Month December 2020

Inspirational Nugget: Alex Deans Born in 1997 (what a truly efficient year), Alex (at age 12) created the iAid, a navigation device to help the blind. He had once helped a blind woman to cross the street, and it struck… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Philo Farnsworth One of the men credited with inventing television was only 14 when he came up with the idea. He had an epiphany while plowing his family’s farm in Idaho and sought advice from one of his… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Mary Grace Henry Henry turned her love of sewing into a worthwhile cause. At 12 years old, she was focused on raising money to fund the education for an underprivileged girl and concocted a plan to use headbands… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Yash Gupta Gupta was inspired to collect eyeglasses for children in need at 14 years old after breaking his own corrective lenses and having to wait a week for a replacement pair. He read a statistic that 12… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Boyan Slat At 16, during a fishing trip in Greece, Slat discovered massive amounts of plastic in the water. Two years later, the Dutch inventor launched his non-profit, Ocean Cleanup, to research using circulating currents to address the… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Ann Makosinski Makosinski was 15 when she invented a flashlight powered by body heat for the Google Science Fair in 2013. In doing so, she found a way to reduce waste (single-use batteries getting dumped in landfills) and… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Anoyara Khatun At 12 years old, Khatun was a victim of child trafficking until she was rescued by Save the Children. She returned to West Bengal and committed her life to putting an end to the exploitation and… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Bana al-Abed Young people using social media may not seem life-changing, but one look at Abed’s Twitter page will change your mind. At just seven years old, she documented her life in war-torn Syria to call attention to… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Zuriel Oduwole Zuriel is an education advocate for girls in Africa and filmmaker (self-taught no less!) She has interviewed 30 heads of state, created 7 documentaries, and continues to advocate for young women, all by the ripe old… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Ryan Hickman When Ryan Hickman was 3, he took a visit to the rePlanet recycling center in California. Here, he found his calling. At 7, Ryan started Ryan’s Recycling. What started out as collecting cans and bottles from… Continue Reading →

Inspirational Nugget: Jahkil Jackson After 9-year-old Jahkil helped his aunt distribute food at a local homeless shelter in his native Chicago, Jahkil decided he wanted to do more to help his community. This is how Project Am I was founded…. Continue Reading →