Author Archives: Milenna Pessôa

Big City Sleep: sleeping rough can make a difference

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Millions of homeless children in Brazil have no choice but to sleep on the streets. Recently, nearly 100 Londoners accepted the challenge to spend an odd night out; sleeping rough to raise money for Brazilian street kids. The group met … Continue reading →

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Rudi Richardson: An Unlikely Hero

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Rudi Richardson is an unlikely hero. Born in a women’s prison in Germany in 1955, where his mother had been convicted of prostitution, he was adopted by an African American couple who changed his name, and took him to live … Continue reading →

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Always Help your Fellow Man: how a random act of kindness turned into a viral Internet hit

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Lewis Dediara is used to cycling around London with a mounted camera on his helmet. The 47 year-old started filming his daily commute two years ago after he was knocked off his bike for the second time. The cyclist always … Continue reading →

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Huntsville’s Carrabba’s restaurant kept public safety workers fed in tornado’s aftermath

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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – After the tornadoes roared trough on April 27, there was power outage, people couldn’t work, and most of them had nothing to eat, at that point it was all hands on deck for local public safety workers, and the … Continue reading →

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