There was an event that took place with me and my friends. We were walking in the park, an old man was ahead – he was going very very slowly and suddenly he fell down. Then it turned out that he didn’t have his medicine with him. We lifted him and stayed there until the [...]

Last week I went to the hospital and seeing all of the sick children there made me very sad. At about noon, I started to eat my lunch in the waiting room when I noticed a young child who didn’t have anything to eat for lunch. I shared the sandwich that I was eating with [...]

I read an interesting story about one girl who had to cut off her hair and became bald because of cancer. She was afraid to go to school the next day, she thought her classmates would laugh at her. But she was mistaken. In the morning somebody knocked at the door, it was her classmates, [...]

These days people make fun of diseases or viruses, not knowing about the consequences of it. One day, i was in class, when my Physical Education teacher was talking about health. Obviously the HIV/AIDS Topic came up and a friend of mine, Myra, made fun of it saying those who have the virus are stupid [...]

One day my Grandfather fell ill. It was very serious. I came to the hospital and saw him in bed. He was pale and weak. Tears started falling down my cheeks. He couldn’t speak. But while I was looking at him I saw that he was happy to see me. I sat on his bed [...]

When my brother was sick in the hospital I helped him to go around. It made me feel both sad and good at the same time. I felt bad because he wasn’t able to take care of himself. I felt good that I could help him. Johanna H, 17, Iceland

When I was 12 years old my friend told me some horrible news. He told me he had to go to a doctor for a surgery and his family didn’t have the money for it. When I got home I told my mom the news and she was shocked. In a few days the whole [...]

My grandpa is a loving and caring man, he has a huge heart. One day when I was little I got some tragic news; my grandpa was in the hospital. He was having heart failure, that means part of his heart wasn’t working. Soon we found out that half of his heart was failing to [...]

Once when I was younger I found a poor lonely chipmunk that appeared very sick. So I helped him get better by trying to give it some food and warmth and when I left for a while I came back and the chipmunk and the food I gave it were gone. I was happy that [...]

I was 11 years old.  We were getting ready for a trip that would soon change all of our lives.  We got in the car and drove seven and a half hours straight to Tennessee.  Once we got there we saw a very VERY small home.  Someone was at the door waiting for us; it [...]