as she tells us her story and how theater has helped her not only overcome difficult moments in her personal life, but also create a more positive view of the status of refugee.
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Meet the father of ocean animals
Richard Tesore helps sea animals in danger and treats them as if they were part of his own family, until they are ready to continue on their own way.
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São Paulo are making homeless shelters dog friendly
Like much of the world homelessness is a huge crisis in the city of São Paulo. Shelters are open across the city, but they don't accommodate the animal companions of many of the homeless... until now.
Kids are not employees: Egypt's resistance school
The Istable Anter Dream School is not only protecting children from becoming employees too soon, they've also got a new strategy to make it happen.
Blood Champions
Half of the world’s population has to think about not bleeding on themselves every single month. Where does that leave those who cannot afford menstrual care?
The karate kids of Gaza
Hasan Al-Rai saw that disabled children were not getting the same opportunities as able-bodied children. So he decided to do something about it by running free karate classes for blind kids. But the main thing the kids get from the class is not martial arts training, but self-love and self-belief.
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Keeping water monsters alive
Mexico's 'water monster,' the axolotl, is disappearing from its natural habitat. This little creature could be the key to human regeneration, as it can re-grow its limbs and organs. Yanin and her brother built a laboratory to keep the species alive.
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Why the woman in the ghost town will never leave
77-year-old Lyubov refuses to leave her abandoned town and it's all in her spirit and her name.
There is more than one war to fight in Syria
In a country destroyed by war, we meet Rien, the Syrian Fighter, the woman who's helping clear the streets of crime and illegal jobs.
Pereira's Canine Guardians
Gustavo found a way to help Pereira's street dogs and make the city safer. How? By enlisting these furry companions into the local police force.
Meet The Man Who's Doing Everything Right
In Indonesia, we uncovered an inspiring tale about a doctor who combines his commitment to saving the environment by providing free health care.
“You are wrong if you think this is just a bottle. This bottle can save your life,” says Dr. Yusuf Nugraha, also known as Dr. Plastic from Cianjur, Indonesia.
“I really understand the suffering in Indonesia. We live in poverty.”
Seeing the poor economic condition of residents of the town, the young doctor Yusuf Nugraha was inspired to establish independent clinics supporting several programs which are opening their doors to treat the not so well-off population when sick.
Dr. Nugraha wanted to be a doctor form a very young age. He had to wok to afford his education, so he sold rice. This is why he can now combine one program to yield two benefits. He is helping poor patients by giving free health care and at the same time he helps society by teaching people the importance of collecting <a href="https://rumble.com/v3890z-nigerian-women-crochet-bags-from-plastic-waste.html" target="_blank">plastic waste</a>.
He developed his free program in order to protect his community’s dignity because people tend to get offended when they are offered things for free.
“Why plastic bottles? Because I want people to understand and be aware of the dangers of plastic. Most Indonesians are not informed. It takes ages to decompose,” Dr. Nugraha adds.
They store the collected plastic in a warehouse in the hope to recycle it and reduce its negative effect on nature. They managed to collect 180,000 <a href="https://rumble.com/v3eux9-how-to-upcycle-plastic-bottles-into-self-watering-plant-holders.html" target="_blank">plastic bottles</a> in the last three years.
“I hope that in the future Indonesia will be able to provide better health care and I hope to see a change in people’s behavior. For all these reasons, I am determined to be an agent of that change and create a better living environment.”
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Diary of a Palestinian girl: Ahed's day
Life in Nabi Saleh goes on, but now there's an important event concerning Janna: the trial of Ahed Tamimi. Ahed was arrested by Israeli authorities for slapping a soldier in December 2017 and we have Janna's reaction.
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The courage to say no: protecting India's girls
VJ has had a difficult past and after watching her best friend die during pregnancy at 14 years old, she decided to spend her life convincing people that child marriage is abuse.
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Mass slaughter: how Russia is cleaning up its streets
Russia is hosting the World Cup and so local governments have begun a witch hunt to clean the streets, and stray cats and dogs are the target. But Yana is doing everything in her power to change the situation.
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This Actor And Director Busts Prejudice Against People With Down Syndrome
Pablo Pineda is an actor and teacher and also an embodiment of strength, wit and intelligence. And today, on World Down Syndrome Day, who better than him to be our Local Hero?
“Look at me, do I look sick to you? It is not a disease. It is a characteristic of the human being. It is a matter of chromosomes, like the one that makes your hair blond or brown.
One day I was walking around Malaga, I was going to cross the street, and an old woman walking with a stick in a worse condition than me took my arm and helped me cross the street. The world has gone upside down!
Al of a sudden two young guys came to me and told me: ‘Pablo, we want you to be an actor.’ And I went: ‘What?! Are you kidding?”
In the beginning, I said no, I did not study dramatic arts. But slowly they convinced me, telling me one oof the directors had a sister with Down syndrome. And Hulio Medem, the producer, had a daughter with Down syndrome. So, I said yes. But I made it very clear I wouldn’t do anything against the DS community.
This world seems to be made for one type of man. Usually for the good looking ones, even better with money. That is how things work. But am I going to give up? No. I worked in Malaga City Hall, then I was in the movie, I present a TV show, I have written two books, I just never stop doing things.
Let’s open our eyes and look at the problem from a different perspective and allow those with <a href="https://rumble.com/v3njnx-student-with-down-syndrome-gets-accepted-to-college.html" target="_blank">Down syndrome</a> to work. My message to parents of children with DS is at the same time easy and very difficult: Think of them as your child, not as someone with a disability. A child that you need to educate, not a <a href="https://rumble.com/v3211e-motivation-a-disabled-person-built-up-a-fireplace-himself.html" target="_blank">disabled person</a> you have to take care of. It is very different. You don’t suffer from Down syndrome, you enjoy it.”
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Diary of a Palestinian girl: Trapped
Can you go traveling when you live in a war zone? Here's the third episode of our new series following Janna, an 11-year-old journalist living in Nabi Saleh, a small village in the West Bank.
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