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@kmcdonald ,the story you're sharing with us is poignant & powerful at the same time.Thank you for sharing it with us.

The story that was so memorable to me was about a girl who was immature that her own teacher didn't want to teach her, so she was sent to another teacher, for further mentoring and teachings. Within a month or so, she was transformed into the most amazing and brilliant student that particular teacher taught. She was knowledgeable and wise blessed by her teacher. But as they say, not all good things last for long. Her teacher died caused by a terrible car accident. His loss brought her so much regret in her life that she changed a lot over the years. She regretted because she wasn't there to save him in time.
That story made me feel so emotional in terms of loyalty and respect for someone who can have so much patience and time to teach another person. What made me feel emotional was that she blamed herself for something time can never turn back.
That made me think that , in reality we blame ourselves for something other people did or for something we can never change. It compelled me to change how i think towards situations that occur.

@taliroyiahnrollart78 ,thanks for sharing this powerful story with us.I am of the view that teaching is a gift and not every person that qualifies as an educator has it.That is why some teachers are capable of bringing out their learners' full potential & others can't.It is unfortunate though that the protagonist lost a person that kindled a light in her.

A story that engaged me was the story of a mother with his autistic child. She narrated her journey with her child since the date of birth and the challenges that she encountered, and her struggle journey in order to let the society accept her child and to push for his inclusion in this society, the story was so inspiring that it motivated me to know more about autism, and engaged many other people like me.

@JinaneMneimneh ,first & foremost,I commend you for sharing this story with us.There's need for more sensitization about autism.

the life lessons are the past is just past by, the future is how you get the good or bad is after right now you did, right now is the best gift that you can give to other people by being in their side, and that is why we called that a present.

@Alt_jesslyn ,wow.Thank you for sharing your response with us.

I heard a story of a young lady who battled with self-esteem issue as a result of her childhood experience. The story got me thinking about my personal experience as a child. The entire experience ignited intentionality in my own parenting style.

It is actually a very important issue that is overlooked by many people. It prevents you from doing a lot of things that you would normally do. I have also been a victim of struggles with self-esteem. I pray everyone gains confidence in themselves and does things the right way not because the society thinks it is the right way but because it actually is.

A new organisation was set up in my town by the name of 'Hearts of Pleven.' One of the founders told us a story which started it all. In the early hours of the morning, there was a man looking through the bins on the streets with a stray dog who might have become his friend. The sight to him was quite tragic and he shared that with us. My heart went out to those in need who struggle to make it through one day and it made me appreciate my situation much more. This story made me join the organisation and then make another one of my own for stray animals. Normally I would have just fed them or donated but this story or incidents that I have seen of my own allowed me to indulge in organisational work.

The story that touch me is It of Stephen King. And it made me feel powerful, by discovring how people can be powerful together, a new way of being heroes. The heroism that is not solitary, but the heroism of collaboration.

A story I found really powerful was a campaign about corruption in governance and how indeed even the governed were equally as corrupt, a corrupt citizen makes a corrupt political office holder.

This moved me to become deliberate in being a change agent for accountability in discharging my civic responsibilities.

@Adesewa_synty
Such a deep story with lessons on empathy and compassion

A story I found memorable story of boy who lost his family and adopted by foreign parents. The egger to find the biological parents and his dedication made me emotional.

In an organization I used to work for, ran a program on women empowerment where we heard many stories of courage, love, perseverence, hard work & commitment. I spoke to many women & listened to their stories in order to support their journey. Among thousands of such stories one that stands out to me is from a young girl whose father was an a substance addict, but supported by her mother worked hard & smart to realise her dreams : to achieve career progression, to build a house & buy her own vehicle. What made this story memorable to me is that despite the many challenges she had she was making use of the tools her employer had taught her to realise her dreams one step at a time. I felt elated to get to know about her successes & excited to feel her commitment to her dreams. The story compelled me to commence an executive education programme I was procrastinating on.

A story I found really powerful was in a cartoon I watched *ant bully . It made me feel empathy and a little bit of guilt to hurt creatures struggling to feed.
I related the story to humanity and it as well moved me to compassion about helping those Below me instead of trampling on them.

