THE PIONEERS
Caring for others
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I take the elderly for a ride on rickshaws -
Muru ArunachalamI’m the first man to wear sanitary pads -
Rita PanickerI created the children's bank -
George MadhavanI turn water from your toilet into drinking water -
Luc JonveauxI export Bangladeshi Street Art -
Martine PostmaI created the Repair Café -
Anders WilhelmsonI created the world's simplest toilets -
Dhruv LakraMy couriers are deaf and mute -
Salomon RaydanI created the bank of the poor -
SANJAY SACHDEV & HARSH MALHOTRAWe save lovers from death -
Arnoud Raskin & Ann Van Hellemontwe set up schools in the most unlikely places -
Lente RoodeI help cheetahs reproduce -
Illac DiazI bring light slums with our old plastic bottles -
Peggy PascalI pioneered farming in a bag -
David WadströmI purify water with solar energy -
Agustín WolffI offer a roof to millions of people -
Kanta HaniI created the zero waste festival -
Miguel NeivaI help the colour blind see colours -
Josh NesbitI save lives with mobile phones -
Ogo MaduewesiI’m fighting Michael Jackson’s disease -
Javier De NicoloI created the Children’s Republic to keep kids off the streets. -
Guillaume BapstI created a network of solidarity supermarkets -
Bunker RoyI created the Barefoot College -
Veronica KhosaI support AIDS victims until their last breath -
Sameer SawarkarI offer an inexpensive complete check-up via telephone. -
Aline Mathilde PelsersWe started Homeless Man of the Year -
Trevor FieldOur students pump fresh water on the playground -
Sandra AgueborI keep women off the streets by training them to be mechanics -
Tony MelotoI’ve helped a million Filipinos out of extreme poverty -
Gonzalez CatalinaI teach people to read with dominos -
Plernpis ThongkladOur bank lends buffaloes -
Amit ChughI bring sunlight to those forgotten by development -
Natalie KillassyI designed an anti-rockfall textile -
Laurent Gachet et Touraya BouabidI opened an arts school for vulnerable children -
Alejandro EcheverriI’m reducing crime with urban planning -
Tortel PoltronaI give people back their smiles -
Jamie YangI bring electricity off the grid -
Robin WillnerI put your computer to work for a good cause -
Alfredo OliveraMy radio show is run by crazy people -
Felipe VergaraI started a fair student loan scheme -
Jeremy GilleyI’m fighting for peace -
Beverly BlumI'm cooking with solar! -
Neil HarbissonMy third eye translates colours into sounds -
Serge LareaultI manage the world’s first newspaper for the homeless -
Radar NishuliI protect gorillas from coltan miners -
Tommy ThebergeI created metro maps for the visually impaired -
Jean François ArchambaultI offer gourmet dining to the poor -
Denis MukwegeI restore women who have been destroyed by rape -
Claudia HollmI created a soup kitchen for animals -
Bart WeetjensI train rats to detect landmines -
Jan In't VeldI created universal eyeglasses -
Bindeshwar PathakThe untouchables I help are no longer destined to clean human excrement -
François Jaquenoud & Lo ChayWe're providing potable water to those in need -
Mel YoungI created the Homeless World Cup -
Andreas HeineckeI turn out the lights to show you another world -
Christian MoullecI fly with migrating birds -
Major AhluwaliaI created a hospital for paralysed people like me -
Gazi BabaiarovaI fight against bride kidnapping
