Four Carts
Every Saturday in Cavite City, volunteers pushed four named carts — Kari, Toni, Trio, and Nic — through a marketplace, a dumpsite, a cemetery, and a Badjao street.
Efren Peñaflorida · Cavite City, Philippines4 min read
Stories
Real people, real turning points.
Short true stories about ordinary people who did one hard, good thing. Sources linked at the end of each.
One hundred lengths
On 16 April 2020, in a garden in Marston Moretaine, Captain Tom Moore walked the 100th length of a 25-metre path on a walking frame.
Captain Sir Tom Moore · Marston Moretaine, England1 min read
He stayed
In 2008, Gunin Saikia walked into a forest on a Brahmaputra sandbar that the department did not know was there.
Jadav “Molai” Payeng · Assam, India2 min read
An embrace
On 3 August 1992, in lane 5 at Montjuïc, Derek Redmond’s hamstring went. His father Jim came down from the stands.
Derek & Jim Redmond · Barcelona, Spain2 min read
Lemonade and toys
On 1 July 2000, on a West Hartford lawn, four-year-old Alexandra Scott sold lemonade and toys and took in $1,250 in three hours.
Alexandra “Alex” Scott · West Hartford, Connecticut2 min read
Beans and rice
In April 2010, in CESAL camps in Cité Militaire, José Andrés cooked beans and rice on solar cookers.
José Andrés · Port-au-Prince2 min read
A two-foot Meru oak
About October 1998, at the Karura Forest gate, Wangari Maathai planted a two-foot Meru oak after police refused the women entry.
Wangari Maathai · Kenya1 min read
The third wave
On Thanksgiving 2003, at Rock Quarry, Bethany Hamilton went back in the water and caught the third wave.
Bethany Hamilton · Kaua‘i1 min read