For millions of people, 2016 will go down in history as the year they finally lost their faith in humanity. And given the events that have unfolded over the last 12 months, who can really blame them. But even though the papers are always full of bad news, there’s actually a whole lot of good going on in the world. Don’t believe us? Then check out this list, compiled by Bored Panda, to have your faith in humanity well and truly restored. Don’t forget to vote for the most uplifting story!
#1 People Are Fleeing War-Torn Aleppo But This Man Is Staying To Care For Abandoned Cats
Image source: Il gattaro D'aleppo
#2 This Man Saved 1000 Dogs From Yulin Meat Festival Despite Being Beaten For This
Image source: The Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation
#3 Danish Woman Rescues 2-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Who Was Abandoned And Left To Die Because His Parents Thought He Was A Witch
Image source: dinnoedhjaelp
#4 Flight Attendant Adopts Stray Dog Who Wouldn’t Stop Waiting For Her Outside Hotel
Image source: Olivia Sievers
#5 Sick Tiger Cub Weighting Only 1/4 Of Normal Weight, Gets Rescued From Circus, Makes Incredible Recovery
Image source: In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center
#6 Man Turns Old Truck Into Mobile Shower For Homeless People To Wash Up And Restore Their Dignity
Image source: showertothepeople
#7 Dad And Son Rescued 30 Dogs Left Behind During The Flood In Brazoria County, Texas
Image source: SPCA of Brazoria County
#8 12-Year-Old Boy Learns To Sew To Make Over 800 Stuffed Animals For Sick Children
Image source: project365bycampbell
#9 This Guy Only Has Vision In One Eye, So He Bought A One-Eyed-Dog That No One Else Wanted
Image source: shiner_solo
#10 World Champion Boxer Manny Pacquiao Builds 1,000 Homes For Poor Filipinos
Image source: mannypacquiao
#11 Stray Dog Who Joined Runner On 155-Mile Race Disappears So The Athlete Flies To China To Find Him
Image source: Bring Gobi Home
#12 Animal Shelter Partners With Elderly Care Facility To Save Both Orphaned Kittens And Elders
Image source: Pima Animal Care Center
#13 Imam Opens Mosque’s Doors To Stray Cats To Keep Them Warm
Image source: Mustafa Efe
#14 Neighbors Repaired The House Of A Lonely Retired Teacher For Free
Image source: Kristin Polhemus
#15 This 8-Year-Old Boy Spent 2 Years Growing His Hair To Make Wigs For Kids With Cancer
Image source: storkpatrol
#16 12-Year-Old Girl Fighting Rare Aging Disease Becomes Best Friends With 330 Lbs Weightlifter A.K.A. “The Beast”
Image source: davidthebeastdouglas
#17 Bird Builds Her Nest On Police Car, The Cops Attach An Umbrella To The Windshield To Keep Her Safe From The Elements And Tape Off The Parking Spot So Nobody Bothers Her
Image source: City of Parma
#18 Hospital Lets Pets Visit Their Sick Humans To Make Them Feel Better
Image source: zacharyspawsforhealing.com
#19 Albanian Police Surprises Hospitalized Children By Dressing As Superheroes
Image source: Ministria e Punëve të Brendshme
#20 Olympic Runners Who Came Last After Helping Each Other Get Moved To The Finals
Image source: Kai Pfaffenbach
#21 Dad Pulls Over After Sons Ask If They Can Help A Man In A Wheel Chair To Shovel Snow
Image source: Daniel Medina
#22 Man Gives Old Shelter Dogs Free Haircuts So They Can Finally Find Homes
Image source: markthedogguy
#23 Cop Finds Stray Puppy, Stays With Her After His Night Shift To Make Sure She’s Safe
Image source: SPCA Florida
#24 14 Y/O Autistic Boy Could Only Drink From His Favorite Cup That Was Discontinued, So This Company Made 500 New Cups For Him
Image source: GrumpyCarer
#25 Animal Shelter Gets Robbed, And 14 Hours Later The Shelter Receives 15 Times More Food Supplies Than It Had Before The Incident And Many Animals Got Adopted
Image source: Animal Rescue League of NH
#26 Airlines Break Their Own Rules And Let People Fly With Their Pets In The Cabin So Pets Can Escape Fires
Image source: Big Brothers Big Sis
#27 High School Students Recreates Graduation For A Friend Who Was In A Car Accident And Recently Woke Up From A Coma
Image source: ABC News
#28 This Barbershop Will Return Money To Kids On One Condition – If They Read Out Loud
Image source: The Fuller Cut
#29 Toucan Gets A 3D Printed Beak After It’s Beaten By A Group Of Teens
Image source: rescateanimalzooave
#30 This 2-Year-Old Girl Threw A Tea Party For A Cop Who Saved Her Life
Image source: Chelle Cates Photography
#31 These Guys Cut Lawns For Those Who Can’t Do That Themselves
Image source: Raising Men Lawn Care Service Huntsville
