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Carla Safont-Tria i Berta Rodriguez

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Dale Beatty: Making life easier for disabled veterans

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Dale Beatty: Making life easier for disabled veterans

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Pau del Peral i Carlos Martínez

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CNN Hero Dale Beatty lost his legs on the battlefield, but came home to find a new mission helping other disabled veterans.

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Mariona i Christian

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“The shocking truth is that world leaders have the money to fully fund primary and secondary education around the world - but they are choosing to spend it on other things, like their military budgets. In fact, if the whole world stopped spending money on the military for just 8 days, we could have the $39 billion still needed to provide 12 years of free, quality education to every child on the planet.”
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By the time Brad Ludden was 18 years old, he had attained close to 100 of them.

"Every time you come around a corner, you're the first person to see it from that perspective," said Ludden, now 35. "You feel a lot of personal transformation and growth through that process."

Today, Ludden is giving that life-changing experience to young adults with cancer-helping them face down their fears and realize they're not alone.

"When you're a young person with cancer, it's so isolating," said Ludden, who watched his own aunt battle cancer when she was 38. "All your friends are getting married, having children, starting jobs and living life. Here you are fighting for yours."

Every year, more than 70,000 young adults in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease.

Ludden's nonprofit-First Descents-offers free outdoor adventures based around kayaking, surfing and rock climbing.

The weeklong camps are held at picturesque locations, where 15 young adult cancer fighters and survivors from across the country come together to challenge themselves physically and bond with others who've gone through the same battle.

"While thousands of people have kayaked these sections of river before them, it's their first time down," Ludden said. "You see it at the bottom of the rapids in the look of accomplishment and pride on their faces."

Since 2001, Ludden and his group have brought these transformative experiences to more than 3,000 people.

"I have learned more from First Descents' participants than anything else in my entire life," Ludden said. "I've learned how to be much more vulnerable, the importance of laughter and to not just accept each day as it comes but to go out and define it."

CNN's Meghan Dunn spoke with Ludden about his work. Below is an edited version of their conversation.

CNN: During the week, you see a transformation in the participants. What's that like?

Ludden: Day one, they get all their gear and they learn the very basics of whatever it is they're there to do. And then each day, we ratchet that up a little bit and build on the previous day so that by the end of the week, they're applying everything they've learned to one final challenging day. And that could be a multi-pitch ascent, or a bigger break, or harder whitewater.

It's fascinating to watch not only the physical transformation, but also the social and emotional transformation. The way they bond together and the confidence that they're building-it's a really beautiful transformation to witness in a relatively short amount of time.

CNN: Each participant gets a nickname. Why?

Ludden: (It) is a huge part of our culture. This experience can be a real stake in the sand in their recovery or their life post-diagnosis. It can be one of their greatest victories and a really defining experience. This name becomes associated with that experience.

It's the name of them as a kayaker, or a climber, or a surfer. It's not the name of them as someone with cancer. And so it's an opportunity for a fresh start. We've found a lot of people take a lot of pride in their name.

CNN: First Descents goes beyond a weeklong program. How do participants continue their journey?

Ludden: The weeklong trip hopefully is the beginning of their First Descents experience. When they go home from that, we've created local adventure communities around the country that they can engage in, go on more localized adventures.

We host (additional) one- to two-weeklong programs. Those are much more adventure-oriented and are all over the world-everywhere from Africa to Indonesia and Alaska to Patagonia.

We believe that this shouldn't be a one-and-done experience. As part of that, we truly see healing in the act of helping someone else. And we believe that we all as a community who are experiencing these programs have the same obligation to help other people have the same experience. So we try to create this pay-it-forward aspect. We create fundraising challenges around the country that everyone's invited to be a part of, all with the goal of providing that first-time experience to someone who hasn't had it, but wants it.

CNN: What do you hope participants gain from each week?

Ludden: I hope that they come here seeking some answers, perhaps seeking some personal growth and maybe some victory over their cancer. We infuse a lot of challenge and adventure, beautiful settings, laughter, great people and good food. But I think at the end, all that bundled together just represents a very large transformation in everyone's life.

It's that important reminder that this life, it's really fleeting. The end is going to come sooner than we want. With that knowledge, we have this obligation to go out and live as fully as possible.

Want to get involved? Check out the First Descents website and see how to help.
You can make a donation right now to First Descents. Just click the CrowdRise widget below!

