Interactive stories highlight profiles of people around the world making a difference in their communities. Each story from the pages of The Christian Science Monitor highlights universal qualities that nurture progress, including hope, resilience, joy, gratitude, compassion, generosity, courage, and forgiveness.
Hope
Resilience
Story 1: Madagascar skirted famine – barely. Now, it's boosting resilience before drought returns.
Story 2: She survived an atomic bomb. Now she campaigns against them
Story 3: How a refugee turned mayor seeks to transcend politics of divisiveness
Joy
Story 1: Tumbling toward community. The blossoming circus of Addis Ababa
Story 2: Belly laughing in Tehran
Gratitude
Story 1: In one Colorado prison, convicts save dogs, veterans – and themselves
Story 2: These musicians fled home – but brought the music with them
Story 3: The lawman and the outlaw: How cattle rustling and drugs are roiling rural America
Compassion
Story 1: Native justice: How tribal values shape Judge Abbey's court
Story 2: A one-man 911 for immigrants crossing the Mediterranean
Story 3: In China's remote villages, a classroom for the youngest and poorest
Generosity
Story 1: In this desert town, no traveler goes hungry, even in Ramadan
Story 2: Months after Maria, Puerto Ricans take recovery into their own hands
Courage
Story 1: Young Nigerians choose to fight Boko Haram with books
Story 2: When buildings crumble, these rescue 'moles' tunnel in to survivors
Story 3: Uganda's forests are disappearing. He's fighting back