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Fifty years ago, India earned global recognition when the UN invited them to teach other developing nations how 200,000 volunteers transformed saving money into a nationwide movement. Students, women, and workers went door to door, helping their country build financial stability from the ground up.
A hardy desert plant is transforming South Africa's degraded farmland into thriving ecosystems again. The UN just recognized the country's spekboom restoration movement as a World Restoration Flagship, bringing new momentum to efforts already covering half a million acres.
Ghana will ask the United Nations to formally recognize the transatlantic slave trade as the most serious crime against humanity, marking a historic step toward justice. President John Mahama announced the resolution at the African Union Summit, calling it a chance to restore historical truth.