Sikhs to the rescue
Sydney’s Sikh community has spent more AU$4,000 setting up a food donation program to help Australia’s elderly stranded in self-isolation.
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Mar 13, 2020
Getting back on the bike
Elderly people enjoy free bike rides out and about in their neighbourhoods.
Feb 11, 2020
Old hotel converted for homeless
In Denver, theColorado Coalition for the Homeless has bought and converted a former hotel into affordable housing.
Jan 20, 2020
Dino, 90, feeds Rome's homeless
Dino Impagilazzo, 90, is living out his dream of feeding the homeless.
Jan 18, 2020
A hand up not a handout
For the past year, residents of Stockton, a city of around 290,000 in California, have been granted a guaranteed income of US$500 a month.
Dec 31, 2019
Finland is housing the homeless
Finland has a unique and commendable claim to fame: it is the only country in the European Union where homelessness is falling.
Dec 5, 2019
The Robin Hood of Istanbul
A mystery benefactor is visiting Istanbul’s poor neighbourhoods to pay off people’s debts and drop cash-filled envelopes on doorsteps.
Dec 2, 2019
Life is a circus
Jim Webster, a tutor at a community circus, which holds activities for the elderly, insists age is no barrier to taking on fresh challanges.
Nov 2, 2019
Free snacks for hungry kids
For the past five years, Champale Anderson has distributed free snack bags to any child who knocks on her door.
Oct 17, 2019
Baddies do good
A high-speed boat chase off Spain ends in unexpected fashion: the crooks do a good deed.
Oct 3, 2019
The restaurant that's priceless
From the outside, the Alabama restaurant Drexell & Honeybee’s looks unremarkable. However, pick up a menu and you’ll notice: no prices.
Aug 30, 2019
Inside the Memory Café
A “Memory Café” in the UK city of Bristol is helping people with dementia conquer isolation.
Jul 17, 2019
Stopping for a chat
Thanks to our digital devices, humankind is more connected than at any other period in its history. At the same time, loneliness has become
Apr 17, 2019
A little goes a long way
COMMUNITY When a mini street library popped up in Jesse McClard’s neighbourhood she had a lightbulb moment: why not adapt the idea to...
Apr 3, 2019
Bavaria's the bees knees
COMMUNITY Bavaria’s government has agreed to pass a “save the bees” law that promises to reverse insect decline after German...
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