Post Tagged with: "inspirational"

Armless child becomes role model for others after beating all odds and playing trumpet

Armless child becomes role model for others after beating all odds and playing trumpet

A young boy of 10 has proven that where there is a will – there is a way by playing the trumpet with his toes. Jahmir Wallace is a fifth-grader at Green Street Elementary School who was born without arms. In September of last year, he played his first note on the brass using his toes and is now playing[Read More…]

Jonny Benjamin

Man launches appeal to find hero stranger who helped to save his life

A man has launched a search for a good samaritan who saved his life following an attempted suicide attempt. Jonny Benjamin had been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and was struggling to cope when he attempted to jump off of London’s Waterloo Bridge six years ago. The hero, known only as ‘Mike’ had been walking past, when he spotted Benjamin attempting[Read More…]

Kenyan woman challenges tradition to transform lives in her country

Kenyan woman challenges tradition to transform lives in her country

Education is often taken for granted in the Western world, especially in an age where teachers are restricted by the national curriculum which allows very little room for independent thought or alternative ways of thinking. Indeed one of the main criticisms of education in much of the Western world is that it is designed to produce obedient workers who will[Read More…]

David Sengeh

‘Dare to dream’ says inventor and civil war survivor

A civil war survivor has found a new lease of life after pioneering a series of innovative designs which could dramatically change the outlook of amputees all over the globe. David Sengeh, 26, is a Harvard and MIT Media lab graduate student from Sierre Leone, who has come up with a technology that could change the whole field of bionics,[Read More…]

[Second from Left, Karen Buckland and daughter]

Good samaritan Karen Buckland risks her life to save neighbour

A good samaritan has been branded a hero after risking her own life to rescue a neighbour from a burning car. Mother-of-six Karen Buckland 39, has been commended for her bravery after pulling the 49-year driver from his burning bentley after she found him slumped at the wheel of his car. Meanwhile her 15 year old daughter was on the[Read More…]