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>> awesome. >> amazing, amazing. >> i love lenny kravits. >> me, too. >> now it's time for us to reveal our 2018 cnn hero of the year. cnn has awarded each of oir honore honorees $10,000 to wear ion their work. >> each top 10 will receive free organizational training from the ann an berg foundation, leading nonprofits worldwide. >> in los angeles they'll participate with a board member of the an enboringal chem i program that helps strengthen organizations for long-term success. this is the 7th year of cnn's collaboration with the annanberg foundation. >> we'd like to welcome our top

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that knocked a door and give us rice or beans or some money. that's why, because we are here tonight, because people believe in us. thanks to my mom, to my father and to my brother, my mentor, my brother ruiz, because they told me what to do in this life. and thank you to all of you. thank you so much. [ speaking spanish ] [ cheers and applause ]

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as tonight's honorees, you can nominate them to be a cnn hero right now. >> that's right. we hope you found some of these stories inspired you to get involved in your own communities, be a part of serving somebody, somebody who is your hero. thank you all, and thanks to all of you. good night. >> good night. thank you. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ you can be the greatest, set the world on fire, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ you can make them stand up, you can make people put their hands up, you can be a champion, champion, champion, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ they are protecting the planet, leading a movement to clean up and preserve paradise by saying no to plastic bags. spreading kindness and care to people experiencing homelessness. >> there you go. >> sharing the love of baseball with children halfway across the world. and giving kids of all ages a chance to celebrate their birthday.

already, these young people are making a difference and a reminder that you're never too young to change the world. tonight we are honored to share their inspiring stories. this is young wonders, a cnn heroes special. lhey, i'm anderson coopers. there's been lots of ups and downs this year. make us feel like our understanding of the world is fragile and uncertain. tonight the next generation reminds us of the inwafering foundation that really connects all of us, incredible acts of kindness, unconditional love, and the promise of a better tomorrow. the focus and courage of these young people is truly inspiring. it's a testament to the positive power of change. we're thrilled to introduce you to this year's young wonders, five ordinary kids who found extraordinary ways to bring more hope, empathy and decency into this world. even at such a young age, they realize they held the power to be a compassionate force, and

they didn't wait to grow up to act. as you meet each of these young wonders, i hope you'll be inspired by their efforts. if you want to learn more about them or share their stories, you can go to cnn heroes.com at any point during this show. these remarkable kids will also make an appearance at cnn heroes, an all-star tribute which is this sunday night. lucky for me, kelly ripa will once again join me as a co-host as we honor this year's top 10 cnn heroes live from the american museum of natural history in new york. now to kick things off, we visited the indonesian island of bali, the place the first young wonder calls home. in this paradise with lush forest, beaches, mountains and rice fields, nature surrounds sisters. but when they began noticing plastic pollution everywhere, these sisters got to work. at just 10 and 12 years old. an alarming amount of plastic waste makes its way into the ocean every year, the equivalent of one garbage plastic dumped

every minute every single day. undaunted, these sisters set out with one goal, a simple step that people could take. five years on, bye-bye plastic bags has grown into a movement working to protect nature on the island of the gods. ♪ ♪ >> bali does have sort of enchantment to it. >> i think it is a magical place to grow up here. >> our house is really close to the ocean and surrounded by the rice fields, the forest. >> living so close to nature, i think that really established a bond with mother earth from a very young age. my sister and i, we always would go on adventure ands go out there and explore all the different wonders. we have old ancient temples. we've got jungle, we've got mountain ranges. >> the more we would go and explore and run with the river all the way to the beach, we would start seeing plastic.

