Friday... full of good cheer

  • story 1
    Friday Jun 14

    The soccer slave trade in Africa

    The lure of untold riches makes thousands of young hopeful footballers from African countries pay huge sums of money to dubious agents who swindle them. Nick Harding reports on a charity that is helping such players who are abandoned overseas

  • story 2
    Thursday Jun 6

    Raising India’s prison orphans

    Children of convicts are often ignored by society and many end up destitute and on the roads. One couple in India has set up a a home which is open to just such kids.

  • story 3
    Wednesday May 29

    The street hero of India

    Narayanan Krishnan was a top chef in a five-star hotel, but gave it all up to feed the poor living on the streets of India. Anand Raj OK discovers why

  • story 4
    Thursday May 23

    The organisation treating sick and injured animals

    A billion of the world’s poor rely on donkeys, horses and mules for their livelihood but can’t afford to treat them when they’re ill. Carol Davis meets volunteers at a charity who save and heal them free of charge

  • story 5
    Friday May 17

    Blue Dragon founder sees red over human trafficking

    Michael Brosowski’s charity Blue Dragon has, over the last seven years, rescued more than 250 trafficked children and dissolved at least four trafficking rings in Vietnam. The CNN Hero tells Anthea Ayache why more needs to be done to save the thousands of women and children who are being exploited in Vietnam

  • story 6
    Tuesday May 7

    Dubai-based teenager helping students in India

    The sight of students sitting in classrooms on bare concrete floors with no desks, chairs or proper blackboards was shocking for 16-year-old Divij Duggal. He tells Shiva Kumar Thekkepat how he has made it his mission to raise money to buy them what they need

  • story 7
    Thursday May 2

    'I refused to let bombers destroy my life'

    Polly Miller Brooks lost her husband and eight friends in the Bali bombing that claimed 202 lives. To keep his memory alive, she set up a charity that is raising millions for burns survivors

  • story 8
    Friday Apr 26

    Manish Malhotra designing change

    Manish Malhotra, who has dressed stars such as Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Kylie, is using his creativity to help girls in rural India. Priya Joshi reports

  • story 9
    Tuesday Apr 16

    The organisation turning trash into treasure

    One person’s trash really is another’s treasure – and helps save the planet. Carol Davis meets Deron Beal, the man behind Freecycle, who has made the three Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle – his mission

  • story 10
    Wednesday Apr 10

    Helping children soar in life

    Former rickshaw puller from Bangladesh who supported his family on barely Dh5 a day, Mohammad Alaluddin’s life changed when he landed a job in Dubai. Eager to help others, he has built a school that offers free education, food and clothes to slum children

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