The Happy Pod: The best friends who turned out to be sisters

Meena Geltink and Minal Tijssen were adopted from different Mumbai orphanages in the early 1980s, met as teens, and later confirmed via DNA test that they are 100% biological sisters.

After receiving DNA results showing a sister match, she realized it was Meena and felt a lifelong sense of loneliness resolve.

Reuniting with Minal feels like picking up after thirty years apart and makes her feel finally complete.

Fabio Chavez founded the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura in 2006 to offer music lessons to children living near a landfill, eventually crafting instruments from dump waste when donated ones ran out.

The project is not just about teaching music but bringing global attention to the kids and landfill community.

When a child stands out for a skill like music, they cease to be anonymous and become someone important.

He initiated the trips to repair a ten-year estrangement caused by a fractious divorce, and nature provided the most natural place to begin healing.

She encourages people to say yes to travel opportunities because time flies as you age and regrets come from saying no.

Bureau de Cœur partners with businesses to open unused office space as overnight accommodation, with the ambition of helping residents into permanent work and secure housing.

A commissioned study confirmed that companies participating in the scheme had happier employees, and companies do it because they think it is the moral thing to do.

Using empty office space to help someone in a difficult situation is logical and should be supported.

Applying cultured beneficial bacteria to stressed corals creates a cloud that helps them recover, with treated colonies showing better photosynthesis over time. The question is no longer if probiotics have an effect, but how to apply the treatment at a big scale.

Playing table tennis improves his movement and mood and helps address balance problems caused by Parkinson's.

Table tennis requires quick decision-making and massively has benefits in terms of slowing down the illness.

Table tennis has shown benefits for balance, coordination, memory, and social interaction for people with Parkinson's.