These college students launched an initiative to provide sanitary napkins to 400 maids in their locality
In India, menstruation is a subject that is seldom discussed in the open. Despite the fact that thousands of girls are forced to drop out of school once they reach
New Zealand government to provide shelter to all homeless people by June
The winter has arrived in New Zealand and its government just announced a $100 million package to offer shelter to the country’s homeless people. It is reported that over 40,000 people
Hawaii all set to ban sale of sunscreens toxic to its coral reefs
In a move that is being celebrated by environmentalists, the lawmakers in Hawaii have passed a ban on the sale and distribution of sunscreens that contain chemicals that are toxic
This Indian woman made 82 villages completely open-defecation free in just 4 years
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was launched in 2014, that aimed to clean up India’s cities, towns and villages. One of the most important agendas of the campaign was to eliminate
These special ticket-vending machines in Beijing accept used water bottles as payment for your subway ticket
In order to fight the mounting problem of plastic waste that eventually ends up in our landfills and oceans, Beijing has come up with a unique idea to encourage its
This girl scout troop comprising of 300 homeless kids just smashed their cookie sales target
It is not unusual for girl scout troops to sell thousands of cookie boxes every spring in New York. However, what makes this one particular group special is that all
Meet the 80-year-old man who has helped save 10 million liters of water – one leaking tap at a time
He is an ordinary man on an extraordinary mission. Growing up on the pavements of Mumbai, where he saw his mother queue up at 4 in the morning along with
These two teenagers rescued a little kangaroo stuck in neck-deep mud
This heartwarming gesture of two Sydney teenagers has restored our faith in humanity! Nick Heath and Jack Donnelly spotted a helpless kangaroo stuck up to its neck in mud in the
New England aquarium releases 14 sea turtles after rehabilitation
After treating and rehabilitating 14 sea turtles that were found stranded on Cape Cod beaches last November and December, biologists at the New England Aquarium of Boston released them back into
Here is world’s first collapsible, reusable steel straw that fits into a keychain
The world seems to have finally declared war on single-use plastic straws! And rightly so, as tonnes of those end up in our oceans and landfills where they will stay