>> it's a serious in your face kind of situation here. plastic is a massive issue, and there's really no escaping it. on the beach, the river bank, in the rice fields, in the streets, in the gutters. it's really everywhere. >> millions of animals die every year due to plastic pollution. in 2015, there will be more plastic than fish in our ocean. by 2050, that is like 30 years away. that is in our lifetime. >> plastic doesn't go away. >> these single-use items, plastic bag, plastic bottle, plastic straw, once you throw it in the environment, it doesn't go away. it stays in the environment forever. why is this the mark that we are leaving behind? ♪ ♪ >> my name is malati. >> my name is isabo. >> we really believe that the

first step is saying no to plastic bags. >> thank you. >> bye-bye plastic bags was born in 2013. >> i think we started when we were 10 and 12 years old, with just the pure passion and the intention to make this island plastic-bag free. >> and then you can subscribe by clicking here. >> one of our first actions was to create a petition to show the governor of bali how serious we were. and within the first 24 hours, we had 6000 signatures. we got a meeting with the governor of bali and got him to sign a memorandum of understanding stating that he would support us to get the people on the island to say no to plastic bags. >> it was a huge breakthrough for us and our team. >> this is going to be quite a busy summer for us. >> we have been working for five years now to really campaign. >> the focus is for elementary school students and a lot of actions. >> we have a really kick-ass group of kids involved.

>> bye-bye plastic bags! [ applause ] >> this is a youth-empowered movement. >> we started very small, but we definitely ripple affected across the island. >> right now we're in one of our pilot villages. [ speaking foreign language ] >> the village is home to around 800 local families. the community was already having discussions about how they could make their village clean and green, and we went in there with the idea of creating a copy/paste model we could implement around the island. >> hi. >> a lot of the shops are family owned. >> these local shops were spending a lot of money buying plastic bags that they had to give for free. so we wanted to provide them with free alternative bags that they would get on a weekly basis. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> we've been working three years now. if they're going to the market, they're bringing their alternative bags. that's a lifetime bag you can bring again and again and again. >> it's safe to say that the village has reduced the amount of bags by 60%. >> when i see people using alternative bags, i just get like a huge sprout of joy in me because it really shows that people are caring. seeing that shift, especially in this village, has been so heartwarming. >> right now we're headed to the village where we have our social enterprise, mountain mamas. >> the project takes place up on the slopes of batakaru mountains, in a very isolated small balinese village. >> we work together and empower women to produce bags from recycled material. >> this is their project. they are taking the lead. i love working with the women. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> these bags are really unique because they're all from recycled or donated material. >> we have three designs. the first one is newspapers, recycled magazines. and then this one, our tote bags, is recycled material on the inside. and we have our crochet bag which i just learned how to make today. >> and these were made from recycled clothes we got donated from friends, family, our own closet. >> i'm pretty sure this one is my shirt. >> we're actually paying each woman for each bag she makes individually. >> they are resold in stores around the island and 50% of the profit goes back into the village, the community. >> every time i go into the workshop space, there is not a moment that goes by where i'm not full-on smiling and laughing and giggling with the women and all their children. >> which one is your favorite? what do you think? >> it looks good. >> it's a wonderful sense of community in the workshop space. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> this morning we are actually meeting with our local high school students here in one of our pilot village locations and we are going to put up a river boom. >> let's start with the materials first. >> we literally only need a net. >> recycled plastic bottles and stones. i have lots of friends to help you make it. >> and then you can slide the bottles in. >> a river boom is a sort of floating device to stop trash from passing it. >> we have to close this so the bottles don't fall out. >> one of our biggest challenges is not having an island-wide waste management system. >> let's go. >> and a lot of the waste ends up in our rivers, which then ends up into our ocean. >> okay, okay, keep it going. >> when you see the first piece of plastic that it stops, you're holding your breath to see whether that's going to hold it and it holds it. [ applause ] archipelago y >> yes, did it. >> you can already see on the other side of the river how clean it was compared to the

other side. >> and then it doesn't end there because after that, they have to do daily, weekly clean ups. and they're the ones taking that trash out of the river, separating it. majority of it is plastic bags, yeah? >> not only is it a visual wake up call, that people see the trash is being stopped and see the trash pile up, but it's also having a clear impact. >> wow, look at that. look at that. >> for the oceans, this river boom means cleaner waters that it's receiving. >> water is life. every second breath we take comes from the ocean. >> i think this is where we have to say thank you to the ocean. >> i know that we can have a world that says bye to plastic bags. >> the world can say bye-bye to plastic bags. >> really makes you think.

