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MY HERO Celebrates Heroes Who Promote Health Education and Awareness

SLINGSHOT

Producer: Paul Lazarus

Best known for his Segway Personal Transporter, inventor Dean Kamen is taking on great challenges one invention at a time. SlingShot is the story of Kamen, his water purification technology, and his innovative approach to the safe water crisis.

Stories

Stephen Lewis

By: Ingrid from Peterborough, Canada
Stephen Lewis is a former UN Special Envoy in Africa, established his own AIDS foundation.

Kelly Perkins

By: Susannah Abbey
Kelly Perkins climbs mountains to raise support for organ donation.

Mary N. Sanchez

By: Crystal from Los Angeles
Mary N. Sanchez is a nurse manager and renowned advocate for veterans care and service.

Ryuichi Hirokawa

By: Claudia Herrera Hudson
Ryuichi Hirokawa photographer who illuminates the needs of children in crisis.

Ana Dodson

Ana Dodson formed Peruvian Hearts to provide Peruvian orphans an education.

Alex Hill

Alex Hill helped to bring medical supplies to a Ugandan village.

Dr. Felton Earls

By: The My Hero Project
Dr. Felton Earls treats communities through his work.

Mrs. Nirmala and the Eradication of Malaria Project

Mrs. Nirmala and the Eradication of Malaria Project are working in India to educate the public.

Nick Vujicic

By: Amanda Molinaro from Irvine

Andrea Coleman

By: Anthea Milnes from Oxford
Andrea Coleman has used her passion for motorcycling to transform healthcare delivery in rural parts of Africa.

Bernard Kouchner

By: Babak from Fredericksburg
Bernard Kouchner is the co-founder of Doctors without Borders.

Caitlin Cohen
and the Mali Health
Organizing Project

Dr. J. Larry Brown

Dr. J. Larry Brown directs the national Center on Hunger and Poverty.

Dr. Michael DeBakey

By: David Kemker
Dr. Michael DeBakey is the father of modern open-heart surgery.

Helene Gayle

By: Geeta Malik
Helene Gayle is one of the leading authorities on AIDS research.

Fred Hollows

By: Corey from Cedar Grove

Medical Missions for Children

By: Claudia Hudson
Medical Missions for Children uses cutting-edge medical broadcasting technologies to bring medical care to underserved communities.

mpower

mpower harnesses the power of music to change youth attitudes about mental health.

Pat Pedraja and Driving for Donors

Pat Pedraja and Driving for Donors is helping young and old cancer patients receive the life saving bone marrow treatments.

Ryan Hreljac

By: Wendy Jewell
Ryan Hreljac helps build wells for clean water in Africa.

Tommie Hamaluba

By: Claudia Herrera Hudson
Tommie Hamaluba is a teacher in Botswana, Africa, working to eradicate malaria.

Waris Dirie

By: Jackie from Sydney
Waris Dirie works to protect the rights of women.

Hattie Elizabeth Alexander

By: Caroline from Fredericksburg
Hattie Elizabeth Alexander saved the lives of thousands of children through her work.

Bill Wilson

By: Greg from Fredericksburg
Bill Wilson changed countless lives and livelihoods by founding Alcoholics Anonymous.

Dr. Carolyn Mazure

By: Lauren Zeranski
Dr. Carolyn Mazure founded the Yale Women's Health Program and is a forceful figure in the women's health movement.

Dr. Kay Jamison

By: Claudia Herrera Hudson
Dr. Kay Jamison is both an expert on, and a sufferer of, Bipolar Disorder.

Dr. Patch Adams

By: Kelly Stephenson
Dr. Patch Adams gives the practice of medicine a humorous twist.

Nkosi Johnson

By: MY HERO
Nkosi Johnson was an orphan infected by HIV who spoke out on behalf of children with AIDS.

Patrick Nagatani

By: Sue from California
Patrick Nagatani uses photography and colored lights to promote good health.

Alice Waters

By: Susannah Abbey
Alice Waters created the world famous Edible Schoolyard Project.

Dr. Madan Kataria

By: Wendy Jewell
Dr. Madan Kataria has started a revolution of joy and laughter that is spreading around the world.

Jack Sim

By: <br>Copyright <a href="http://www.newsforkids.com.sg/"target="blank">NEWS FO...
Jack Sim has started a worldwide campaign for clean public toilets and better sanitation standards.

Jennifer Staple: Unite for Sight

By: Claudia Hudson
Jennifer Staple of Unite for Sight helps educate and inform the public about eye issues, and restore sight to the needy.