A story I found really powerful was the story of the mother hawk teaching her baby hawk to hunt. One day, the baby hawk returned with a duckling. The mother hawk asked him, "How did the mother duck react when you picked her duckling?" The baby hawk replied, "She stared at me silently sad." The mother hawk said, "Quickly return the duckling because a silent bitter soul is deadly." The baby hawk returned the duckling to her mother.

It made me want to speak and fight for people going through silent pain.

A story i found really powerful was about a girl Rebecca, who applied for a four years course in an esteemed tertiary institution in the south west Nigeria. She started with the hope of graduating after four years with a well paying job. After spending additional two years due to strike and all, she graduated . Excited for her right!
She went for her one year compulsory youth service and then begin her job hunting for for three years.
Alas, that's a whooping 10 years of her life with just her certificate and no work experience to get herself a job.
Now, what advice would you have given to Rebecca ten years ago. Mine would , Rebecca my darling, i know you want to be schooled but why not get skilled alongside. You would be a twice better graduate at two profession, or what do you think.
This story made me have a rethink about the career guidiance to be shared with the young students in the secondary school.

The story that I just read on this platform about that baking mouse was such and amazing marketing technique, made me really emotional for once as the emotions attached with it were so powerful with the man and the child and the mother, what an amazing display of the emotions, I felt warmth for the man the most, if I would have been looking on Ebay, would have bought it and urge to meet the guy for sure.

A story I would continue to remember is one where a young girl who ventured into commercial sex at the age of 12 was rehabilitated. In this story she narrated how she came into the business and her struggle to leave commercial sex.

Oh the joy she would have felt. Stories like this gives me goosebumps.

The story making me feels for the character that involved in there, by imagine what happen in story or involve ourself in story like third party, make it easier to me feel sympathy in the story.

I spoke to a parent coordinator at a school in Queens NY. She was desperate to get programming into her school. She kept getting told no by everyone that she encountered. She was practically in tears asking if I could help out in any way. I put in a plea to my manager and we were able to provide their first outside programming for free. The school is now a devoted partner of ours.

A story that I found really powerful is about a public transport van known as ''matatu'' in Nairobi Kenya that has decided to specifically ferry physically challenged population in the city to and from work. This is a very unique story given that the ''matatu'' sector in Kenya is known to be rogue, uncaring and managed in a very unprofessional manner. This story has made realize that you can make a change in your own small way.

We saw a puppy at a run down shelter. It was an NGO and they relied on donations to stay afloat, taking in abandoned or injured animals, with a volunteer vet doing her best to treat the sick. The puppy we saw was 3 weeks old and had parasites and fleas, and an eye infection. Many people saw it and turned away. It still needed milk, but the mother had died in a fire in a skip, but a homeless guy managed to save two puppies. Unfortunately, one puppy died, but the puppy before us survived and was on tge edge of death. The vet at the NGO said they didn't have the funds to pay for the medication for the parasites and she would probably have to put the puppy to sleep as no one was prepared to take on the responsibility. Suffice to say, we adopted the puppy, and today he he 4 years old and lives a very happy life.

once I wrote a fund raising story about a lady living with disability that got pregnant from being raped. the story compelled people to donate money that was used to help her get a C-section. Getting Funding for her was very emotional

I recently ran into a university classmate of mine and he told me he was getting married. I was very excited and gave him my warm wishes. He then told me about his lady and how she agreed to marry him.
One night in our final year in the university, someone knocked on our hostel door while it was raining heavily. We didn't hear the knocks on time due to the heavy downpour and boys were in the middle of passionate analysis of a football game about to start.
A man came in drenched when the door was finally opened. He said he needed our help. He explained that he was to take an entrance examination for a PhD course scheduled for the next day. He narrated that he was robbed on the way and could not afford a hotel accommodation. We were touched by his story and quickly arranged a hot bath and coffee for him. We made his stay as comfortable as we could afford. He left the next day and promised to keep in touch with us.
Time passed and we did not hear from him again. We soon graduated and everybody went their way.
My friend told me his fiancé is the daughter of the man we helped. Wow! The man told his family when he left us and got home. He was happily surprised when his daughter introduced my friend as her boyfriend five years later. Of course, he gave his blessings.