their work has spread far beyond the island. with youth and communities worldwide joining in their crusade. up next, a teen in wisconsin who turned a passion for little league halfway around the world. share the love event, we've shown just how far love can go. (grandma vo) over one hundred national parks protected. (mom vo) more than fifty thousand animals rescued. (old man vo) nearly two million meals delivered. (mom vo) over eighteen hundred wishes granted. (vo) that's one hundred and forty million dollars donated to charity by subaru and its retailers over eleven years. (girl) thank you. (boy) thank you. (old man) thank you. (granddaughter) thank you.

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welcome back to young wonders, a cnn heroes special. our next young wonder was just 12 years old when he turned a tragedy into a beacon of hopes for kids halfway across the world. max bobholtz lost his baseball coach suddenly and he was searching for a way to honor his baseball coach. he found it in a team from uganda, the first team to play in the series. many in africa lacked the gear to play, no bats, balls, gloves, shoes. but in green bay, wisconsin, max knew he and his friends had old baseball equipment lying around their garages. max created angels at bat. since then kids throughout kenya have received thousands of pieces of donated baseball items from communities in six states.

max has traveled to kenya several times, delivering more than just equipment. he brings joy and smiles to kids of all ages as he shares his love of the game. >> what i like about baseball is the mental aspect of the game. all eyes are on you, especially when you're on the mound. dealing with adversity, dealing with negative situations happens a lot in life, and i think baseball teaches you how toe de -- how to deal with that. my name is max and i started the organizes angels at bat. when i was younger, baseball meant a lot to me because it was the game that i loved playing. it was the game that i always kind of wanted to be better at. >> one thing about max is we often said he plays as good as his coach believes in him. and so todd was one of those coaches that believed in max.

>> he thought that we were going to do great things. >> when max was 12 years old, his coach had taken his own life. we had to tell him that his coach had died. >> i felt numb. i didn't know what to do. i didn't know how to deal with it, so i kind of spent the next six months or so trying to figure out a way to honor him, to grieve the process. in august of 2012, i watched the little league world series. >> and we are underway. and the first pitch, how about that! >> uganda was representing africa for the first time. it's history. they had stories of where the teams came from. not everybody had enough balls to play and no uniforms, no hats, no shoes. i knew i had that in my garage. i knew all my friends had it in their garage. i thought, why don't we gather

that together and send it to the kids in africa so they can play. when i thought of this idea, it popped in my head. let's do it for todd. ♪ ♪ >> when max came to me with this idea, i was so proud that he was thinking this way, but i also was worried as a parent that this sounded impossible. so i waited to see if this idea stuck, and it stuck. >> it stuck with me for two years until it was a thing, and it's still stuck with me. >> probably the easiest part of this charity has been the collection of equipment. >> that's great. thanks for doing this. >> there's a lot of good people in this world, and they want to help. >> we get equipment in a variety of ways. >> what have we got here?

>> sometimes we have people just drop off equipment at our doorstep. >> got some bats, balls and baseball gloves for you. >> awesome. >> we were fortunate that after about a year and a half, we met a rotary club member who invited us to join them on a trip to africa. >> that first trip when we went to kenya, me and my mom took 19 suitcases worth of equipment. >> the very first day we arrived, we played baseball with children in an orphanage. and then realized his dream just came true. >> teaching them baseball, it hit me like a brick. i was a 14-year-old kid. at the time i had no idea the magnitude or the effect that it could have. >> i knew pretty early on this was a kid who just has this

natural innate compassion and empathy for others. >> we put number 20 on all balls, gloves and helmets, and the number 20 is todd, my coach's softball number when he played. >> my husband would be so proud. i know that todd is just smiling down on max, that max is doing this in his memory. >> angels at bat was founded in green bay, wisconsin. but we've established multiple branches across the united states that are also led by teenagers. >> in the past six years, we've collected just about 10,000 pieces of equipment. ♪ ♪ >> so, we've been on the road

