Taking healthcare into their hands

"We rise by lifting others." 4/4/18 TED Prize winners start with a bold wish for the world. These are the stories of the people they've inspired. Here's a look at the newest story from our series made in collaboration with TED.  Bringing Medicine to the World's Forgotten Corners One billion people in the world lack basic access to healthcare. Dr. Raj Panjabi has dedicated his work to bringing medical attention to the blind spots of the global health system. Through his organization, Last Mile Health, he targets underserved communities in hopes of preventing, detecting and responding to outbreaks at their source.  Connecting Our Humanity Through Street Art Art has the power to change the way we view the world. It has the ability to bring us together and reflect our humanity on a grand scale. With his global art project, artist and TED Prize winner JR is turning the world inside out, using photography as a vehicle for change. Changing Cities With Compassion Compassion is more than just a feeling, it's a daily practice, a muscle to be continually exercised. No one understands that more than Karen Armstrong. As a religious scholar, she's spent her life studying the intricacies of religion. Now, she's on a mission to create communities built on compassion with a global Charter for Compassion. To this day, more than 2 million people and 300 cities have taken the pledge. How Jamie Oliver's TED Talk Sparked a Food Revolution In School When students at London's Charlton Manor Primary School learn about history, they use chocolate. For a lesson in shapes and sizes, they utilize grapes. Taking inspiration from world-renowned chef and TED prize winner Jamie Oliver, head teacher Timothy Baker began incorporating food into all subjects at school with hopes of teaching children the importance of valuing food and cultivating healthy eating habits. She's 90 and a Space Archaeologist, All Thanks to a TED Talk Space archaeologist Sarah Parcak is a modern-day Indiana Jones. With GlobalXplorer, an online platform using the power of the crowd to find, protect and monitor archaeological sites, Parcak is empowering others to be their own "armchair archaeologists"—people like 90-year-old Doris Jones.  Copyright © 2018 Great Big Story, LLC, All rights reserved.You are receiving this message because you subscribed to the Great Big Story newsletter. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list