A story that I found fascinating was that of a young village boy from a poor family who managed, with very little education and scraps for resources, to build windmill powered water pump to irrigate his drought stricken maize field.

A story that I found fascinating was that of a young village boy from a poor family who managed, with very little education and scraps for resources, to build windmill powered water pump to irrigate his drought stricken maize field.

A story that I found fascinating was that of a young village boy from a poor family who managed, with very little education and scraps for resources, to build windmill powered water pump to irrigate his drought stricken maize field.

The mango season in my home town is one that everyone looks up to, it cuts across the ages and gender, both the young and old male and feel are always on their feet waiting for the mangoes to ripen. My homestead I one of the known to have very many trees of manges and my mother is very adent about protecting them when they are still young.
Well what touched me so much was last year, when I met this young adult, john( not real name),he looked old yet very frail, and weak his left arm was burnt completely and his movement very shaky, when I asked him what him to our compound, he then sat down and narrated his ordeal.
" Please don't send me away" was the first thing he said, if you send me away then today I will go on a bare stomach, when I asked him where he lives, Jessie he collected the manges onto his thread bare shirt and told me to follow him. John lived in a small hut with his sister whom when I asked around were both sufferer of the dreaded nodding syndrome in Africa, during the mango season it's what they survived on. The little guy was open from one side as it was washed away by rain, john and his sister are one of those who among many have to move from one home to another in search for what to eat . Their situation made me look at myself and think about the many times I have taken food to the garbage can or just thrown it away because it's too much when out there john delights in manges that to me is easy get

A story I found really powerful was about the mouse and the mother. It made me feel good and wholesome. I could relate this story to a similar personal event in my life. This relatability made me pick a higher price for the mouse on ebay.

A story i found compelling and emotional was the story of a young secondary school student who contracted STI and later HIV through an unprotected sex with her then boyfriend who was infected with HIV Virus but was not on medication. She was actually proactive in offering the boyfriend a condom to use,but he deceived her and did not use it.

The Story made me feel sad and lonely

The story I thought was hearing how an organization working on halting climate change pivoted to help people who lost their homes in the wildfires in our region several years ago. A woman was telling how she lost her home to the fires at an event, and how the organization helped her connect with community members, people who knew about insurance, and helped her rebuild. I was very moved by the story and want to build a community of people helping eachother and working to stop climate change.

A story I found really powerful was the boy who sacrificed three days making a gift of mouse for a girl that he wasn't even 100% sure that he would marry her. and looking at the impact this gift had in the life of this girl and her family who later become a mother. It really inspires me to do good even when it requires a great sacrifice.

A story I found really powerful was about a woman that I recently happened to travel with as we were going to visit her home town where she had buried her two parents and siblings who were killed buy their neighbors during Tutsi genocide, I was emotionally impressed by her kindness and love she still has for kids of her neighbors even though some of them are children of those neighbors that killed her family members. It was a great lesson about forgiveness for me.

A story I found really powerful was the story about leprosy by legend actors of Nepal Hari bansha acharya & Madan Krishna shrestha through the tele serial oho. Due to influence of this tele serial about 140000 people from Nepal checked for leprosy & 14000 patient of leprosy was founded. After that Nepal became free from leprosy.

The items which were cheap and unwanted whose worth increased from 250 USD to 8000 USD after the story. When I first heard the story, I though the items were worthless. later after the story they became of value.

A story I really found powerful was that of an adolescent schoolgirl who was forced by her parents to marry. According to the adolescent school girl, the parents wanted her to get married to an old man so they can get dowry in form of cattle (50 - 500 cows). The adolescent schoolgirl refused to marry and there was tension at home. After a long negotiation with the parents, they finally agreed that the girl has to continue with her education. I felt sad for a while. I documented and shared this story with our donors, it attracted their attention and this led to integration of child protection into our education project in one hard to reach area in South Sudan.

I found a story about a company that provide help people to understanding the differences between people using graphics histories. I found that this has enabled them be more confident in life and feel normal and thereby they can go on to accomplish their dreams and aspirations.