for upwards of 20 hours now to drop off our u-haul trailer filled with equipment. >> we partner with a group called american friends of kenya, and they're located in connecticut, and they help us ship equipment to kenya. this summer, i went to kenya for the fourth time. one thing i've noticed, there's a huge gap between the wealthy and the poor. we've taught kids from wealthy families. we taught kids that have been in the slums. >> we are at the children's home. it's the place where my charity kind of started. it's an orangeage for kids -- orphanage for kids infected with hiv and aids. watching the children's home

kids grow up with angels and bats, it's a moment to see something you believe in so wholeheartedly have an impact on people's lives across the globe. >> i met him last year when he gave and he brought baseball and we played with him. >> one, two, three steps. >> when max goes to kenya, he and his father will have clinics where they'll teach the skills of baseball. >> there you go. just like that. >> he will bring the equipment to universities, high schools, and if we can, primary schools. >> george mahenda, he's our boots on the ground there that receives equipment, distributes it, teaches.

he's the president of the kenya little league. >> good equipment, gloves, helmets, has been quite a shortage. >> there is no way for them to get equipment other than donations. the goal of kenya little league is to grow baseball, make baseball the sport in kenya. one of the days we were in kenya, we got to see probably the two best teams in the country go against each other. it was cool to see a sport that was so foreign four years ago be played so perfectly in a way. having this organization has made me more driven. it's made me see that anybody can do anything as long as they put their mind to it, they believe in it, and they want it. >> angels at bat is just one

good idea, one good boy with a really good heart. >> i've been asked a lot, what's my mission statement. and my mission statement is that i don't have one, because my goal is to never stop. >> max is now a college freshman and plans to start a campus chapter of angels at bat. >> we're going to sing happy birthday. >> up next, a teen who believes that making a wish and blowing out candles aren't something to be taken for granted.

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welcome back to young wonders. our next young wonder believes everyone deserves a chance to celebrate their existence in this world. in soneka's family, birthdays have always been a big deal. birthdays are where special memories are made and people feel loved. plus there's cake. there were local families who didn't have the means to celebrate. sonika had an idea. she enlisted the help of her brother and cousins and created

the birthday giving program. they've shown people no matter where they are in life, their birthdays are a big deal, too. >> i think at a birthday is it's important to create memories and create something you can hold onto and remember for a long time in your life. >> happy birthday, anna. >> thank you. >> it's important to know that even when you're facing hardship, that people are always going to be there for you and that they love you for who you are. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> with the birth of sonika, her first birthday was really special. >> my pregnancy with her, i had a lot of issues, so her birthday celebration was even more special. >> sonika, look at. >> we wanted to celebrate with all our family and friends. >> happy birthday. >> i always thought about how

other people who were living in less fortunate conditions also celebrated. when my family and i would travel, we would see like homeless men, women and children, and that really opened my eyes to all of the problems and issues going on. [ doorbell ] >> they're here. >> come in, come in. >> the birthday giving program's mission is to provide birthday bags and to celebrate all individuals who are affected by poverty, addiction, abuse, homelessness and physical and mental challenges. >> all right, guys, let's start talking about tomorrow's birthday parties. >> mostly family are involved in my organization. there's my two cousins, my brother rohan. >> we had a facebook fund-raiser where we paid $7 to promote an ad, and we made $1500 from it. >> it's important that family is involved because family is who is going to support you in all of your decisions. >> we're going to sing happy

birthday. >> i'm a volunteer under my sister sonika. she had really big ideas. seeing how passionate she was for the birthday program, i wanted to be along with her. >> all right, let's go make cake. >> so, the recipe is one cup of water, one cup of oil. >> cake baking is a time consuming process. we think about all the details that go into it. decorating, anya is into decorating. it's worth it. it shows we care about what we do. >> then we'll go into the party supplies. ♪ ♪ >> we spend a lot of time shopping. we feel it's important to put extra time into customize the bags because it's a more enjoyable experience for the recipient, and we want it to be worthwhile. ♪

