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Who is doing the most good in the world, and how? (kbin.social)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I'd love to hear about them too.

Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!

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[โ€“] 22 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Herorats who are rats, that are trained to sniff out and locate landmines and tuberculosis.

Apparently there are only 200 of them, could use a whole lot more around the world.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's an interesting combination. Is there some similarity between landmines and tuberculosis that make them easier to detect?

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    I think there are landmine Herorats and TB Herorats, that have seperate jobs.

    I'm pretty sure I heard of Golden Retrievers being used to sniff out TB also.

    Any animal with a sufficiently capable sense of smell could probably be used. Rats are lighter weight for use around landmines, and generally cheaper to feed than dogs.

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