This invoked in the the emotion of possibility. That anything is possible.

by Bruno (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruno-tadeu-franca/ )

Stories I have found really powerful are stories told by World Vision International, these stories are memorable for me because I can resonate with the hardships that the children face. Emotionally and immediately, I felt the need to join the world vision team and contribute my quota towards providing better living standards for the children. . These stories have further shown me how media and visual storytelling can impact social change and have further fuelled the desire in me to learn the act of storytelling for Social Change.

It was 'shoedog' a memoir by the founder of Nike, it made me feel energized and determined not to let the many challenges i s experience cower me into quiting and made me feel ready to bet the farm and go all out in making sure i fulfill my dream of creating a successful enterprise

you really interpreted this story so well that it touched me and i am inspired to also be mindful of those who i may be above in one way or the other

A very good explanations about how it can be created. Congratulations.

A story I found really powerful was the boy who save a man who have mental illness from dangerous situation. When protester confront with soldiers at one of the demonstration in Myanmar, soldiers have order to shoot. At this time , a man with mental illness came in the line and stop in the middle and roaming . Protesters shout at him to go away and everybody worry about him. Then , A young boy come out from the protester group and slowly cross the line and approach to the man and pullback him. Actually, he risk his life because soldiers shoot whoever they want to shoot at this time . This story made me think about human values and morals.

A story I found really powerful was that of a little boy, whose parents struggled financially, to the point he was at risk of having to drop out of school. They had a very large family and providing for everyone was getting harder and harder. The little boy dreamt of becoming a doctor, but his dream was extremely close to never come true. However, the teachers at school became aware of the situation and, since he was a dedicated student, found a way to help him thanks to an NGO working in the area. The boy went on with his studies, went to university in the country's capital city, and eventually became a talented doctor. He then moved back to his little village to help the people there, who had no easy access to proper treatment or fully equipped hospitals. He set up his clinic and continues working there, as a way of giving back to the community where his passion first started to sprout. This story inspired me to continue following my dreams, no matter how hard it might seem. It also made me want even more to work in a sector that is able to give such hope to people, and that can help them achieve their own dreams. Furthermore, I didn't really think so much about the value of one's community before, but after hearing this story I realized that sometimes the reason one really wants to leave might actually be the very same reason one should come back for one day, and try to change things.

It's quite inspiring to read stories where the community plays a big role in helping and supporting someone! Hopefully we can get to the point of seeing each other as a single one big community we should all work hard to help and preserve one day.

Thank you for sharing! It's inspiring to think about all the possibilities there are once someone keeps their mind open.

A story I found more powerful was that of a suicide survivor and it made me feel so passionate about humanity no matter who they are.

The story was about a radio presenter who had lost his wife a year before, he tried try all means to erase all memories he had with her but he couldn't forget. Started dodging work by giving excuses, Drunk alcohol, married another woman, went to pastors but no of them worked. One afternoon, he decided to escape from home and left his 3 year old daughter with her step mum and went to the farm to suspend himself on the rope he had picked from the homestead.
Luckily enough the daughter was not inside the house as he thought. She was outside in a place she couldn't easily be seen. She saw her dad going to the farm and she tought he was going to water the animals. She used to follow him most times. So like as usual she followed him.
The man removed his jacket , threw it on the ground and climbed a tree.
He tied the rope properly for the job and put it on the neck through the head. On the moment of him letting the tree branch to start suspending. The daughter picked the jacket and called her dad give it to him up in the tree.

The dad cried so loud and removed the rope so fast. He jumped down picked her daughter and went home. From then he remembered that he had not lost his wife but he still had her daughter who resembled her and tried saving his life.
From then he knew suicide would just propagate the pain instead of taking it away from the family

That is really good that he even went back to the village to provide what they don't have
Most of us forget that some situations can be reversed. We enjoy every moments of our life and hold pride high.

He is a good example to follow

The story I found powerful was about The Late First republic Zambian president Mr David Kenneth Kaunda may his soul rest in peace.

The story made me to understand how I should put human first in every mission set to achieve,how to lead and how to stay focus for change of the community and how to contribute in community.

A story I found really powerful was the story of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama from a child marcher who was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965. It made me feel sad, angry, pity as well determination to work to change so many of the injustices they faced in 1965 that are still occurring today.