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By the time Brad Ludden was 18 years old, he had attained close to 100 of them. "Every time you come around a corner, you're the first person to see it from that perspective," said Ludden, now 35. "You feel a lot of personal transformation and growth through that process."

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Anna and Berta

"To date he has served more than 1.2m meals to India’s destitute

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"I'm here to be the mom to all of these kids out there who might not feel like they have one"

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Unbroken - Trailer 2 (Universal Pictures) HD

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The official trailer 2 for UNBROKEN Yours to own on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital HD now: http://amzn.to/1xTKwMM http://www.unbrokenmovie.co.uk For more trailers subscribe to our channel - http://po.st/UniversalPicturesUK Follow Unbroken - http://www.facebook/unbrokenmovieuk Academy Award® winner Angelina Jolie directs and produces Unbroken, an epic drama that follows the incredible life of Olympian and war hero Louis "Louie" Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) who, along with two other crewmen, survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII-only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

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we decided to do this video because we think that this girl is a real everyday hero, her name is Jacleen Simons

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12 YEAR OLD BOY HELPS HOMELESS PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES (video)

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Helping the homeless of Los Angeles, one person at a time. For further information, please go to ReachingOutCalifornia.org. Reaching Out California is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Richard Nares' group provides transportation for low-income children who struggle to make their cancer treatments.

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Hailey Ford is putting the "power" in power tools by building small homes for a big cause.

The 9-year-old from Bremerton, Washington, is creating individual shelters to distribute to homeless people in her community. After receiving a grant, Hailey plans to make 11 of the small homes for the town's permanent Tent City, which is expected to open later this year, KING 5 News reported.

"It just doesn't seem right that there are homeless people," Hailey told the news outlet. "I think everyone should have a place to live."

Currently, Hailey is halfway through the first home -- a 8 x 4 wooden structure that she's, building with some help from her mother and grandfather.

The 9-year-old was inspired to build this first shelter after meeting a homeless man, Edward, who lost his job at a local grocery store, according to KING 5 News. She and her mother bought the man a sandwich, but Hailey wanted to figure out a way to keep providing food to people in need. So she started a garden, Hailey's Harvest, which she used donate 128 pounds of produce in 2014, the group wrote on its Facebook page.

"I said sure, thinking it would last a week. It's been four years and she still delivers veggies to the homeless every week," her mom, Miranda, told nonprofit Together Rising, who helped fund Hailey's project.

The garden quickly grew beyond fruits and vegetables, and led to the shelters Hailey is working on now. To help fund the project, Miranda applied for a grant for Hailey from Together Rising, organized by the site Momastery.com. Hailey was then awarded a $3,000 grant and secured a 50 percent discount from her local Lowes store to help with the structures.

"We can't think of a better example than our Hailey -- she's proof that no person - or act of kindness -- is too small to change the world," Together Rising founder Glennon Doyle Melton said in a statement provided to The Huffington Post.

For 2015, Hailey hopes to grow 250 pounds of food, and distribute, 1,000 toiletries, 500 feminine hygiene products, 100 coats, and "as many sleeping shelters as she can find space for," according to Hailey's Harvest Facebook page.

The first completed shelter, however, will go to Edward.

"Siding and drywall will be going up soon," Miranda told The Huffington Post in an email. "[It] will be painted colors that Hailey and Edward have agreed on."

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9-Year-Old Builds Small Shelters For Local Homeless People

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Hailey Ford is putting the "power" in power tools by building small homes for a big cause. The 9-year-old from Bremerton, Washington, is creating individual shelters to distribute to homeless people in her community. After receiving a grant, Hailey plans to make 11 of the small homes for the town's permanent Tent City, which is expected to open later this year, KING 5 News reported.

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Nick Vujicic: No arms, no legs...no worries

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No arms, no legs – no worries-- Nick Vujicic Story

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footage provided by life without limbs The man standing before the stadium-sized crowd held the attention of thousands, in part because of humorous, yet moving, speech about the power of hope. But also because he was standing there at all. Nick Vujicic, the 32-year-old president of motivational speech marketer Attitude is Altitude, was born without arms or legs.

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Josh Coombes: Hairdresser for the homeless

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Meet Josh Coombes, hairdresser for the homeless - BBC Trending