>> suzanne malvo, cnn, washington. >> that does it for me tonight, thank you for being with me. i'm anna cabrera. up next, join alison cam ar atta and john berman, champions for change next. ♪ in trying times, it's easy to get discouraged. >> but even now, especially now, the human spirit thrives. >> change makers are out there. >> i realize i need to try to make things different. >> redefining what is possible. >> we don't have to live this way. >> and lifting up humanity. >> these are their stories. these are the champions for change.

>> good evening. and welcome to champions for change. i'm alison cam aratta. >> and i'm john better man. >> these people have taken on some of the tough problems facing humanity. let's begin in the mountains of kentucky, an area struggling with unemployment and opiod addiction. the region has rich traditions of craftsmanship and music. a local artisan has a way to turn that heritage into a culture of recovery. >> there's a lot of beauty in southeastern kentucky. every holler is a home to someone's weary soul. troublesome creek got its name for the most obvious reasons. it tears out bridges and roads.

it's a pretty good metaphor for the downturn of the coal industry taking away all the good jobs and the opiod epidemic. i am a master luthier. hinman is considered to be the birth place of the mountain dolcimer. i first came down in 2012 and then came earl. >> when i did my first oxycontin i felt like it would ease the pain and make it easier for me. the pain from failure, not believing in myself. i was in jail for five months. i have been through five different drug treatment facilities. i had a love for woodwork. >> he said, i need you to teach

me how to make guitars. he said, that's no problem. he said, no, i need to come and do this. >> i was probably headed for death that time. how many more chances do you get in life. >> there was some discussion about the wisdom of bringing people with addiction into our studios. >> he's like, we're going to give you a chance, don't let us down. what was supposed to be a one-year residence turned into a six-year relationship. i've built over 70 instruments at this point. art releases something deep inside of you don't know you have. in woodworking, i was able to see the flaws and turn them into features. i grew in self-confidence. i'm still sober eight years later. >> we actually took our experience with earl and using

that as a spring line. the staff of the appalacian artisan center created the culture of recovery program, which was designed to host people in recovery in our studios, our blacksmith, pottery and lutherie studios. we don't do the difficult work that the recovery centers do, we don't take people in who need to go through detox, they do that, and heroically, we accept people into our studios when they've phased into a place where that's useful to them. >> i've never really completed anything before in my life. it actually turned out to be a pretty nice piece of artwork. >> with my drug court clients that participate in the program, the recidivism rate is very low, i would consider it to be 10% or

less. they're learning skills, learning patience, and they're learning to build something. >> this is an extension of our school that allow us to bring people from the recovery community into full time employment. >> my life today is bigger than i ever dreamed imaginable. >> i went back and got a master's degree. from an addict to director of information technology. today i get to work with addicts. it's amazing to see people's lives change. doug believed in me, he was able to show me a lot of things i couldn't see in myself. i feel like god put doug in this tongue. >> it is amazing what people can achieve if just given a chance. >> everyone needs a purpose. and that troublesome creek is offering it. >> last year cnn's dr. sanjay gupta introduced us to a man who

survived a suicide jump off the golden gate bridge. his story has literally changed lives. >> people may see me as the bridge guy, i'm just kevin. >> reporter: it's been almost 20 years since the iconic golden gate bridge became a symbol of the mission in kevin's life. when kevin was 19 years old, he judgmentped. falling more than 200 feet and survived. >> this is the place where you jumped? yeah. this is the place where i lived. >> i love that. >> how much does that still define you? >> it doesn't define who i am, but i have come a long way from under the golden gate bridge.

>> kevin has since become an advocate for mental health around the world. his motto, be here tomorrow. >> i've fulfilled ten lifetimes on this journey. >> i want to show you this clip of someone else's life you touched. >> last year after our story about kevin aired, jen principe and tony stopped and helped when they saw a man about to jump off an overpass. >> within seconds, that interview with sanjay gupta and kevin hines cape to me, and i said, we have to turn back. >> that's beautiful. >> that's a life saved. that's pretty emotional, it's emotional for me. >> yeah, it is. >> now, during this pandemic, we're not always able to reach out and physically help someone. >> i remember even in the beginning the terminology that people were saying, you need to be socially scan the.

