Kindhearted Man Takes Care of Over 750 Dogs
When Sasha Pesic rescued a litter of abandoned puppies in 2008, he had no idea that in little over a decade he would have rescued about 1,200 canines and still be caring for over 750 of them. Sasha Pesic became known to the world in 2015, when a video of him acrobatically dropping down to […]
This 96-Year-Old Woman Is Asia’s Oldest Fashion Model
Most female fashion models start their careers in their late teens and retire in their early 30’s, but 96-year-old Alice Pang is not your ordinary fashion model. She started modelling at 93, so you could say she’s still a beginner. A resident of Hong Kong, Alice always liked dressing well and looking elegant, but never […]
Desperate Pet Owner Offers His Home to Whoever Finds His Lost Dog
After spending months looking for his lost pet Chihuahua, a desperate Tucson man has announced that he is offering his one bedroom home and the plot of land that comes with it to whoever brings his dog back to him. Eddie Collins lost his beloved pet, Jenny, back in April and he has spent every […]
Woman Praised as a Saint for Adopting 45 Children in the last 47 Years
Kong Zhenlan, a 71-year-old woman from China’s Shanxi Province, has dedicated the last four decades of her life to adopting and raising orphaned children, making sure that they had food on the table and got access to education. Even though she could barely afford to support herself on a modest income, Kong Zhenlan couldn’t bear […]
Man Runs Into Massive Debt After Adopting 300 Dogs in Two Years
A Chinese animal lover who took in hundreds of stray dogs over the last two years is struggling to make ends meet despite having a stable job and his own business. He has accumulated a debt of 600,000 yuan ($87,000), but he refuses to give up on his four-legged friends. Up until two years ago, […]
11-Year-Old Boy Eats Five Times a Day to Gain Weight And Save His Father’s Life
An 11-year-old boy from Xinxiang city, China’s Henan province, has been praised for taking on the mission of saving his father’s life by eating as much as he possibly can. Lu Zikuan’s father was diagnosed with leukemia seven years ago and has been treated with medication ever since. However, last August his health started deteriorating drastically […]
Sick of Waiting for the Government, Kenyan Man Digs Rural Road by Hand
A 45-year-old man from rural Kenya is being hailed a hero by his community after single-handedly digging a one-mile road through a bushy area in oly six days, using only rudimentary tools. The people of Kaganda, a small village 80km north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, had long been appealing to local government officials to start work […]
The Brazilian Couple Who Brought a Dead Subtropical Rainforest Back to Life
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado is a world renowned social documentary photographer and photojournalist from Brazil, but few people know that he is also the mastermind behind one of the most amazing environment restoration projects in history. Together with his wife, Salgado has nearly completed the recovery of a single uninterrupted section of the Atlantic Forest, planting millions […]
Double Amputee Turns Barren Hills into Lush 17,000-Tree Forest
Ma Sanxiao, a 70-year-old double amputee and army veteran from Jingxing, North China’s Hebei province, has pent the last 19 years of his life planting thousands of trees and turning the once barren hills surrounding his village into a small forest. Ma was diagnosed with blood poisoning in 1974, while serving in the Chinese Army. His condition […]
12-Year-Old Boy Goes Viral for Doing His Homework Under a Streetlight Because Family Can’t Afford Electricity
CCTV footage showing a 12-year-old boy from the town of Moche, in Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, because his family can’t afford electricity in their home, has been viewed millions of times on social media after being shared by local police. Staff at the Moche police department first noticed Víctor Martín […]
Meet Yeon-woo Jhi, a South Korean “Muscle Barbie”
Yeon-woo Jhi is an IFBB Pro female bodybuilder with multiple major titles under her belt. The contrast between her cute, feminine face and impressively muscular body have also made her somewhat of an internet celebrity and earned her the nickname “Muscle Barbie”. Looking at 34-year old Yeon-woo Jhi, it’s hard to imagine that she was once […]
Female Vigilante Group Has Been Defending This Indian Forest for 20 Years
A group of 75 female volunteers from India’s Odisha state has spent every day of the last 20 years patrolling a 75-hectare forest to protect it from woodcutters and timber smugglers. In 1999, the eastern state of Odisha was ravaged by a supercyclone. People lost their homes, their crops and had to go without food […]
Meet Vaggelis Chatzis, the World’s Only One-Handed Professional Boxer
Vaggelis Chatzis’s life is considered by many the ultimate underdog story. After having his right forearm amputated from below the elbow when he was only a baby, he grew up to become the world’s only one-handed professional boxer. Chatzis was born with a cancerous tumour in his right hand which would have ultimately killed him […]
Indian “Tree Man” Planted Over 5 Million Trees to Cope with Tragedy
Vishweshwar Dutt Saklani took his last breath on January 18, 2019, but he will live on in the memory of his countrymen as the “Tree Man of Uttarakhan”, a dedicated conservationist who planted over 50 lakh (5 million) trees and turned his once barren homeland into a lush forest. Saklani had been fond of trees […]
The Incredible Story of a 12-Year-Old Boy Who Founded His Own School
At just 12-years-old, Leonardo Nicanor Quinteros is still in secondary school, but he already runs his own free private school to help other children, and even some adults, with their studies. Leonardo loves to study, but he also wants to transfer his passion for education to his peers. After seeing some of his colleagues struggling […]