A Guide to Hopebuilding Stories
Categorizing these stories (320 as of July 23, 2008) is often challenging, because many of them talk about people's or community activities that addressed a number of issues at once, or grew from one small project into something much larger. Reflecting this, some stories appear in several categories. Clicking on the links highlighted in blue will take you to that page. Please do read my GuidelinesForSharing before you post.
Stories about Agriculture
- World Food Program builds small farmer supply base in Mozambique
- Chillies keep elephants out, give southern African farmers new income
- Livestock and watermelons help pastoralists and farmers live peacefully in north Sudan
- Eating locally to support local farmers, improve health, and protect the environment
- More than a million treadle pumps create new lives for small farmers in Bangladesh
- Find all stories about agriculture by clicking here
Stories about Community Capacity
- Grassroots environmental heroes from around the world win largest prize
- Maasai warriors run London marathon to bring water to their tiny Tanzanian village
- Indigenously-driven health success stories in Australia acclaimed internationally
- Indian women with a nose for news have big impact
- Mobile business school brings information to women in drought-stricken area of India
- Find all stories about community capacity by clicking here
Stories about Governance
- Brazilian city of Curitiba may be most livable city in the world
- Model national Vitamin A supplementation campaign reaches 19 million Bangladeshi children
- Somalia is the legal state, but unrecognized Somaliland is a real state, says new book
- Benin is an ongoing success story in eliminating endemic river blindness
- Small organizations that challenge conventional thinking win major US award
Stories about Health
- Low cost ceramic water filter improves health, creates jobs for rural poor
- Low-cost Vietnamese vaccine could pave way for control of cholera worldwide
- International coalition makes hospital and health care safe, sustainable, healthy for all
- Successful Tanzanian trachoma treatment offers hope for nomadic communities
- Good hygiene message from mosques has big impact in Pakistan
Stories about Money
- Mobile phones allow people to transfer money person to person in Kenya, Afghanistan
- 70 dollars and seven years create 26 jobs in Kenyan village
- Pioneering deal offers new hope for preserving tropical forests, global climate, local jobs
- A new model to improve nutrition, reduce poverty, and make money
- Childrens' bank turns street children into entrepreneurs
- Find all stories about money by clicking here
Stories about Peace
- Israelis working in partnership with Palestinian villages could be model for others
- Film tells the story of kidnapped Ugandan child soldier who became world boxing champion
- Replanting olive trees in Palestine symbolizes hope for a peaceful future
- Peace would be the best present for Afghan women
- Hope for world peace grows from Oklahoma City's 1995 tragedy
- Korean DMZ protects rare species, offers new hope for peace
- Find all stories about peace by clicking here
Stories about Rebuilding
- Homeless World Cup changes lives, attitudes about homelessness
- Refugees are the filmmakers, actors and audience in unique Kenyan film festival
- Guerrilla tourism brings hope for new future in Aceh
- Rebuilding on Pinatubo with ash from 1991 eruption
- South Africa leads project to preserve Timbuktu's cultural treasures
- Find all stories about rebuilding by clicking here
Stories about Schools
- Teaching and overcoming fear about HIV are both vital jobs in Swaziland
- Affordable menstrual pads keep girls in school, create jobs
- Recycling paper in Malawi benefits schools, communities and environment
- From Kenyan slum to UK university, Sammy Gitau's achievement inspires others
- Pumping water is child's play in South African communities
Stories about Sharing
- Gift of a goat from US schoolchildren leads to Ugandan village’s first college graduate
- Old US hospital equipment, vital supplies bring new life in developing countries
- MalariaEngage hopes social networking will bring funds to African researchers
- Creative grantmaking by US foundation lets travellers give back to developing world
- Canadian students reach out to provide first library in Angolan town
Stories about Sustainability
- Buffalo replace tractors, chemical fertilizer on Thai farms
- Award-winning business brings efficient stoves, kilns to small industries in South India
- World’s first solar cooker village helps cut deforestation in Somalia
- Bhutan’s yak herders prefer solar power to kerosene and firewood
- Mosque water helps traditional gardens bloom again in Yemen
- Find all stories about sustainability by clicking here
Stories about Work
- Unique Honey Bee Network promotes rural Indian invention
- South African program to clear invasive trees creates jobs, reduces poverty
- Pygmy communities, loggers in Congo use GPS, community radio to protect cultural sites
- SEWA empowers Indian widow in rebuilding her life, community
- Mumbai NGO focuses on bringing HIV-affected widows back into the work force
More stories are added regularly. You are welcome to send or share stories of similar achievements. See Great Links for links to websites that provide many other stories of achievement.
All the stories about rebuilding on Hopebuilding wiki are listed here. Click on each individual story link to read the story.
The stories are also tagged by country; you can see these listings if you click on "See all pages and tags" at the bottom of the page.
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