Kathryn Cunningham

Kathryn Cunningham founded the nonprofit Power Up Gambia in October 2006, with the goal of providing solar energy to the hospitals and clinics of Gambia.

Sindhu Ravishankar

By: <h4>Reprinted with permission from <a href="http://www.mercycorps.org/"targe...
Sindhu Ravishankar created the Vivid Vision Project to provide accessible eye care to impoverished communities in India.

Tawera Nikau

By: Gina from Greytown, New Zealand

Dr. Gloria WilderBrathwaite

By: Victoria from Raleigh
Dr. Gloria WilderBrathwaite was inspired to provide health care to the poor in the innner city.

Lance Armstrong

By: Glen from Fredericksburg
“It was an unexpected gift. Getting cancer was the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah

By: Alyssa from Sycamore Junior High
Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah rode a bike across Ghana to challenge the stigma of being disabled.

Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy

By: David Kemker
Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy cares for the eyes of millions of people in India.

Fati Kirakoya

By: Wendy Jewell
Fati Kirakoya is a researcher committed to finding solutions to end HIV/AIDS.

Frederick Banting

By: Edward Ortiz
"Had I not failed in my one year at London (Ontario), I might never have started my research work...yet it was there that I obtained the idea that was to alter every plan that I had ever made, the idea which was to change my future and possibly the future

Ben Carson

By: Dr. Renee Shackelford
Ben Carson is the chief of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Dr. Sara W. Lazar Neuroscientist - Meditator

By: Wendy Jewell
Dr. Sara W. Lazar Neuroscientist - Meditator researches the effects of meditation on the brain.

Dr. Paul Farmer

By: Trinity West

Rokhaya Gueye

By: Seck from Dakar
Rokhaya Gueye treats malaria and raises awareness about women's health issues in Senegal.

Dr. Alexander Langmuir

By: Michael Fumento
Dr. Alexander Langmuir Langmuir's work in epidemiology has saved millions of lives.

Jonas Salk

By: Geeta Malik
Jonas Salk discovered the polio vaccine.

Leslie Thompson

By: Jonathan Cohen
Leslie Thompson is a scientist devoted to finding a cure for Huntington's Disease.

Luz Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez

By: Nancy Touchette, Ph.D.
Luz Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez conducts cancer research to help understand the disease process.

Hib Vaccine Team

By: Claudia Herrera Hudson
Hib Vaccine Team created an affordable, synthetic vaccine against the bacteria that can cause meningitis and pneumonia.

Sir Alexander Fleming

By: Caitlin from Montvale

Gertrude B. Elion

By: Susannah Abbey
Gertrude B. Elion developed the AIDS drug, AZT.

Audrey Penn: Just Do It

By: Nancy Touchette, Ph.D.
Audrey Penn: Just Do It is a medical doctor who has devoted herself to studying diseases that affect muscle control.

Madame Curie

By: Robert B. Hole, Jr.
Madame Curie received the Nobel Prize for her discovery of Radium.

Irene Curie

By: Lauren Zeranski
Irene Curie was the second woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in science; the first woman was her mother, Marie.

Nathaniel Dunigan

By: Kathleen from New London
Nathaniel Dunigan creates hope for Ugandan orphans with HIV/AIDS.

Dr. Barbara Ross Lee

By: Sabin from Raleigh
Dr. Barbara Ross Lee became the first African American woman dean of a US medical school.

Artwork

Poverty virus with its syndrome

Poverty carries a set of side effects

Sowore Omoyele

Walk for the cure

Those who walk for the cure to help fight cancer help save the lifes of millions of people every year.

Breast Cancer Angel

Joey's poster of Terry Fox

Rachel Carson

By: Robert Shetterly

Lou Gehrig

Circle of Hope

AIDS

AIDS - part of the Alliance Francaise / Umcebo Banner Project 2003/2004

Portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver

By: David Lenz | The National Portrait Gallery - Smithsonian Institution

To the Doctors of the world

The doctors of the world.

Red Ribbon week

Drug Free is The Way to be

Nurse Giving Shots

By: Doug Miller
Doug Miller illustrates a story about a public health worker, a Nurse immunizing children against childhood diseases

Life Expectancy at Birth

Fight Malaria

Short Films

Tribute to Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Producer: The MY HERO Project
Eunice Kennedy Shriver is the founder and honorary chairperson of Special Olympics.
America's Hunger Problem
Producer: Rahul Brown
An engrossing look at the hunger epidemic that affects us globally.

Soft Power Health

Producer: Polly Green
Dr. Jessie Stone works tirelessly for health care in impoverished areas.

