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On #WorldKindnessDay, A Onetime Mango Thief Tells Why Kindness Counts

It's World Kindness Day today.

Yes, it's kind of a made-up holiday. But really, it's not a bad idea to celebrate kind words and deeds.

To learn more about the impact kindness can have, I interviewed Kennedy Odede. When he was a child living on the streets of a Kenyan slum, the kindness of strangers saved his life. 

Read the full interview here

Image: Shining Hope For Communities

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Eunice Akoth, a sixth grader at Kennedy and Jessica Odede’s school in the slum of Kibera (Nairobi, Kenya), reciting her poem, “My Dream” at the Women in the World Summit.

WHOA.