What A Wonderful World

Playing For Change is proud to present this video of the song "What A Wonderful World" featuring Grandpa Elliott with children's choirs across the globe. In these hard times, children and music bring us hope for a better future.

Bai Fang Li

Bai Fangli was a Chinese pedicab driver in Tianjin who donated 350,000 yuan over a span of 18 years to enable more than 300 poor students to continue with their studies. But this is no millionaire -- he made a living by pedaling a pedicab.  Chinese pedicab driver Mr. Bai Fang Li touched the hearts …

RESTORING FAITH IN HUMANITY

“Righteous Among the Nations”

"Righteous Among the Nations": José Arturo Castellanos Contreras He was El Salvador's equivalent of Oskar Schindler, a man who was given a chance to do something about the Holocaust - and took it. Now, six decades after José Castellanos helped to save Jews by granting bogus nationality certificates, the story of the central American nation's …

"Righteous Among the Nations": José Arturo Castellanos Contreras

He was El Salvador's equivalent of Oskar Schindler, a man who was given a chance to do something about the Holocaust - and took it. Now, six decades after José Castellanos helped to save Jews by granting bogus nationality certificates, the story of the central American nation's consul general to Switzerland during the second world …

Man is Sitting Beside the People He Rescued From Nazi Death Camps

This man realizes he’s sitting beside the people he rescued from Nazi death camps. Before World War II, 669 children who were destined for Nazi death camps were rescued and transported to England by Sir Nicholas Winton. Years later, they came together for a touching surprise tribute to their hero... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nFuJAF5F0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1JEuQfMZfY The fantastic story …

He Was About To Take His Own Life…

He Was About To Take His Own Life — Until A Man Stopped Him. Here He Meets Him Face To Face Again. Finding Mike: Man searching for kind stranger who stopped him jumping off bridge By Rossalyn Warren Curator: Rossalyn Warren Jonny Benjamin was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when he was 20 years old. He …

Finding Mike: Man searching for kind stranger who stopped him jumping off bridge

He Was About To Take His Own Life — Until A Man Stopped Him. Here He Meets Him Face To Face Again. By Rossalyn Warren Curator: Rossalyn Warren Jonny Benjamin was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when he was 20 years old. He lost hope for a "normal" life and was about to commit suicide. But …

Hutu Muslims saved Tutsis during Rwandan genocide

Rwanda has been marking the 15th anniversary of the country's genocide when according to the government 1.2 million people were killed, the UN says 800,000 died, most of those murdered were ethnic Tutsis.

Dead at 98: Heroic Irena Sendler, who helped save 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazis

SOURCE HERE A woman who risked her life saving 2,500 Jewish children from the gas chambers died yesterday aged 98. Irena Sendler, a social worker, smuggled them out of the Warsaw Ghetto and gave them false identities. She died at a Warsaw hospital after she had been in hospital for a month with pneumonia. Mrs …

Mark Twain On Kindness…

Actress Laurie Holden Helped Rescue 55 young girls

‘Walking Dead’ Actress Goes Undercover And Saves 55 Sex Slaves In Real Life Source HERE Here’s a pretty unbelievable story: Laurie Holden is an actress who plays Andrea on “The Walking Dead,” but she isn't just an actress. Holden also works as a human rights activist with a group called Operation Underground Railroad. It’s an …

A Real Clarence?

Life-saver: James Harrison has donated his rare blood nearly 1,000 times, saving 2 million lives!

More at 'Man with the golden arm' saves 2million babies in half a century of donating rare type of blood 

Scott Neeson, You Sir Are Awesome!

Scott Neeson, former head of 20th Century Fox International left Hollywood to save children rotting in Cambodia's garbage dumps He sold his mansion, Porsche, and yacht to set off for Cambodia to provide food, shelter and education to destitute children. Scott now cares for more than 1,000 Cambodian children and their families. You sir are …

Harris Rosen, You Sir Are Awesome!

How A Woman’s Kindness And Facebook Helped A Homeless Poet Find His Family And A New Start

Source: HERE Raimundo Arruda Sobrinho writes beautiful poetry, but for almost 35 years only a few passersby in São Paulo, Brazil, got the chance to read his words. That's because, for more than three decades, Sobrinho was homeless, according to Facebook. The social media site has produced Sobrinho's story in the video above as part of …

I was the boy who saved thousands of lives by inspiring the Anthony Nolan

Source: HERE Feb 12, 2014 19:15 By Warren Manger As Anthony Nolan celebrates its 40th anniversary, Simon Bostic tells how an international hunt for a bone marrow donor to save his life led to the register which now boasts half a million potential donors. Inspiration: Simon Bostic at Victoria Falls in Zambia during a Comic …

3 Young Women Missing For 10 Years And Locked In House Freed By Awesome Good Samaritan

Amanda Berry, who bravely managed to take a life threatening risk to get help, Gina DeJesus, and Michele Knight, who disappeared years ago from their Cleveland, Ohio, neighborhoods, were found in a dramatic rescue earlier today by an amazing Good Samaritan neighbor, Charles Ramsey, whose interview is heartwarming and just ... wow. The most amazing and heartbreaking …

This Guy Was Shocked At The Amount Of Food His College Cafeteria Threw Away. So He Did Something.

At a time where fixes to America's biggest problems often seem too complex, littered with red tape and protocol, college students across the nation are mobilizing to help feed hungry people in the most commonsense way possible — saving leftover food that would otherwise be thrown away. Source: HERE. This guy saw a huge amount …