Feel Good Stories

Stories of people choosing kindness, creativity, courage and care.

Some days, the world feels loud, heavy and a little overwhelming. This is your pause button.

This Reading Room collection is a reminder that while the headlines often focus on what’s broken, there are quietly powerful stories unfolding all around us – stories of people choosing kindness, creativity, courage and care. From unexpected places, ordinary people (and sometimes clever technology) are doing extraordinary things that restore hope and remind us what’s possible.

These stories won’t shout. They’ll stay with you.

They’ll make you smile, think and maybe even believe a little harder in humanity again.

So curl up, slow down and dive in.

Military Bases Transformed into Wildlife Sanctuaries

Once places of division and danger, these former Cold War military bases have been transformed into thriving wildlife sanctuaries where nature has taken back the land. This story is a powerful reminder that even the darkest chapters of history can be rewritten into spaces of life, healing and hope.

➜ English version
➜ Afrikaans version