#32 After Police Found Elderly Couple Crying, They Cooked Them Pasta And Stayed For A Chat
Image source: Questura di Roma
#33 This Man Couldn’t Get A Job Because Of His Service Dog But This Store Hired Them Both
Image source: Lowe's Canada
#34 A Girl Who Has Autism Spent Her 18th Birthday Alone When Her Classmates Failed To Show Up For Her Party. But For Her 19th Birthday She Received 10,000 Cards And Presents Including Gifts From Soldiers In Afghanistan, A Message From The Entire State Of Ohio, And A Doll From NASA
Image source: Rebecca Lyn
#35 Irish Waiter Receives $750 Tip From A Customer So That He Can Fly Home For Christmas With His Girlfriend And Newborn Baby
Image source: independent.ie
#36 Entire Courtroom Dresses As Disney Characters For 5-Year-Old Girl’s Adoption Hearing
Image source: Annie Blanding
#37 This Man Removed His Turban To Save A Drowning Dog
Image source: Caters News Agency
#38 Special Ed Teacher Invites Entire Class To Her Wedding
Image source: Lang Thomas Photography
#39 This Father Takes His Paralyzed Son For A Walk And The Boy’s Reaction Says It All
Image source: Otavioshow
#40 Homeless Man Can’t Afford His Senior Dog’s Life-Saving Treatment, So This Stranger Covers It In Full
Image source: Gremlin
#41 Stray Dog Walks Into Police Station, Gets A Job
Image source: Policía de Puerto Rico
#42 Little Girl Surprises Her Favorite Garbage Man With Birthday Cupcake
Image source: City of Bloomington
#43 86-Year-Old Teaches Himself To Knit To Make Little Caps For Premature Babies
Image source: insideedition
#44 3-Legged Kitten Adopted By Amputee Girl Becomes Her Best Friend
Image source: Smiles For Scarlette
#45 Afghan Boy With Plastic Bag Messi Shirt Finally Gets To Meet His Hero Lionel Messi
Image source: roadto2022
#46 Mommy Goose Kept Pecking Cop Until He Decided To Follow Her…And Found Her Trapped Baby
Image source: James Givens
#47 9-Year-Old Boy Saves His Summer Allowance Money To Buy And Donate Books To Local Jail
Image source: Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office
#48 Woman Built Little Street Pantry Where People Can Leave Products For Those In Need
Image source: The Little Free Pantry
#49 Restaurant Puts Fridge In Street So Hungry People Can Take Leftovers
Image source: asianetnews
#50 A Homeless 44-Year-Old Man Who Handed In A Designer Wallet Full Of Cash Was Given The Ultimate Reward For His Actions – A Job At Factory In Bangkok And A New Flat To Live In
Image source: Tarika Patty
#51 This Woman Couldn’t Decide Which Dog To Adopt So She Bought The Entire Shelter
Image source: Dog Tales Rescue and Sanctuary
#52 This Man Feeds 80 Stray Dogs Every Day Because He Can’t Bear To See Them Starve
Image source: themanthatrescuesdogs.org
#53 Artist Gives Sick Kids Awesome Tattoos To Make Life In Hospital More Fun
Image source: Benjamin Lloyd art collection
#54 Injured Tortoise Receives World’s First 3D Printed Shell
Image source: Animal Avengers
#55 High School Senior Buys New Shoes To A Bullied Student
Image source: _ezt_23
#56 33-Year-Old Man From Barnaul, Russia, Rescued A Moose Calf Trapped In The Freezing Waters Of The Ob River
Image source: Ivan Drachev
#57 Man Refuses To Evacuate, Stays Behind To Feed All The Pets Left Behind In Wildfires
Image source: Lee Ellis
#58 Guy Throws Stone At BMW Window To Free Dog Locked In Hot Car
Image source: Will Costa
#59 Travis Rudolph – FSU Football Player – Joins An Autistic Boy Eating Alone For Lunch
Image source: Leah Paske
#60 Man Flies 5,000 Homeless Animals To Save Them From Death
Image source: Pilots N Paws
#61 Construction Worker Hides Waldo On Site Everyday For Kids In Hospital Next Door To Find
Image source: Where's Waldo.. Memorial Children's Hospital
#62 Baby, Who Suffers From A Rare Disease That Impairs His Sight, Gets Glasses And Sees Mom For The First Time And Smiles
Image source: Erin wilbur
#63 “Dead” Baby Fox Is Brought Back To Life By A Loving Man
Image source: freshfieldsfoxrescue
#64 Surfers Hear A Crying Baby Whale, Spend 6 Hours Saving Her
Image source: Noticias del Puerto
#65 Dying Puppy Wags Her Tail As Rescuers Approach
Image source: animalaidunlimited.org
#66 Parents Throw Daughter The Best Pride Party Ever After She Came Out To Them
Image source: notkinz
#67 This 105-Year-Old Woman Had Only One Birthday Wish – A “Fireman With Tattoos”
Image source: NCJ Media
#68 Japan’s Cat Island Asks Internet For Food And A Few Days Later, The Island Was Overwhelmed With Donations
Image source: aoshima_cat
