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☆ Meet five inspiring people who found unique ways to help others
  + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Meg Dunn | Laura Klairmont | Kathleen Toner | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Right now, you can vote to help decide who will be the next CNN Hero of the Year and receive an additional $100,000 to continue their inspiring work. At 10, he joined El Sistema, a globally acclaimed program providing free classical music training to children from under-resourced communities. After moving to Gothenburg the following year, he created a music group for refugees and started with 13 students. He knew playing music together would help them make friends, express themselves, and rebuild their self-esteem. “They can be one of the most cost-effective ways to keep girls in school.”Ultimately, McGriff founded Style Her Empowered, known as SHE.
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☆ Road to Recovery, an Israeli nonprofit that gets sick Palestinians to Israeli hospitals and home again, hasn’t stopped after Oct. 7
  + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Laura Klairmont | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —For nearly two decades, the Israeli nonprofit Road to Recovery has transported sick Palestinians roundtrip from checkpoints in Gaza and the West Bank to Israel for medical treatment. The organization, founded by 2011 CNN Hero Yuval Roth, had grown to 1,300 volunteers and was helping about 140 patients a day before the war. Today, Road to Recovery’s work continues, and Roth feels that it is as crucial as ever. The organization currently transports between 40 to 50 patients a day between the checkpoints and Israeli hospitals and medical providers. “Each trip is an opportunity to make a ‘small hour of peace.’” Roth said.
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☆ Needy families slept on hospital floors until one doctor started a shelter
  + stars: | 2018-05-31 | by ( Laura Klairmont | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
“I couldn’t get the picture of the families sleeping on the floor out of my mind,” Pun-Chong said. Pun-Chong: The shelter is a very special place. In the shelter we don’t have TV because I prefer to talk to the kids and teach them how to create things. I want each and every one of them to feel special. We try to give these kids special things and special experiences.
☆ At 17, this sexual abuse survivor set out to fix a broken system
  + stars: | 2018-04-19 | by ( Laura Klairmont | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
When she finally gained the courage to tell her parents about the abuse, they reported it to the police and took the case to court. CNN: Sexual violence has long been prevalent in Bolivia. CNN: The country now has an annual Walk Against Sexual Violence. I started telling my story and asking people if they would join me on a walk against sexual violence and use a blue ribbon, meaning that you were against sexual violence. August 9 was later declared the National Day Against Sexual Violence in Bolivia.
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