>> i hate that terminology. physically distant socially connected. >> i know someone who's probably kind of lonely out there, they've been kooped up at home. >> if you know someone that is going through it mentally during this period of crisis, please reach out to them. don't wait for them to reach in. be that person that lendses that hand through that video call. you can help someone literally change their life. >> and sanjay joins us now. it's so true particularly now, that everybody needs to be connected. and if we want to reach out to somebody, do you have best advice for how to do that? >> yeah, you know, there's a few things kevin told me, which i already started adopting into my life. you may just want to even make a list of a few people that you'd like to reach out to during this time in particular. and then find the time to do it.

these may be people you haven't spoken to in years. this expert who focuses on loneliness said a couple things. don't accept the first answer you receive, how are you doing? they say, i'm doing find fine, it can end up being a superficial conversation. take the time to probe deeper and listen. i started doing this. have the conversation be directed in a way that maybe even you're asking them for help or guidance in some way. >> kevin's story and your relationship with him have been so inspiring every time i hear it. it's remarkable. >> one of his goals has been to get a suicide net around the golden gate bridge. what's the progress? >> this is happening. this has been his life's work. things have slowed down a little bit because of the pandemic, the net itself is basically

constructed. they started to put up the support brackets around the bridge. they say now by 2023, the net, which is 360,000 square feet should be all around the bridge as a safeguard to keep people or protect them if they do decide to jump. i mean, there's still to this day, three people or so every month roughly that do jump off the golden gate bridge. this net will go a long way. >> what an accomplishment. sanjay, thank you for that great update. ahead on champions for change. a young inventor floats a simple way to clean trash out of our oceans.

welcome back to champions for change. each year, millions of tons of plastic flow into the oceans. it gathers in vast floating garbage patches that do not go away by themselves. but a dutch inventor created a promising system that can intercept trash before it gets to the ocean. >> just 1% of rivers is responsible for 80% of all plastic that's entering the ocean around the world. >> the intercepter is a fully solar powered autonomous cleanup system which uses the current of the river to collect the plastic. >> quite satisfying. >> we have three intercepters cleaning rivers. one in indonesia, one in

malaysia, and one in the dominican republic. getting out tons of plastic every single day. >> it is so cool. his organization is called the ocean cleanup. in addition to its fleet of river craft, they're working on technology to skim away those massive garbage patches in the ocean. wyoming in the dead of winter, not where you would expect to see groundbreaking agriculture. >> this champion for change reimagined farming and also a way to cultivate dignity. >> jackson hole exists at 62,000 feet. we're surrounded by yellowstone national park and teton national park. there are not many farmers in this region. there's a need for good quality produce in our town. we came together to look for an out of the box solution.

we wanted to grow as much food as possible, employ as many people as possible, and that's where the idea to go up came fr from. >> vertical harvest is really anev lucien. none of us set out to be vertical farmers. i'm an architect by trade, i've always believed in the power of architecture to be a vehicle for social change. on a tenth of an acre, we grow the equivalent of 10 acres of food. tomatoes, lettuces, micro greens. we serve four different grocery stores in our town and over 40 restaurants. >> it's a very cold snowy place, which poses a lot of problems for getting fresh produce. the way nona has approached it is bringing something unique to those chefs they can feature all

year round. >> as we came together, we realized there was a big problem, people with physical and intellectual disabilities in if our town who want to work, who want to find consistent and meaningful work were not able to do so. i have a brother with disabilities. and i think i've been an advocate for this population before i even understood what the word met. we're pairing population with an underserved population, and creating a sea challenge of perception of what this population is able to do. we've committed an amazing committed loyal group of farmers. >> i'm a micro green grower. i take seeds and place them on the lawyer. >> we count on johnny to accurately seed every type of micro green.

he's the person we trust most. >> i'm grateful for nona for hiring me so i can work at this job and help grow produce. >> sean washed dishes for most of his career, and the thing is, he never had an opportunity to show to his employer what he can do. sean is incredibly unique, in that he knows how to make this ecosystem run. before he had a job, now he has a purpose. we can empower the most underserved in our communities, just by giving them a chance. everybody here is a champion, and everybody here is dedicated to change. everyone here has shown their ability to change things profoundly in our community. >> as if jackson could be even more awesome. from young inventors to some adaptive old friends. after the break, we'll catch up

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last year i spent time with the young at heart chorus, this is an inspiring group of senior citizens who perform rock hits for audiences across the country. they were my champions for change. ♪ >> don't give up when you get older. don't be afraid of getting older. you have so much to offer. you have so much to give. >> now, the covid-19 pandemic has forced the chorus to cancel all in person rehearsals and performances. >> everyone at home, everyone on the phone you're going to sing

along. >> thanks to technology, they have not let it stop the music. watch. ♪ stop what's that sound ♪ everybody look what's going down ♪ >> it was really quite a task to get 25 people whose average age is 85 to be able to be on zoom, but we did it. >> if you want time to go slowly at this age, then live in a pandemic. the time has just crawled by, having young at heart and as a structure of that, and new music and learning new lyrics has been incredibly helpful and stimulating. ♪ >> i swear every time i am with them or even hear them. i want to sing with them.