>> we got all our party supplies done. we also have some boys, 6, 7, then two 9-year-olds. >> let's move on to toys. >> we're together a lot so some times we can get on each others' nerves. we're pretty good with each other. it's a family thing. >> the other one has glitter, too. >> it's hard to shop because we need to count how much of each thing. we're mostly holding up the cash register. sometimes people get a little annoyed. >> we have to cancel the second one, too. >> but we explain, oh, it's for charity. >> thank you. >> i feel like we've accomplished a lot so far. it's just grown and grown and grown, like we started with one organization, and now we're partnered with over 20 organizations. >> yeah, we're glad to be here. >> so we have the children's division, the mentally and physically disabled adults division, and then the seniors division.

i handle the children and adults division and renna takes care of the senior division. >> i think it's important to celebrate the seniors because i really didn't want them to be forgotten. a lot of the seniors living in nursing homes have family out of state or friends that don't come to visit them very often. >> i hope that they really feel special, and that they feel remembered. ♪ happy birthday ♪ >> people aren't having parties because of affordability. >> we want them to feel that their existence matters in the world, because it's very important for their futures, their development as individuals. >> majority of our members currently, a lot of them reside in homeless shelters, the foster care system and come from single parent homes. we always wanted to do something for everybody's birthday.

but with our numbers, it's really hard to do, especially with budget constraints. what sanika is doing captured our attention immediately basically because it fit in perfectly with our mission. you can see the buzz around the club right now. everybody is wondering whose birthday it is next. we're going to keep going and we're really excited about it. >> happy birthday. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> a lot of communities are often neglected because they're different. we definitely want all of the communities we serve to feel that we're family to them and we'll be there to support them if they need us. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> i love that party. the cake and the balloon and i got snapple and everything. i feel happy today. >> i feel like celebrating a

birthday is important because we need to realize that you do make a difference, because everyone is unique in their own way. >> my daughter penny just turned 2, and she is a rambunctious little toddler now who just happens to have down syndrome. we had a prenatal diagnosis. i was definitely concerned and had fears, and i still do as to how people perceive and will welcome penny. >> is this for me? what do you think? >> it just breaks my heart that people can't see past the physical being. >> i hope this year is the best one yet. >> the kids that came tonight are going to make me cry. >> thank you. >> special hearts they have. it's just so touching to know

that there are young children out there who are giving of themselves to make other people feel good about themselves. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> i think those memories that these kids are creating for each other will last forever. they're four must ka tiers and i'm glad they're able to help those who need us. >> thank you very much. >> we want to inspire other younger individuals to take the initiative and to try making a difference. some people may feel a little bit hesitant to try a new idea, but you'll never know the impact unless you actually try. this idea started off so small, and we're surprised that it even got this far. >> i get a warm feeling in my heart. it's a priceless feeling, seeing everyone happy and smiling and giggling, knowing that they feel

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welcome back to young wonders, a cnn heroes special. two summers ago, our next young wonder decided to do something pretty amazing. most kids his age might be enjoying their summer days at camp drinking bug juice and tie dyeing t. shirtsz. he was thinking about men and women living on the streets of boston, massachusetts. he disproved the old adage as there is no such thing as a free lunch, handing out meals that day. now more than 2000 homemade meals lateers, liam's regs know him by name. he's giving out much more than food. his message of of encouragement and care show how a little kindness from a lunch buddy can go a long way. >> i think about how tough it is for someone to be homeless.

everyone should have a place to live. i think it's important to me because people just need a little kindness in life. my name is liam, and this is liam's lunches of love for people experiencing homelessness. right before the summer of 2017, i told my parents i didn't want to go to summer camp. they told me i had to do something productive. >> one of the coolest things we found was a website called brain chase. they had to work their way through a treasure hunt. liam picked services. >> i thought because there are people right outside of my home that are experiencing homelessness, why don't i make them lunch. >> i was like, you're genius. >> three, four. i kind of had big ideas at first, something huge, like getting a food truck.