Heroes of the Season

Producer: Oscar Loreto and Sarah Noone
Athletes discuss overcoming obstacles to compete in a national snowboarding competition.
The Unknown Warrior
Producer: Wednesday Alexander
A tribute to a heroic emergency medical service provider.
Malaria Queen
Producer: Mame Fatou Ndiaye
A young woman's hero, Oumoul, is called "Malaria Queen" because of her tenacious drive to eradicate malaria.
The Healer
Producer: Fary Sakho
The Healer uses the natural world to cure his community.

Mother Mary

Producer: Cheikh Darou Seck from Senegal, AFRICA

Mother Mary works to help children affected by AIDS in Senegal.

Light of the Himalaya

Producer: Michael Brown and David D'Angelo
This spectacular film follows the work of doctors who provide eye surgeries to the people of Nepal.

Operation Smile

Producer: Dina Karadsheh, Fayez Burqan, Arpi Palulian, and Karin Miqdady
Operation Smile gives children a better life through dental surgery. Created in the MY HERO Global Exchange at the Royal Film Commission, JORDAN. 2008
Ashray
Producer: Ambika Samarthya
The shelter Ashray provides children affected by HIV with a safe place to live, study, and play.

AnaTommy

Producer: Logan Cascia, Kelsey Dimond and Jeff Mondlock
Tommy doesn't let his blindness get in the way of having adventures!

Running for Water

Producer: Polly Green
Jin Zedell started a worldwide movement for runners to raise funds for clean drinking water.

Joey

Producer: Shaun MacGillivray
Joey is a remarkable hero who captured the heart of filmmaker Shaun MacGilllivray.
VOSH - Volunteer Optometric Services to Humanity
Producer: Michael Bloom
VOSH provides free medical care to impoverished communities around the world.

Make A Wish

Producer: Jamie Hancock, Olivia Van Slyke & Katie Rabun
Tori, a two-time cancer survivor, volunteers with charity organizations.
A Helmet is Cooler Than a Coma
Producer: OCSD Video Unit
A young man works for helmet safety after his own accident.
Mrs. White
Producer: Willy, Rodrigo, and Chelsea
Mrs. White battled cancer and remained a positive, strong role model to her students.

Life in a Box

Producer: Leen, Ramez, Sabal & Najaa
Hatem is a heroic young autistic boy living in Jordan.
Dr. Gueye
Producer: Cheikh Darou Seck
A documentary film about Dr. Gueye, a female doctor practicing medicine in Senegal Africa. By award winning director Cheikh Seck.
Healing Waters (Jeff and Wendy Dean's Guatemalan Adventure)
Producer: Jeff and Wendy Dean
Jeff and Wendy Dean travel to Guatemala to research the issue of clean water.

ABC Miracle Workers

Producer: DreamWorks Television and Renegade 83: The My Hero Media Award
Dr. Holland, an opthalmologist helped Todd Heritage, blind since childhood, to see again.

i Luv Laughing Yoga

Producer: Wendy Milette & Jeanne Meyers
Dorothy finds healing and joy
with the Laguna Laughter Yoga club!

Darius Goes West

Producer: Logan Smalley
Darius captures the hearts of a nation on his journey west to spread awareness about Muscular Dystrophy.

Human Relations Media: Jason McElwain

Producer: Anson Schloat/John G. Young
"J.Mac," as he's known to his friends, proved his mettle in an amazing game of basketball.
Perseverance
Producer: Anson Schloat and John G. Young
Liz Murray overcomes her difficult childhood to win a scholarship to go to college.

HOME is where you find it (Excerpt)

Producer: Director - Alcides Soares / Producer - Neal Baer
A sixteen year old AIDS orphan directs a documentary about finding a new family in Maputo, Mozambique.

Have a Home Run Day

Producer: John Barrett & Austin Dodge
Skipper is a true hometown hero who inspires everyone he meets with his sense of joy.
Shelter Me: The Documentary
Producer: Scott Hays & Miles S. O'Grady
A Glimpse of life on the street through the music of talented homeless musicians. 2008

Salam

Producer: Sharif Christopher Matar & Erik Takagi Butts
A man takes a long journey to do what only he can do.

The Surfrider Club

Producer: Wendy Milette
Created through the MY HERO Global Exchange US workshop. Honoring the LBHS Surfrider Club for helping keep Laguna safe.

Organizer created on 10/5/2009 11:31:43 AM by margaret

Last edited 12/23/2018 10:45:39 PM by Anthony Pouw

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