Meet the man who’s prevented over 300 suicides
The Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China is believed to be the most common location in the world for suicides. Chen Si heads there every weekend to try and save lives. He has already prevented over 300 suicide attempts in the past twelve years.
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Sea Rangers
How far would you push yourself to conserve the seas? Only a quarter have what it takes...
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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It's a woman's revolution. Period.
After working for an NGO in Nepal, Claire was driven to set up her life there to educate women on their periods. It's tradition to isolate women while it's their time of the month, and many have poor sanitary products, or none at all. Claire changes all this.
Meet the man who stops time
Sego is a passionate watch maker from Hong Kong. He creates the timepieces from scratch, and takes him a painstaking six months to complete. But he's in a dying trade, so what can he do to rectify this?
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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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These Three Student Warriors Managed To Change The Law
“Is this the kind of world we want to live in? The secret service could be watching this which makes me feel quite uncomfortable. If I Google something they will be able to see and share this. And this data can be intercepted and stored for up to three years. We are students who fight for your right to privacy.”
On 21 of March, the Dutch voted for their right to privacy thanks to these three students.
This law needed to change, so these students decided to change it by themselves. They beveled it was wrong and it needed to be improved.
One year ago the Privacy Law was approved by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte. The new law on Intelligence and Security Services gave them more access to a large amount of data on the Internet. This crossed a line so the <a href="https://rumble.com/v39hmz-brides-surprise-during-ceremony.html" target="_blank">students</a> decided to instigate a referendum.
“The other night I couldn't sleep so I was on Instagram at 4 am and the next morning I was getting advertisements ‘Oh, you can’t sleep? You are probably depressed, get a psychologist now.’ They can hack my doctor. Somewhere I know that I am being watched. We all have a public transport card and it can track your travel. In the future, they will be able to hack your car or your fridge, or your bed. Those are all things that restrict our privacy.”
“I didn't believe it at first. I just don't get why you should do that. I feel disappointed. That the government mistrusts its citizens. Afterward, I felt a bit angry, I said in a chat room that we should start a referendum and one person volunteered to make a website. And the rest is history.”
The referendum goes in two phases, 10,000 and 300,000 signatures. They managed to reach a total of 407,000 signatures. They were meeting up with institutions and organized debates in order to prepare for everything.
“Privacy, to me, means the right to be human, to be able to follow my curiosity, to experiment, to make mistakes, because when I can’t do that and all my actions have consequences then I can’t develop myself, or express myself.”
The referendum vote was held on the 21st of March. The citizens got the chance to be heard by a turnout of 51,5%. They expressed disagreement with this law and 49,44% voted against it.
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Blocks of Change
Did you know that 12 million plastic bottles are thrown away in Argentina every day? Three local entrepreneurs have found a way to activate citizens to recycle, mold bricks out of PET bottles, and build things for communities in need.
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The Eye Maker
Take a walk through the Indonesian city of Jakarta and meet Rizwan, the hero who's making prosthetic eyes for the children who have lost theirs to cancer.
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Diary of a Palestinian girl: The raids
What's it like living with the constant fear of raids? Here's the second 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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Inside the real Trainspotting
The Ravel district of Barcelona is being taken over by drug crime. This made Laura and Miquel take action and show the extent to which housing has deteriorated since addicts took over buildings in the area.
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