In a world often dominated by challenging headlines, Yahoo News Canada aims to shine a spotlight on upbeat local and international news stories. This week’s roundup includes a Lebanese man caring for stranded pets among residents fleeing Israeli attacks, a 99-year-old military veteran earning his first diploma in 80 years, and Muslim students breaking barriers These include Toronto non-profits that break through.
💸 A woman accidentally drops $12,000. a stranger finds it and returns it to her
Van Ha carried an envelope containing $12,000 in cash with him everywhere, intending to eventually give it to his three children.
His nephew, Truong Huynh, said in an interview with The Washington Post that he felt it was safer to keep the large sum of money in his possession rather than putting it elsewhere.
But on September 22, when Ms. Ha, 71, returned home from grocery shopping at Market Basket in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, her heart sank because the envelope was gone.
A woman accidentally drops $12,000. A stranger finds it and returns it to her.
In a panic, she called her nephew and told him her precious savings must have slipped out of her wallet in the parking lot or at the store.
“She was sad and admitted her mistake. She shouldn’t be carrying cash around like that,” Huynh said, noting that Ha doesn’t speak English.
Huynh, 55, agreed to take Ha to the supermarket so she could communicate with the store staff and track down the missing envelope.
Huynh said she and her aunt feel defeated and distressed, especially since the cash was meant to support their family.
“She tries to help the kids,” Huynh said. “We were about to leave feeling very sad.”
Just as I was getting into my car to go home empty-handed, Desfosses ran outside with some good news. A customer had just brought an envelope to the service desk. All the dollars were still there.
“The look on her face when he gave her the money back was priceless,” Desfosses said.
The Good Samaritan who brought it home just wanted to make sure it went to its rightful owner, Desfosses said.
“I don’t know if there are many people who would do that,” Desfosses said. “It shows what he’s made of… It shows there are really good people in this world.”
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🌲 Toronto nonprofit breaks down barriers to nature for Muslim students
A non-profit organization aimed at building an environmental movement within Canada’s Muslim community is taking its work inside the classroom. The aim is to help students make connections between sustainable practices and cultural values.
Adeel Nathani, co-founder of Green Ummah (Ummah means community in Arabic), said the group is focused on increasing participation in environmental issues among Muslims and other racialized groups. He said it was founded to solve an underappreciated problem.
“We believe these students will be the future leaders of the world,” Natani said in an interview with CBC News. He also serves as the group’s director of operations and partnerships, and by day is a lawyer in the firm’s Toronto office.
The cost of the outing was covered by Nature Canada. Aadil Nathani, co-founder of Green Ummah, said such school trips are often expensive and can be unaffordable, especially in schools with a large population of racist or newcomer Canadians. It is said that there is a sex. (Courtesy of CBC News)
He said Canada’s Muslim community has limited ability to participate in the environmental movement, and for good reason.
“I grew up in a post-9/11 world where a lot of the concerns for the Muslim community were first and foremost safety and security within Canada and within the United States,” said Nathani, who lives in Scarborough. spoke. , a suburb of Toronto, Ont.
He believes that Islamophobia has led to deadly acts of violence, including the 2021 truck attack by Nathaniel Veltman in London, Ont., that killed four members of the Afzaar family, and the mosque shooting by Alexandre Bissonnette. It lists recent tragedies. In 2017, there were 6 people.
“I wanted them to feel that yes, there are problems, but we can all work together and be part of the solution,” he said.
Funds from the group’s NatureHood program paid to send students on field trips to national wildlife sanctuaries, migratory bird sanctuaries, or urban natural sites such as Rouge National Urban Park in Toronto’s east end.
“This is really unique for us because we also know that newcomers and racialized Canadians face barriers when accessing Canada’s natural areas. .”
A group of students record their observations during a field trip to Dundas Valley Reserve in Hamilton. The trip was made possible by Green Ummah, a non-profit organization dedicated to building an environmental movement within Canada’s Muslim community. (Courtesy of CBC News)
“So we were able to completely break down those barriers and actually send students into activities in natural spaces. This builds a connection with the environment and hopefully helps students become environmental stewards in the future. This is great because it leads to
Aneth Chughtai, a Grade 11 student at Toronto’s Gibraltar Leadership Academy, said the message came through loud and clear.
“After watching this show, I feel more hopeful about humanity fighting back against climate change,” he said.
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🐕 ‘I’m not leaving’: Lebanese man cares for stranded pets as residents flee from Israeli shelling
Lebanese man saves animals as Israeli attacks continue. (Courtesy of Associated Press)
A dog clings to Hussein Hamza in his car as he faces his camera to capture the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon.
“Poor guy. Look at this, he’s clinging to me in fear,” Hamza said in a video posted online. “A missile hit here,” he said, his voice shaking.
Tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes in fear as Israel bombs southern Lebanon. But Hamza remains. His mission is to care for the dogs and other animals left behind.
He runs an animal shelter for 200 dogs in Kufuor village. These days, he drives around towns and villages in the South looking for stray animals and abandoned pets to feed.
“I opened the bags of food and left the water in. I’m relying on God,” Hamza said if the dogs had to flee the facility when an airstrike approached. In preparation for this, he said while scattering food several hundred meters away from the shelter he runs.
Despite the risks, Hamza continues to drive around looking for stray animals and pets left behind by families, many of them behind locked gates. He brings them food and posts the video online.
“Come here, come here! I brought you food,” Hamza said in an online video to the dog hiding behind a fence. “At least let the dogs loose,” he pleads with residents in the video. “The dog owners had to flee on foot and were unable to take the dog with them.”
In the midst of the chaos, Hamza has become a lifeline for many who reach out to him in hopes of delivering food to their pets.
“This kind man called me crying. They (the family) had left their dog behind a fence and they couldn’t take him,” he said. “I just bought some dry dog food.”
Hamza’s journey was a dangerous one. More than once he narrowly avoided an airstrike.
Yet the danger continues to grow. “I wish someone would take the burden off my shoulders,” said Hamza, who picked up an old stray dog from the street and put it in his car.
“God help the people. During a strike, people lose it and don’t know what to do,” he said while delivering food and water to remote areas.
With an Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon becoming increasingly likely, Hamza worries about what will happen next. For now, his focus remains on animals.
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