Janet Namfukwe is a 55-year-old Zambian who resides in Mphuka Village in the Luangwa District. Her husband was brutally killed by a crocodile while fishing in the Luangwa River in 2015, leaving her to raise her nine children on her own. Janet has never attended school and relies solely on rain-fed agriculture. Janet's family is one of the village's poorest and most disadvantaged.

Janet's maize field was entirely damaged by flash floods during the 2018/2019 crop season. As a result, she was chosen as one of the five goat (4 females goats and 1 male goat) recipients by the Climate Change Project. Out of 15000 families in Mphuka Village, the Climate Change Project only targeted 100. There is a need to lend a hand in assisting families like Janet's in coping with the effects of climate change.

A student in my class never seemed to enjoy going to lunch. I tried asking about it, but the response was always, "I'm fine" or "I'm good". I started to observe the lunch table. Was the child sitting with others? Were people talking to him? Were they eating? I had a difficult time noticing anything out of the ordinary. Then one day on the way to the cafeteria the student dropped their lunch box and it opened up. In it I saw what could possibly be the issue, foods that were not recognizable to most younger children and even some adults. After this, I began discussing foods from different countries and religious organizations in our class. We began celebrating different cultures and students were invited to bring in dishes of their own. A few months later I noticed that the child seemed less stressed when it was time for lunch and had started talking and enjoying their lunch time.

A story I found really powerful was the story of how the marriage of a beneficiary woman, living in a rural part of Nigeria, was saved because of the family planning intervention our project-trained provider offered. It made me feel that we were indeed making a difference in women's lives.

Wow! Amazing approach!

Well done on your impactful contribution!

Brilliant contribution there!

A story I found really powerful was the wooden apple core. It made me feel sad but it made me think that in the future there will always be some action that remembers the good or the bad we did.

A story that applies to the reality of many people in my country, I am glad that it impacted you.

A story I found really powerful is about a 14 years old poor girl who was raped at the age of 8, because of this incident she lost so much hope and confidence in herself and her future, everytime she talks to me I can feel the hopelessness in her voice.
But I am on a mission of making her life better with proper counseling and mentorship, and other benefit to help her live a good lifestyle.

The story that had an impact on me is the life story narrated to me by one of my ex-colleague about how his parents struggled to meet end with their three kids just surviving on the limited agricultural produce they make from their tiny piece of land. he and his siblings used to wake up at 5 am and go work at the fields of the neighboring landlords for 3 hours just earn rs 15 and then walk few kilometers to reach the government school and then working again for 2 hours post school along with their studies. And how he was able to secure a seat with an engineering college with this routine and become a software engineer . This made me realise the value of all the blessings we had taken granted in our life and how hardwork always pays and value of remaining humble and never forgetting the roots even after reaching heights..

I have seen the power of storytelling in social impact work where people meet top organise blood donation camp on friends birthday and do the donations in orphanage and connect with them the story behind how they started and why they started.
I connected with them because it was the story of a friend who lost his life and thers making his birthday memorable.
I feel powerful after listening to their story as even after losing the human life they all got connected and celebrated the day for him every year.
It make me to go every year and contribute to them without any second thought

indeed grateful for life !!

Grandma & the Truck
This is the story of a grandmother who, because of her age and joint diseases, could not walk, she lived in the countryside with her family. But poverty prevented them from having a wheelchair so that the grandmother could move and could collect a cash transfer that is paid in banks to all the elderly in poverty in Bolivia, my country. Then, one of her grandchildren had the idea of adapting an old toy, a wooden truck, so he could use it to carry his beloved grandmother. The boy would help the old lady climb into the old wooden toy and then, with the help of a rope tied to the front of the truck, he would pull her along with him. This story touched the hearts of many people who saw it on television and campaigns were set up to help this family going through this difficult time. If you want to see her: https://cronicapuebla.com/mundo/abuelita-se-hace-viral-por-usar-camion-de-juguete-para-cobrar-su-pension-video

It's a nice story my friend. I lost my father due to lack of blood in my city's blood bank, since that experience, I try to go at least once a year to donate blood voluntarily so that no one else loses a loved one due to lack of it. I am happy to think that in all these years I have helped to save the lives of several people, who may be walking along the streets with me without knowing that we are now "blood brothers".