this one definitely. but then i realized that i need to think smaller. i knew if i started small, it could grow and go uphill, and it will get larger and be better. >> usually when people think about cambridge, they think about harvard and m.i.t. and expensive real estate. what they don't think about is that we have over 500 homeless people on our streets every night. >> i was scared at first. i thought people might be mean to me. but once i gave the first lunch out, i realized that mostly everyone was really nice. when i gave someone a lunch, their face lit up. >> from there, things just grew. the next week we did 50 lunches and then 60 and 70, it was very quick that people were into helping. >> since july 2017, we've made 2000 or more lunches.

hey, guys, i just wanted to say hi and on sunday i am passing out lunches, so if you want to help, that would be awesome. see you guys later. bye. who wants to make sandwiches? >> i'm doing peanut butter. >> i'm doing jelly. >> a lot of my friends have actually come and help. do you want to core apples and put them into sandwich bags? >> decorating the bags and making the lunches, i know that they're going to go to someone that needs it. >> who can make more slices of their item first? >> 3, 2, 1. >> i win! >> the message i'm trying to give is that they can be inspired to help others and that they can be happy. it just makes me feel really good inside.

>> today is sunday and i'm giving away 60 lunches with my friends and family. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> have a good day. >> you too. >> a lot of people treat them like they're not even humans, but they are, and this shouldn't be happening to them. >> it was really nice to see everyone. instead of being sad, they were happy. >> any time he has seen somebody struggling, hurting, upset, he would always step in. >> hi, james. >> there's this man named james. >> can i put this in your bag? >> he's not homeless, but he travels all the way to be in harvard square because there are so many people. >> do you want to do the handshake? >> he is super friendly, and he taught me the secret handshake. >> one of the most important

things that we do is the acknowledgment. it really is more important than the food. >> all right, bye, james. >> liam has stuck with this. this is his mission. he didn't just say i'm going to do this for a little while. oh, this is too hard. i don't want to walk three miles every time we do this, it's raining. i was really happy to present him with the luminary award from the mayor's office which we give every year to a number of folks in the community, all of whom much older than liam. >> it says "your light shines bright in cambridge." >> we did a turkey drive together. he has really expanded from just the lunches and doing so much more. >> liam is absolutely our partner. hildebrand center is a family shelter provider. when i met scott and liam, liam was 10 at the time, and we actually started talking about how many 10-year-olds we had in the shelter at that point. and he said, you know, i want to

do more. i want to do something to help. >> we've done supply drives with them for toys for christmas, for holidays. we've done school supply drives. the legos of love came about we were thinking of the toy supply drive. i had a lot of legos, and we donated all of the legos to hildebrand. i've been out there on the lunch deliveries. no matter what's happening, he wants to give them healthy treats. >> real food. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> he wants to have a conversation and say hello and make them feel welcome. >> would you like a lunch? >> oh, sure. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> being able to provide that kind of hope to someone means the world. and it's amazing that he does that on his own time all the time.

>> we wanted to be able to make more lunches, because we kept running out too early. also to hand out lunch morse efficiently. this is our new electric cart. and we were able to purchase it with the help of our gofundme. completely solar powered, space to kick, sternos, care prjs emergency blankets and other items. >> liam is one of the most good-hearted people i've ever met in my life. three words to describe liam. powerful, inspiring, passionate. >> liam is going to change the world. >> i'm definitely proud that i've come all this way to make that many lunches. you just have to start small, get help from friends, and do something that you love. >> liam one day hopes to have a

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welcome back to "young wonders," showcasing remarkable kids doing amazing things has been a cnn heroes tradition since 2007. this year we wanted to catch up with some young wonders from past years to see how they and their efforts have grown since their moment in the tribute show spotlight. >> i remember looking at the crowd for my family. >> will you join me in giving a big hand for our young wonder chris