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School’s Out For Summer: Where Will 22 Million Kids Get Their Meals?
Across the U.S., one in five children face hunger, which adds up to about 22 million children from low-income households nationwide who depend on school lunch programs for nutritious meals—so when...
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1 Million Children Are Fed From This Tiny Shed Every Day
As southern Africa struggles through the dark days of one of the worst food crises in years, there is a steady and consistent beacon of hope radiating from an old shed in Scotland. It’s where nonprofit...
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High-Tech “Smart Glove” Translates Sign Language to Spoken Word
You may have heard of smart cars, smart cleaning robots, and of course, smartphones. We’ve just caught wind of a new device that a woman named Hadeel Ayoub hopes will help revolutionize the way the...
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Trouble In Paradise: Teen’s Nonprofit Educates Invisible Children of St. Thomas
For the thousands of children who call St. Thomas home, life isn’t exactly a walk on the beach: 37% percent of them live in poverty, 67% percent live on food stamps, and 47% percent will fall so far...
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Surprising “Green” Solution to School Shortage Literally Ships Into U.S.
In developing countries and even struggling neighborhoods here in the U.S., there is a much higher demand for schools than there is available real estate to fill them. While school may be out for...
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Flying Eye Hospital Restores Sight Around the World
There are 285 million people in the world who are blind, and four out of five of them suffer from conditions that are curable or preventable. The problem is, they lose their sight because they don’t...
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Donating 50,000 Pumps of Overdose Drug Won’t Only Save “Addicts”
There has been some debate in recent years about whether the life-saving, overdose-combating drug Narcan has the potential to “enable addicts.” Wherever you stand on the issue, there’s no denying the...
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100 Lives Matter: Changing Ethiopia’s Future, One Girl at a Time
When Tamara Horton traveled to Ethiopia to adopt her son, she didn’t realize she’d be moved to help 100 other children, young girls at risk of missing out on an education, living unstable lives, and...
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“SURFice” Dog Helps People Heal While Catching Waves
Trained to be a service dog from the time she was a pup, Ricochet the retriever made it crystal-clear that she preferred life on the beach. Luckily, she was still able to put her special set of skills...
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Yellow School Boats Help Kids in Philippines Cross Barrier to Education
For many kids, the “struggles” of getting to school include hitting the snooze button and racing to make the bus on time. But for children in some areas of the Philippines, the struggle is a bit more...
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“Purpose Hotel” Dreams Big With Charitable Overnight Stays
Editorial: If you’re reading this, you may or may not already know that, as a news source, Headlines for the Hopeful (H4H) is committed to bringing you stories of solutions in action that are making a...
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No More Re-Using Surgical Gloves: Medical Supplies Travel Overseas
In the U.S., we take it for granted that our health care providers will use brand new gloves and sterilized equipment. In fact, it’s required by law. But that’s not the reality in developing countries,...
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Solar Powers Vital Oxygen For Children in Uganda
When Dr. Michael Hawkes traveled to Uganda to help treat malaria patients, he couldn’t overlook a glaring gap in care—the lack of oxygen machines, and the very unreliable electricity source that...
View ArticleAmy Winehouse Foundation Fills Sobriety Support Gap For Young Women in UK
Editorial: For women between the ages of 18-30 who, unlike Amy in her infamous single “Rehab,” said “yes” to getting clean, a much-needed facility is opening up in East London to help them transition...
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Mind Over Matter: How Virtual Reality Is Changing The Healthcare Game
Just a few years ago, virtual reality headsets were futuristic, space-age stuff. Now, this immersive technology has transcended video games and is being used to help people as they recover from...
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Poetry Helps Alzheimer’s & Dementia Patients Unlock “Mind’s Eye”
Anyone who’s ever had a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia understands how heart-wrenching the decline in memory can be — for both patients and caregivers. Those afflicted can seem...
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Picture This: High-Tech Wheelchair Moves by Reading Your Mind
Full smile, half-smile, duck face, tongue out, and puffy cheeks aren’t selfie poses: they’re the commands steering a computerized wheelchair. The Wheelie recognizes dozens of facial expressions, each...
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Meet The Technology Tackling Poverty From Space
Since 1990, extreme poverty has been cut in half worldwide. But there are still more than 700 million people living on less than two dollars a day around the globe. The United Nations has made the...
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Editorial: How 9/11 Inspired a Team of Journalists to Report on Hope
The horrific impact of the 9/11 attacks will never be forgotten by any of us. In their aftermath, people were moved in powerful and different ways, and for each of us, those dark of days ultimately led...
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Drones Help Hospice Patients Visit Places And People They Love
For many terminally ill patients in hospice care, a hospital bed and a room with a view might be the last thing that they get to see. But one man believes that just because you are no longer healthy...
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