Quote of the day: 

 No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. -Charles Dickens

Credit: Colby Sharp 

 An 8 year-old girl, Heidi VanSumeren who lost all her reading materials and possessions when a fire in March 2017, destroyed her family home in Parma, Michigan, US, has had cause to be happy again as she received over 500 books from authors and illustrators. The idea was spearheaded by visiting children’s author and illustrator Bob Shea, who Heidi was chosen to work with the day she arrived back at school. Shea took to social media to plead with his colleagues to send Heidi books. The response was overwhelming and many of the books sent to Heidi's school were signed by the authors and illustrators.



Credit: TheWeek

A teenager's dream is about to come true. 15-year-old Amiruddin Shah, son of a welder from a Mumbai Slum had a dream that few in his country dared -which is to dance with the New York City Ballet. He knew from the age of 6 that he loved to move to music. Shah and another dancer, 21-year-old Manish Chauhan, won scholarships in June to New York's prestigious Joffrey Ballet School to study dance for 4 years. This came about thanks to Israeli-American instructor Yehuda Maor who was invited by the local Danceworx Academy, to teach ballet in India -where there are no special ballet academies. It was there that Maor first spotted Shah 3 years ago. Dreams do come true.



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Architects: Personal Architecture

Brief: A new build, contemporary residence with a bit of mystery, warm and friendly but also practical.

Theme: High windows and sliding doors, subtle brickwork, spacious garden
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Photograph: Ossip van Duivenbode
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