Impact Your World

A Syrian rescuer carries a woman who was rescued from the rubble of a building following airstrikes on Aleppo's rebel-held district of al-Hamra on November 20, 2016.

Help Syrians survive the conflict

The fight for Mosul

MITILINI, GREECE - OCTOBER 23: A child waits with her father at the migrant processing center at the increasingly overwhelmed Moria camp on the island of Lesbos on October 23, 2015 in Mytilene, Greece. Dozens of rafts and boats are still making the journey daily as thousands flee conflict in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and other countries. More than 500,000 migrants have entered Europe so far this year. Of that number four-fifths of have paid to be smuggled by sea to Greece from Turkey, the main transit route into the EU. Nearly all of those entering Greece on a boat from Turkey are from the war zones of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

How you can help Iraqis fleeing Mosul

CNN Producer recalls toughest 24 hours of his life

28 hours: Leading the Mosul attack, under fire, then trapped

Iraqi soldier reunited with family after two years apart

Thousands of displaced people flood central Mosul as ISIS retreats

Impact Positivity

Jamal Hinton sends a selfie to the mistaken Thanksgiving text, and is still offered a plate of food.

Grandma accidentally invites stranger to Thanksgiving - and it gets better

A woman's mission to help her son benefits all veterans

Mom wants to "Make America Kind Again"

Creating a charity for CNN's Arwa Damon was personal

Preschool girl lifts widower's spirits

She went to run an errand. She ended up saving 2 offficers' lives

Helping migrants and refugees

TOPSHOT - Migrants who slept outside an aid station queue to be assigned to one of the processing centres across France, near the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, on October 27, 2016, during a massive operation to clear the squalid settlement where 6,000-8,000 people have been living in dire conditions. / AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

What you can do to help in the migrant crisis

Australia to resettle refugees in US under 'one-off' deal

1,400 migrants rescued at sea

3,800 dead ... and more on the way

Calais 'Jungle': Stranded children spend night in derelict camp

Boy asks Obama if he can adopt Syrian refugee

Celebs making an impact

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 29: Dolly Parton performs on the Pyramid Stage during Day 3 of the Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm on June 29, 2014 in Glastonbury, England. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)

Dolly Parton's passion for literacy

Viola Davis takes on poverty in hometown

Former President Jimmy Carter's 32-year project to build homes

Jane Goodall's latest mission to save chimpanzees

Erykah Badu lends her voice to Detroit rape victims

Beyond the call of duty

Coned on scene. This is view from 22nd and 6th looking north.

When a bomb went off in New York, these officers raced toward it

Since Baton Rouge shooting, comatose officer's family waits, hopes

The magic of 'Shark': A mentor and a role model

Officers surprise bullied boy with birthday party of his dreams

Fallen officer remembered as friend, family man and hero

Flint water crisis

Flint residents still need aid

They learned the truth about their water a year ago. This is Flint now.

Erin Brockovich: 'We have a national water crisis'

Amid water crisis, Flint faces a Shigellosis outbreak

Flint Water Crisis Fast Facts

In case you missed these ways to make an impact

Erykah Badu peformed in Detroit August 12, 2016 to benefit to support processing forgotten rape kits in Detroit.

Erykah Badu lends her voice to Detroit rape victims

Erykah Badu stands up for rape victims, by lending her voice to help raise funds to process forgotten rape kits.

Son offers organ to dying father

When John Barnes found himself desperately in need of a liver transplant, he forbade his kids from testing to see if they matched. His son Brian didn't listen.

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