IRAQI POLICE OFFICER

Policeman dies a hero smothering bomb blast 
AN IRAQI police officer was the hero of a suicide bomb attack in a crowded market street when he saved dozens of lives in the southern city of Hillah. A passer by saw the officer run towards a suicide bomber revealing a belt of explosives. The police officer threw his arms [...]

BELLE “The wonder beagle”

    
     Belle is a 17-pound beagle. She is the first canine recipient ever to win the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award which is given to someone who has used a cell phone to save a life, prevent a crime or help in an emergency. Belle received the award after biting down on owner Kevin Weaver’s cell phone to call 911 after he collapsed from a [...]

WESLEY AUTREY

     Wesley Autrey was born in New York, U.S.A in 1956. He is a construction worker from Harlem and on January 2, 2007 he became a world known hero. That morning he was waiting for a subway train, with his 2 daughters when he noticed a man having a seizure, the man stumbled and fell onto a subway track as a train was [...]

JOHN BUNYAN

    
     John Bunyan was born in Harrowden, England in 1628. Bunyan was a very popular Preacher and Author. While serving in the Parlimentary Army, (between in 1644 and 1647) he overheard 3 women speaking of how real God was in their lives and realized that his life was not so perfect. He decided to look deeper into [...]

ROSEMARY BROWN

    
     Rosemary Brown was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1930. She emigrated to Canada in 1950, studied at McGill University and the University of British Columbia, then became a social worker. Rosemary was a peace activist and determined feminist, promoting equality and human rights. Her campaigns includes efforts to eliminate sexism in textbooks, increase female representation on boards and [...]

SHIRIN EBADI

    
     Shirin Ebadi was born in Hamadan, Iran in 1947. She is a human rights activist, Author, Lawyer and Founder of Childrens Rights Support Association in Iran.
     In 2003 Shirin was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her courageous efforts for democracy and human rights, especially for the rights of women and children. She speaks to [...]

ABRAHAM MASLOW

    
     Abraham Maslow was born in 1908 in Brooklyn, New York. He was a psychologist and a very inspirational figure in personality theories. In the 1960’s people were becoming fed up with the reductionistic, mechanistic messages of the behaviorists and physiological psychologists.  People wanted purpose and meaning in their lives.  Maslow was a pioneer in bringing the [...]

MARIAN ANDERSON

     Marian Anderson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1897. She was a musician whose career helped open doors for other black American musicians.
     When Marian was 6 years old she began singing in the church choir. By the age of 22 she was charging 5 dollars per show, which was a lot of money at the [...]

RON HEAGY

     Ron Heagy was born in Brownsville, Oregon in 1962. When Ron was 17 years old, he went from being a strapping young wrestler, skiier and bodybuilder with a football scholarship to a quadriplegic, in the blink of an eye.
     Just one day before his 18th birthday he went surfing with his little brother in Southern, [...]

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER

       
      George Washington Carver was thought to have been born in 1864 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Carver worked at the Tuskegee Institute, teaching former slaves farming techniques so they could be self sufficient. In order to take education to the farmers he built a mobile school called the Jesup Wagon.
     Carver earned National attention by speaking [...]