#69 Kiren Sheikh, Who Was Abandoned In A London Telephone Box, Reunites With The Man Who Rescued Her 22 Years Ago
Image source: National
#70 Dog With Two Noses Was Scheduled To Die But This Man Saved Him At The Last Minute
Image source: Venice Beach Freakshow
#71 This South Korean Woman Is Raising 200 Dogs She Rescued From Being Killed
Image source: Lee Jin-Man
#72 Animal Shelter Hosts A Children’s Reading Program Where Kids Read To Shelter Dogs As A Way Of Preparing Them For Forever Homes
Image source: Humane Society of Missouri, Missouri Humane Society
#73 Boy With Autism Fails Exams, Receives The Most Touching Letter From School
Image source: Gail Twist
#74 Heartbreaking Picture Of 89-Year-Old Popsicle Seller Makes Internet Donate Him More Than $250,000
Image source: Joel Cervantes Macias
#75 Puppy Who Lost All 4 Paws In Korean Meat Market Finally Gets Adopted
Image source: ARME – Animal Rescue, Media & Education
#76 This Man Who Undresses And Jumps Into Cold River To Save Drowning 13-Year-Old Dog
Image source: Sara Melnicoff
#77 Monks Buy 600 Lbs Of Lobster, Release Them Into Ocean
Image source: CBC
#78 This Animal Shelter Asked Pokémon Go Players To Walk Their Dogs. Just One Hour After The Initiative Was Announced, Lines Of Children And Adults Appeared At The Shelter Volunteering To Walk The Dogs
Image source: Muncie Animal Shelter
#79 13-Year-Old Boy Saved His Baseball Coach’s Life By Administering CPR And Calling 911
Image source: Florence Freedom Professional Baseball
#80 33 Lions Rescued From Circus Arrive In Africa To Get Their Stolen Lives Back
Image source: Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary
#81 A 6-Year-Old Boy Offers Home To Syrian Refugee In A Letter To Obama
Image source: whitehouse.gov
#82 2-Year-Old Triplets Become Best Friends With Their Garbage Collectors
Image source: Martha Sugalski
#83 Best Dad Ever Gives Candies To Plane Passengers, So His Daughter Could Still Trick-Or-Treat On Halloween
Image source: Stephanie Kahan
#84 Bride Invites Lonely Grannies To Be Her Bridesmaids
Image source: Catalin Dinu
#85 Iranian Men Wear Hijab To Fight For Women’s Rights In Iran
Image source: verdgris, andriimarchenko
#86 Truck Driver Stops To Save A ‘Dead’ Cat And Ends Up Adopting Him
Image source: Dennis McDonald
#87 Teacher Writes Personalized Messages On Each Student’s Desk To Motivate Them Before Tests
Image source: Woodbury City Public Schools
#88 Barefoot Woman Spends 30 Minutes Chasing A Man Who Stole A Stranger’s Dog
Image source: dallasobserver.com
#89 524 Dogs & Cats Attended A Massive Adoption Event – And They All Found Homes
Image source: aspca.org
#90 Mom Shaves Her Head So Her Daughter Wouldn’t Feel Different After Brain Surgery
Image source: Faith May
#91 These Designers Make Ugly Hospital Gowns Look Cool To Give Sick Children A Chance To Be Themselves
Image source: Ward+Robes
#92 5-Year-Old Girl Saved Her Mother Having A Seizure In A Swimming Pool
Image source: Gabe Hernandez
#93 Woman Wins Free Pizza For A Year And Donates Every Slice To Different Shelters And Kitchens For Those Who Are In Need
Image source: Hannah Spooner
#94 Girl Uses Google Translate To Invite Her New Classmate Who Cant Speak English To Sit With Her At Lunch
Image source: Love What Matters
#95 Stray Kitten Interrupts Live Newscast And Gets Rescued
Image source: wxyz.com
#96 This Man Made 3500 Birdhouses From Scrapwood To Keep Birds In Cities
Image source: boredpanda.com
#97 This Cafe Offers Free Cup Of Tea To Breastfeeding Moms
Image source: The Willows cafe & Wine Bar
#98 Kids Save Newborn Baby Whale That Washed Up On Shore
Image source: GREMM
#99 A Mum Didn’t Sell Anything At A Craft Fair So Her Son Used Social Media To Support Her And Twitter Bought Everything
Image source: martynhett
#100 A Counselor At A Lowcountry School Creates “Boys With Purpose” Club For Boys From Single-Parent Families
Image source: WCSC
#101 School Bus Driver Saves 20 Elementary School Kids From A Bus Fire
Image source: Fazlul Kabir
#102 Hospital Staff Dress Premature Babies As Superheroes To Help Them Fight For Lives
Image source: Emmalee Schaumburg
#103 Girl With Autism Wanted A Shirt That Was Discontinued, So The Internet Responded By Sending 78 Shirts For Her
Image source: Deborah Grimshaw Skouson
#104 Paralyzed Bunny Gets A Tiny Skateboard Wheelchair To Move Around
Image source: OverlookAcres
#105 Little Boy Calls 911, Invites Police For Thanksgiving Dinner With His Family
Image source: Walton County Sheriff’s Office
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