CNN Heroes in Africa
You might be familiar with CNN Heroes. It’s an annual project that allows viewers to nominate and then vote for people in their community and in their country who are making a positive impact on others.
There are currently 10 such heroes profiled on CNN.com, all of them fascinating and inspiring. But I was particularly struck by two stories of individuals with very different backgrounds making a difference in Africa.
Doc Hendley is a former bartender from Blowing Rock, North Carolina who has traveled to Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda and Cambodia to help build clean water wells and sanitation systems. He even has his own nonprofit, Wine to Water.
You can watch his story here:
Betty Makoni is a 37-year-old woman from Zimbabwe who, through her Girl Child Network, is fighting to protect her country’s young girls from sexual abuse.
You can watch her story here:
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October 31, 2009 at 5:31 am
Outstanding individuals.
We are going to support one of the CNN heroes in her work in Senegal-, Viola Vaughn with her 10.000 girls project. http://www.10000girls.org
Thank you for the post.