The second largest country of Africa, full of paradoxes. On one hand, it is rich in natural resources (including cobalt, copper, coltan, crude oil, diamonds, gold); on the other hand, its inhabitants are among the poorest in the world. For decades, the DRC has been suffering from prolonged conflicts that have led to one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world.
19.05.2023
We know you don’t need applause and fanfare, but we want to tell you that we see your huge heart.
Between one sip of coffee and another, you decide to donate a malaria drug to someone. Scrolling through social media, you see a hungry child and can’t pass by, so you fund a therapeutic meal. You try to cut down on sweets and spend the equivalent of your favourite chocolate bar on a doctor’s appointment for a pregnant woman. What does that PLN 2 mean? To someone on the other side of the world, it means everything.
Saving lives doesn’t look like it does in superhero films. It doesn’t require huge muscles, a cape or superpowers. It’s often just a good heart, like yours, that refuses to accept evil and powerlessness.
You save the lives of hundreds of people every day, who you get to know through the stories we describe. You are with us when we feed Joseline suffering from hunger. You hold Marcel’s hand as he awaits his final journey in the hospice. You put your arms around the caring shoulders of Mira from Lebanon, who is able to buy heart medication thanks to you.
On this Good Deeds Day, we thank you for every life saved. For trusting that every penny goes where it should. You are the real superheroes of these stories.
If you would like to do something good today, we strongly encourage you to visit GoodWorks 24/7. It takes very little to become a superhero.
22.10.2024
“Eat it all, my little one, mommy has already eaten something. She’s not hungry.” For many children, the weight of these words, spoken by mothers with sad smiles, will only be understood in adulthood. This is the daily math problem faced by countless women in Congo: how to divide a single meal among many, when […]
16.09.2024
Globally, hunger is a massive, complex problem. But feeding a child is simple. Joseph could have become another WHO statistic, labeled as one of the children who dies of hunger every five seconds. No one would have known his name or how infectiously he laughs while playing patty-cake with his mom. That he’s brave and […]
04.09.2024
“We’ve got a two-year-old boy from Kabaya,” Sister Agnieszka reports. Even before we see the photo, we already know it will show a child in critical condition. Kabaya is a mountainous area, almost completely cut off from the rest of the world. There is a lack of everything. The fields are mined, making it impossible […]