A story I found really powerful is about a 14 years old poor girl who was raped at the age of 8, because of this incident she lost so much hope and confidence in herself and her future, everytime she talks to me I can feel the hopelessness in her voice.
But I am on a mission of making her life better with proper counseling and mentorship, and other benefit to help her live a good lifestyle.

In a Scholarship Application, I shared my story about my deplorable socio-economic background and enormous challenge faced as a first generation collage student from such a peasant polygamous family made up 5 wives and over 20 surviving children.

I am the only children from my peasant polygamous family made up 5 wives and over 20 surviving children to study beyond primary school. Socio economic barriers to education was enormous and brutal. Most of my brothers and sisters could not endure, they gave up on education for early vulnerable marriages, I totally made up my mind to endure every hunger, struggle, pains and shame to go to school. Today, I have a Master degree, I believe in the transformative power of education to lift poor vulnerable families like my out of poverty.

Thats why I have taken a commitment ensure about 12 of my other vulnerable brothers and sisters wasting ij the village to acquire education too to improve their future prospect of get out of vulnerability. Its very challenging commitment I have taken in the face of my own struggle but I will not surrender. Trusting God fathers will pop up one day to support me in their commitment

My vulnerability story nurtured my empathy and inspire my work to help vulnerable young people to access education and opportunities to improve their life. I Coach/Mentor lot of children vulnerable home to increase their chances in life. May God be my helper

The story and vision elevated my application, move the selection committee with empathy and gave me a scholarship Award to study a Master Degree in Education.

Hi Cearnold
Its truly a moving story, I instantly fell connected to the story because I grew up in rural areas. most of women in my community deliver babies from homes because of lack of access to maternal care clinics around. However, things are improving with Government efforts to bring community Health units.

Hi Nelso
I love your story. apart from empath, I love the actions you take to donate blood. it signifies that you dad loss also open your eyes to see s major societal problem. by taking the action, you are a leader.

In my work we have many stories we could tell. Mostly about animals and how the suffer in factory farms. For me, I relate most with stories of animals that manage to scape or with individual stories of one animal and how they endured an entire lifetime in captivity. I connect because it shows me these animals as being sentient beings, capable of running away, feeling pain, feeling uncomfortable, missing their babies, and that's so close to what we do and feel. Unfortunately is more common to find sad stories in my field than successful and happy ones. But we will continue to tell their stories in order to show this reality to the world.

When I volunteered at the organization that donated flowers for hospice patients, I heard many stories from caregivers and from families. But one story touched me in a way that I cried and still when I evoke this story from my memory, I am getting emotional.
It is a story which I heard during a fundraising event. It is about one lady who was a hospice patient. She was very quiet and distant. She did not want to talk much to her caregivers. And she seemed very unhappy and lonely. But one day she got a bouquet from our organization. She was surprised and moved by our gift in a way that she started to cry, and she told her caregivers that it was the first bouquet of flowers in her life. Unfortunately, it was the last one for her. She passed away very soon after she got the flowers. But in her last days she realized that there are people somewhere who care about her and love her. She passed away in a peace telling her life story to her caregivers and feeling not lonely any longer.
This story touched me emotionally because it was about the real person who got something from our organisation and whos life was changed by our action. I am sure many people who heard this story were touched by it and some of them decided donate monay and others decided to join our organisation and volunteer.

Hello, Kelly

Thank you for sharing this story. Your story is a good example what people can achieve if they have a strong desire decpite obstucles thay might have in life. and how those people can change other people lives.

The story I found powerful is that of Fredrick Douglass a black slave who suffered ill treatment from the hands of his white employers but despite the prevail circumstances that was surrounding him, he never give up on his dream of becoming an educationist,abolitionist and the first black man to meet with Abraham Lincoln.

Wow, stories that that bring compassion are so amazing.

I live in the cost of Arabian sea and a few kilometer distance the most diverse western ghat which is the second longest hill range of India after Himalayas. This forest is filled with flora and fauna. Over the period like in many parts of the world here too humans are causing the big challenge of deforestation, mining, sand mining and dumping plastic to land and sea and the impact is already seen with raising health problems.

