Positive News - Achievements
On this page we present positive news articles focusing on people's achievements.
Positive achievements can be educational, a form of activism, business-related, a hobby...anything we feel is positive news.
If you know of someone achieving something positive, let us know!
Mom Creates Seat Belt Covers
Natalie Bell worried what would happen to her daughter, who is deaf, if they were in a car accident. Then Bell came up with a brilliant idea.
British-Nigerian Math Genius Who Enrolled in College at 10
Besides becoming one of the youngest college students in history, Esther is also writing a series of math workbooks for kids.
The Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer
A high school sophomore won the youth achievement Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for inventing a new method to detect a lethal cancer.
Blind Singer with Autism Wins America's Got Talent
Back in May, a now 23-year-old singer, assisted by his mother and a cane as he walked on stage, gave what many called one of the most memorable performances ever on America’s Got Talent.
The Couple's Dream has Already Borne Much Fruit
With the reforestation of the Bulcão Farm, where the first planting took place in December 1999, the Instituto Terra is nearing completion of recovery of a single uninterrupted section of the Atlantic Forest.
From Garbage Dump to Valedictorian
One of the first CCF students rescued from the notorious Phnom Penh garbage dump as a child has just graduated from Trinity College at the University of Melbourne.
The "Hurricane" Wins Another Gold
At 103, Julia Hawkins might have fallen short of the record-setting 100-meter dash she completed two years ago, but she is still living up to her nickname the "Hurricane."
Africa's Inspired Inventors
Shortlisted contenders for the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize reveal their designs, from gloves that translate sign language into speech to smart lockers that dispense medicines.
Chef Opens Unique All-Day Restaurant
“Told my mom that I would never come home unless I have a business or I’m doing something,” Ferguson told WLKY.
Autistic Boy Overcomes Obstacles to Build Largest Lego Titanic
The painstaking task took 700 hours over 11 months and 56,000 Lego bricks to complete, but when he was finished, Brynjar had built the world's largest Titanic replica made out of Legos.
