Chinese “Guardian of Dogs” Has Rescued Over 700 Strays in the Last 8 Years
Zhou Yusong is known as the “Guardian of Dogs” in his home city of Zhengzhou, China’s Henan Province. The kindhearted man has spent the last 8 years of his life rescuing stray dogs and offering them a home at his animal protection center. It all started in 2008, when Zhou Yusong, when he noticed an […]
“Birdman of Gujarat” Has Been Feeding Around 3,000 Birds Every Day, for 17 Years
Harsukh Bhai Dobariya, of Gujarat, India, is very popular with birds. Every day, between 2,500 and 3,000 parrots and sparrows visit his 4-acre farm to feed on tasty millet cobs and build their nests away from predators. Nicknamed “The Birdman”, Dobariya has spent the last 17 years of his life looking out for the birds and […]
23-Year-Old Woman Memorizes IKEA’s New 328-Page Catalogue in a Week
Most people could probably spend a whole year just looking at IKEA’s 2018 catalogue and still not remember all the details in its 328 pages. But then again, Yaanja Wintersoul is not most people, she is a two-time World Memory Champion so she only needed one week to accomplish the seemingly impossible task. 23-years-old Yaanja […]
Meet Derek Rabelo, the World’s Only Blind Professional Surfer
Derek Rabelo is not the only surfer to conquer Hawaii’s famous Pipeline big wave break, but whereas others use their sight to do it, this young professional surfer must rely only on his other senses. That’s because he is completely blind. When Derek was born, over 24 years ago, his father Ernesto had already decided to name […]
Man Spends 27 Years Single-Handedly Digging a Pond for His Village
Saja Pahad, a small village in Chhattisgarh, India, has been dealing with severe water shortages for as long as anyone can remember. With only two wells available, locals were barely able to secure enough water to feed their cattle, let alone irrigate their crops. Villagers didn’t know what to do and the government ignored their plight, […]
Chinese Cop Sets Up Retirement Home for His Old Police Dogs
Bai Yan, a kindhearted police dog handler from Hangzhou, recently melted the hearts of millions of Chinese after it was reported that he had spent the last 7 years and around 1 million yuan ($150,000) on a retirement home for police dogs, where his former “comrades in arms” could live out their golden years in peace. 55-year-old […]
Indian Family Save Hundreds of Orphaned Wile Animals by Turning Their Home into a Sanctuary
The Animal Ark is a special wild animal sanctuary, in Maharashtra, India, that takes in orphaned animals whose parents get hunted by villagers for food. It was set up by a local doctor who understood the necessity of hunting, but couldn’t bare to let the young animals starve to death. One day, during the early 70s, Dr. Prakash Amte […]
Disabled Man Spends Three Years Single-Handedly Carving a Road Through a Hill
In a story of unbelievable grit and determination, a semi-paralyzed man in Kerala, India, spent three years digging a road straight through a small hill in front of his home, using only rudimentary tools. 63-year-old Melethuveettil Sasi has never even heard the story of Dashrath Manjhi, the famous Mountain Man of Bihar, who spent two […]
Meet Tova Saul – The Unsung Guardian of Jerusalem Old City’s Stray Cats
Ever since she moved to Jerusalem from Toronto, in the 1980s, Tova Saul has dedicated her life to looking after the street cats of Israel. She prowls the streets of the Old City carrying bags of food for the felines, provides medical attention to any injured animals she finds by either taking them to the […]
Man with Cerebral Palsy Spends Five Years Typing Book with Only One Toe
38-year-old Wesley Wee, from Singapore, was born with cerebral palsy, and has never had any control over most of the muscles in his body. He is stuck in a wheelchair, and is unable to dress or feed himself, so writing a book seems out of the realm of possibility. However, his physical disabilities didn’t stop this ambitious […]
Indian Woman Who Lost Her Own Daughter Became Mother to 800 Orphaned Girls
Dr Sarojini Agarwal lost her daughter in a road accident, nearly 40 years ago, but the tragedy inspired her to help other abandoned girls. Since the mid 1980s, the 80-year-old woman has taken in around 800 girls, caring for them and ensuring that they receive a good education, in order to become confident and independent […]
Oregon Mother Donates 2.5 Tonnes of Breast Milk to Families Who Need It
Elisabeth Anderson-Sierra, a 29-year-old mother-of-two from Beaverton, Oregon, suffers from a rare condition known as Hyperlactation Syndrome. She produces about 1.7 gallons of breast milk per day, almost 10 times as much as most lactating women, and spends around 10 hours every day nursing and pumping her milk. She has so far donated 600 gallons (2.5 […]
Music in the Dark – An Egyptian Female Orchestra Made Up of Blind Women
Egypt’s Al Nour Wal Amal orchestra is one of the world’s most remarkable musical ensembles. It consists of around 48 blind women from Cairo who have to rely solely on their memory when performing complicated compositions by classic composers like Mozart, Brahms, Strauss or Tchaikovsky. Learning to play instruments like violin, chello or flute is a […]
The “Forest Man of Bangladesh” Has Been Planting a Tree Every Day for the Past 48 Years
They say that one man can’t make a difference, but Abdul Samad Sheikh, a 60-year-old rickshaw driver from Bangladesh, is living proof that small contributions over a long period of time can mean very much. He has planted at least one tree every day since he was 12-years-old, which means that he has so far planted a […]
Lord of the Birds – Indian Man Dedicates His Life to Saving Endangered and Abandoned Birds
Dr. Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji has recently been recognized by Guinness Book of Records for housing the most bird species under a single roof, 468. He is not a collector who takes pleasure in depriving exotic birds of their freedom, but simply a compassionate man who rescues endangered, injured and abandoned birds from around the world […]