Jeeth was born and bought up in this city and he was a child full of energy and very playful. He was more interested in sports, friends and other activities than the boring academics. He did not complete his degree but as he was very creative and had a good vacabolory he landed in a good job in a upcoming software company. over the years because of his hardwork and commitment he grew in his position and was suitably rewarded in his package. .
The upcoming company came under the radar of a big multinational and they offered to acquire the company, the offer was irrestible and it was taken over by the multinational companry.

The new management which was doing its duiedeligence found that Jeeth was not a degree holder which was a pre-requsite. They asked Jeeth to resign. Jeeth was heart broken as he was left high and dry he had a family to take care and also service his home loan and other financial commitments. over the days he lost all the enthusiasm and fell in depression and at one time he wanted to take his life but could not do as his children would come in front.

He was just staying in home and confined himself to a room and not meeting even the guest who came to home he was so worried that he was not getting sleep after taking a big dose of sleep pill. one day his son reached him to seek his help in the garden and with lot of reluctance he joined the kid. the next two hours jeeth and his son plaspnted many saplings arround the fence and cleaned up the garden. That night Jeeth slept like a baby to wake up fresh. He was amazed that he had gained his lost energy and started thinking what made the change and found that the only activity change was the last evening spending time in garden. He continued to visit the garden every day and work there which was very relaxing for him and he started enjoying it and this made him realize the importance of trees and nature.

He had already heard about the deforestation around the city and western ghats so he decided that every monsoon he will start planding sapplings and take care of it for the rest of the year till it sustains. Its been over 10 years he has planted lacks of saplings at his own cost with the help of volunteers who are collage students. He is now feared in the town as he reached any spot if any one is felling a tree or causing any damage to nature. He is now lovingly called as the TREE MAN. Due to his effort the town is now getting greener and this displays one man can change the world. Thanks Jeeth for your love and effort

A story I found really powerful was very touching my heart and relate. It made me feel great adn sometimes i appreciate my own life

A story I found really powerful was the story of Forest Gump. It made me feel thankful for what I have right now .

amazing plot and storyline about refugee

A story I found really powerful was amazing and touching heart. It made me feel grateful about my own life today

A story I found really powerful was the story of Jesus Christ : A man of No sin who came from glory to earth to give his life in exchange for mine that is sinful. This makes me emotional reading the entire story line and account.

A story I found really powerful was the story of my writing coach who went from being diagnosed with an immune related ailment but did accept the diagnosis of not being able to use her hands and wrote a book that launched her into an award winning writer and thought leader.

It helped me understand that beyond whatever happens or is happening, I can launch into greatness for every obstacle is an opportunity to unlock potentials.

I think this is wonderful, thanks for sharing!

One of the stories that I really like was that of a small girl, who had a simple just like us kind of a life, but then she lost her parents and ended up getting trafficked. She was put in a shelter home and had a completely different future. This made me feel that this was something which could happen to any one, what fault did she have of losing her parents and not having anyone to take care of her? Had she not lost them, she could probably still be in a school, go to a good college, have a good job and sustain a wonderful family.

This story touched me so much that I ended up volunteering for this NGO and raising funds for them for a year.

I was invited to my high school classmate's wedding launch. We were not very good friends and life had taken us on different paths with no interaction or correspondence at all. I struggled to remember him that he was almost a stranger to me at this point in time. It was a surprised to be given an invite. The prospects of reuniting with my old school mates were so luring that I decided to attend.
The groom to be gave us such a warm welcome and went ahead to narrate how he had met the his wife to be. The narrative was so nice giving time lines that got us involved with memories of what we were doing at that moment in time. She had been his childhood sweet heart and we had shared in his and her life at that point in high school. Now he called onto us to share this step in his life by contributing to make it happen. It took us down memory lane and made his current struggles our own with the need to make his wedding celebration personally our challenge to solve.
I was moved emotionally despite the time gone that had almost made us strangers, and I pledged more than I had intended to.

