Steve Peifer
American missionary Steve Peifer has established a free lunch program that feeds over 10,000 students at 25 of the poorest Kenyan schools outside Nairobi. He also has built six solar-powered computer labs which will enable these children to learn needed computer skills to find jobs and forge paths out of poverty.

Juan Mann / Free Hugs Campaign
Sometimes a hug is all what we need. Free Hugs is the real life story of Juan Mann, A man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives.
In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal.

Carmen Velasco and Lynne Patterson / Pro-Mujer
Carmen Velasco and Lynne Patterson -- two women who are changing the lives of other women throughout Latin America one loan at a time.
Pro Mujer, an international microfinance and women's development network, has created a growing network of microfinance institutions that help the most impoverished women and their families.

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