When Pushpa Basnet, 29, visited a Nepali prison as a social work student she knew she had to act fast. "I saw a small 8-month-old child. I could n...

Despite terrorist threats, one woman still brings education to Afghan girls. An Ohio mom wants to save minority children from the tragic drowning fate...

For most people, a personal tragedy -- like the death of a son -- doesn't result in an initiative that goes on to save the lives of thousands. But...

A hero can be a brave and noble person willing to sacrifice his or her life. But in my mind, a true hero is one who gives unselfishly to help others.

After 16-year-old Josh Butts drowned and died, his grieving mother committed to addressing an alarming statistic. Nearly 70 percent of African Ame...

Mark Kabban was just 9-years-old when he and his family moved from Beirut to the United States. Now, he's making sure other refugees have a smooth tra...

Since the day I delivered Grace eight years ago, I know just how critical proper maternity care is. And, I have a deeper sense of gratitude toward my own mother each year when my own birthday rolls around.

People thought I was crazy to even consider getting on a plane to Indonesia the day after running the ING NYC Marathon for Every Mother Counts, and in...

After 11 weeks of voting, readers named Robin Lim -- who has delivered more than 4,000 babies for free in Indonesia -- as the 2011 CNN Hero of the Yea...

Know a certain someone who's worked tirelessly to help impoverished kids, protect the environment or otherwise impact others in an innovative, positiv...

Susanne Janson's two daughters and ex-husband died in the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in Thailand. Throughout her time of grief, Janson said she felt...

There is a world of compassionate heroes out there who listen to their hearts every day. And I know that an open heart breeds gratitude -- the greatest cure for our own and our world's woes.

As a sophomore in high school, Kaylee Radzyminski wanted to find a way to say thank you to U.S. troops. So she started sending them donated CDs and DV...

Amid rampant gang violence in a Chicago South Side neighborhood, a grandmother has an open door policy. Roseland resident Diane Latiker, 54, started ...

Robin Lim wanted to reinvent herself. After suffering the loss of both her sister and her best friend in the same year, she and her husband moved to...

Patricia Sawo believed that if she fasted and prayed hard enough, her HIV would go away. Four years later, she realized that her health did not reflec...

After Chris Canales suffered a devastating spinal cord injury during a high school football game, his father Eddie Canales was heartbroken to watch hi...

When Dr. Roseanna Means walked the streets of Boston, she talked to women living on the streets who were in need of medical care. She decided to hel...

In Sub-Saharan Africa, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has left millions of children without parents. To help South African children and teens orphaned by the ...

Dan Wallrath, a homebuilder from Texas with 30 years of experience, found his mission in life after he helped renovate the home of a young wounded Mar...