My purpose was found in my wounds
At 17, I was travelling back to boarding school after the holidays when my foster carer sent me a text saying I was no longer able to...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
I have a passion for people & kindness
My name is Lamarr Womble and I have a passion for people. Because of that passion, kindness comes naturally to me. I discovered my love...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Trekking a kindness trail
Look up the word, ‘kindness’ in the Oxford Dictionary and you’ll find that it is defined by: ‘The quality of being friendly, generous,...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
A different future
Image: Courtesy of The Australian National University Today I have a future but 7 years ago, I did not. My name is Bashir Yousufi. I am a...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
A full extension of kindness
Having kindness at my core, I truly believe it will help me attract the right people, situations and opportunities onto my path. My hope...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Kindness in action
When you consider today’s social, economic, and political climate, the stories we tell about who we are and how we’re committed to...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Stitched with kindness
Christmas Island is where I learnt the most valuable lesson of my life, the act of human kindness. I was asked to interpret for the...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Entitled to make a positive change
I talk about the entitlement that is so often spoken of millennials. The one thing I love people feeling entitled to is the right to...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
A smile is the BEST gift
Hello there reader, my name is Esther Kalenzi. I come from the beautiful country of Uganda. We have some of the kindest, friendliest...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
AIME at Parliament House
A real sense of panic loomed at Parliament House on Monday morning as we bore witness to the start of a hurricane week for Australian...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Leaving tracks
My name is Marcos. Born and raised in the small ranch known as Harris Farms, USA, my friend Abel and I have known each other since...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Kindness has no limits
You’re used to hearing dramatic stories about the journey of Syrian refugees to Europe, I was one of the lucky ones. My father made that...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
The power of kindness
True power lies in kindness. The power to elevate self-esteem and the power to knock out self-doubt. The power to lift the spirits of...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
AIME’s FIRST African Australian Program Day
On Thursday, July 26th we ran the very first program day for the African Australian chapter of AIME. On Wednesday, the day before, I woke...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
When strength met hope
My name is Aminata Conteh-Biger and I was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone in West Africa. My country Sierra Leone endured 12 years of...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Kindness from a classroom in Brazil
My name is Bruno Rafael Paiva. I live in Ceará State of Brazil and this is my story. It’s been almost four years since my family...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20212 min read
Because of her, we can
Four years ago I moved from Central Australia, to study at university in Melbourne. I was astounded when my new friends started to ask me...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Tales of an adventuring soul
My name is Agustin Di Gennaro. I was born and bred in Argentina, 1989 and this is a kindness story (Please excuse my English – it’s not...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
Changing the world one brushstroke at a time
In India, wanting to become an artist is a strange career choice so, once you’ve committed to it, expect weird things to happen. You...
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Benjamin Knight
Oct 1, 20214 min read
I believe in looking past perceptions & fearlessly shining positivity
The Glenray Choir Lifting Hearts, Raising Voices Standing backstage at BMEC as stage hands excitedly hurry past, I see Krissy’s anxiety...
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