Tag: Charity

A few clicks can change our mood, even our carbon footprint. Now, thanks to a Munich-based startup’s new app, companies and their volunteer teams have a chance to get active in the local community. There are currently more than 1,000 opportunities - from environmental projects to helping the homeless and supporting refugees. It’s also possible to make a donation...

Listening to music whenever we want is something we take for granted. Like having sufficient light to work. But for almost 800 million people the reality is different. Light is in short supply, expensive and potentially dangerous, like kerosene lamps. A not-for-profit organization from Australia is changing all that with its portable solar light - perfect for young people...

Freedom begins in the mind. Sometimes our limitations are self-imposed. Take an English veteran who recently swam a kilometre from Drake’s Island back to the mainland at Plymouth. Nothing remarkable in that, you might think. Only, the former royal marine lost both his legs and an arm while on a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Which makes his achievements...