I am hungry and thirsty. I need food

There was this female pediatrician working in a foreign country[U. S]. Divorced, single mother of two girls. She always had a vision of opening her own hospital and many branches. Finances were a block of course so she sought for a loan and was turned down by all banks even after availing all details needed[simply because she was a foreigner]. One day an Indian-U.S based bank gave her a loan of 350,000 dollars at a very crazy rate but she decided to take the risk. Seven years of serious working and she has completely repaid the loan with several clinics and earning herself a 7figure salary, remarried and enjoying her smart and dedicated work with her family. This story encouraged me not to give up, life is full of risks. It is just how you tackle them and the choices you make. I can really say that, DREAMS ARE VALID.

I recently came across a story online that made me feel humbled. A man was walking through the park with his dog, as he did every morning. It was the mundane morning dog walk, the same route, same time every morning. As he was walking through the park he noticed an elderly man sweeping leaves by a memorial statue. The man had seen this man before and casually smiled or lifted his head, nothing much had ever come out of their encounters. But today, the man decided to stop and ask the elderly man why he was sweeping leaves. The elderly man replied that he had been tending to this memorial site for 77 years, ever since a US airplane crashed into a hill, narrowly missing children playing in the field next to the hill. This elderly man was one of those children and recalled to the dog walker how he owes his life to those US war Heroes and so for everyday since, he had been watching over this small memorial site in the field, which is now a city park, to remember. The story moved me to tears, I felt thankful that there are so many kind people like this elderly man in the World. It also moved many others as the dog walker is a BBC news presenter and shared the story on the Breakfast show that morning - it enabled viewers from around the World to share thanks and joy for this elderly man.

A story I found really powerful was a message in the effort to fight against HIV. It made me feel important and responsible and should be careful with my decisions especially about my life. The story compelled me to stay safe, reasonable and take care of my health and life no matter what.

A story I found impactful was the story of Fatima Ahmed, a graduate of chemistry who was not certain if she would get a job after graduation. She enrolled for a tech related training program to be upskilled. Today, she is a support Engineer in one of the largest technology service organization. The story is very emotionally because she had to leave Ilorin (North Central of Nigeria) to Lagos (South West of Nigeria) to attend the training with no guarantee of being placed in a job.

This is very insightful.

Learnt a lot from the above shared stories, but I think artist too have their a way making strong impact on their audience with a piece in gallery or music store. All the same, thank for sharing.

A story I found really powerful was the story of a disabled boy who was trained how to play chess by a man who saw the talent in him and later emerged the winner of a big chess competition at Makoko slum. It made me feel the need to help lots of children out there

Absolutely! Art is one way to communicate effectively.

Thanks for sharing, Nana

A story I really found impactful for me is the story of pandora's box. It has became an impactful one for me because it teaches values in the story. It affects me emotionally especially relating to the human history. Ever since I heard the story of the pandora's box, one thing that came to my mind is never go against the uncertain especially when I am told to do so by someone valuable for me so that I cannot feel regret in the end. This moved me emotionally.

“A story I found really powerful was the story of a classmate. It made me feel emotional and touchy as I felt her childhood was more painful than mine ."

A story I found powerful was a guy that started making prosthetics for blacks (Nigerians) because when his leg got amputated, they had difficulties getting him the right prosthetics for his skin colour. His brand started from that story.

About two months ago, I was at a youth conference fund raising function. We were being encouraged to contribute/support the youth conference which was to be held in less than three weeks.
Quite typical of youths, we felt we didn't have enough or had more pressing issues that required our financial attention.

Our pastor, sensing this, told us a story of how, he once, while in school used the money he was supposed to use to get textbooks, to donate to the school chapel, in support of a harvest program. This he did believing that giving to God is more important and that God will provide alternative funds for the textbooks.
He eventually got a surprise credit alert from a relative, which could cover the cost of his textbooks and still remain.

This is a memorable story because my pastor was actually involved in it, it wasn't about some random unseen fellow.
I felt inspired to give and ended up supporting the youth conference and concluded in my heart that I would not miss giving my tithe, anytime I'm paid.

A story I found so much interesting was that of a community where they had no good drinking water, a man came, built a borehole and started selling water to them. Another family moved into their newly built house with a borehole in the community and started giving the people water for free. The people in the community became happy, better and lived healthier.

This story tells about the power of having and giving freely which could bring about transformation in the lives of others.