they make you want to sing. >> music is so healing, i feel like they've officially adopted you. >> that would be great. that would be awesome. i would get nonstop cookies, things like that. the fact that they found a way to work on is so important. they need this outlet. and they have so much more to provide to all of us. visit young at heart chorus to join them for their next live virtual concert. >> just terrific. i love all their songs and they've mastered zoom. >> which is the hardest part for seniors. >> for all of us. we're going to introduce you to a plumber who knows a few things about smashing through walls and joining pipes. >> her program, tools and tiaras empowers girls to break barriers. >> when i arrive at a plumbing job, most people do not believe i am the plumber. sometimes people doubt what

you're capable of, i'm trying to change that stereotype. when i first started tools and tiaras, my goal was to give little girls the exposure to different careers and trades. we have a free monthly workshop for women and girls, and then a free summer camp where girls can come and be exposed to all the awesome careers in the building trades. >> this is the bottom of your bird feeder. >> our instructors are women. we had to order different kits and ship it out in boxes to the girls. my mission is to really put tools in girls hands and let them build the world that they so desire. >> americans are doing a lot of soul searching when it comes to race and taking action, even before this time of reckoning, tony weaver was fed up with the discouraging portrayals of black people he saw in the media. he literally put on a cape,

tapped into his own creative powers and set out to change the message. >> the united states isn't a place a reckoning, in that what some people interpret as rising racial tensions that are recent are things that have been present in our country for a long time. that i believe are woven into the fabric of what this country is. >> black students are dealing with something especially stressful right now. they see pictures and videos of people that look like them being killed and assaulted by police around the country. when i think about kids right now, it makes me realize there's a lot of work that needs to be done. when i was younger, i was dealing with a lot of bullying, and i wanted nothing more than to not exist. i can't rest knowing there are kids like me that need someone

to say you're worth it, and they don't have it. when i started we're enough in 2014, media portrayals of michael brown were having an impact on how i was treated on a college campus. maybe media representation can have a positive impact as well. my work is rooted in creating a new world of diverse and individual stories featuring characters and heroes to help young people find the hero in themselves. the we are enough team is scattered around the globe. what if we could take that same amazing feeling you get when you watch an anime and translate it scientifically to the way that young people behave in school and the way they develop. we have a program, we take an original comic series.

any kid or any parent or caretaker can access this from home. >> what i like most about the uncommons is that it is about black heroes that save the day. my favorite character is iris because she is mostly curious and funny. she is a black girl and a hero. kind of like me. >> our characters do fight giant monsters, but they're not the type that are the size of buildings, they're different types of monsters, insecurities, fears, past failures, things people spend their entire lives running from. >> this doctor approves of tony weavers message, when we have books that can speak to what messages we are trying to encourage in our children. there's one thing for me to say

it as a mommy, there's something completely different when my daughter can look at a book and see herself. >> awesome job. >> and the messages speak to some of the challenges she has as a little black girl growing up in this country. >> there has not been in my experience a curriculum that represents our black and brown kids in a positive way. when tony introduced his literacy program in 2017, he also just spoke to the kids about being a young black entrepreneur, they were inspired that this young kid with a cape, who's super cool and has a high top haircut looks like them. >> for me, my cape is a way to unapologetically bring myself into any space i enter. my way of saying, i'm not going to allow people to minimize who i am. what's a cape for me, may be different for a different young person. i encourage them to find the

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welcome back for champions for change. september is historically the season's most active hurricane month. >> exactly three years ago, back to back hurricanes devastated puerto rico. then earlier this year, an earthquake struck. puerto ricans are getting back on their feet, thanks to this architect who builds new hope with old shipping containers. >> maria changed everything for everyone here in puerto rico. there were 70,000 homes destroyed, some had no roof, and some only had a toilet left standing. we don't have to live this way. my mission is to build homes

that are earthquake proof and hurricane proof. my company is challenging the way we look at construction. we're using shipping containers as a base structure. i'm a third generation architect. my grandfather and father are both architects, they always taught me that being part of a community and helping out that community is actually really important. some dayses after hurricane ma ye ya, i joined fema to work as a construction inspector. this one case, this lady came in to us, we couldn't find the house. we realized we couldn't find the house because there was absolutely nothing left. the desperation in that woman's face was just -- i'm never going to 230er get it. the name is my company is called konti design build studio. in spanish it combines into many phrases, with you, you can take your home with you. >> these actually look really

good. >> and then we go inside. there's no holes on the roof, no holes on the walls. this is a really beautiful container. it's a really beautiful future home. >> our first konti home was built on an island off the coast of puerto rico. >> hello. >> hey. >> when i come visit mildred and her husband, it makes me feel so happy to see that this couple was able to get their dream because it was more cost effective and faster. it's probably one of my proudest moments. >> i open those doors and i'm in paradise. it was our dream. you have something that is ours and we achieve it. at first we didn't have a lot of

faith. but she fought for us to build. >> she lives with her hair standing on end waiting to see if we will get hit with another hurricane. this is the best option. >> almost three years after hurricane maria, the islands experiencing a spring of earthquakes, in the south part of the island this has left some homes and businesses uninhabitable. we're using one of our homes as a health command center, to distribute supplies and aid to the people who have been affected by the earthquakes. the median income in puerto rico is about $20,000. when the average home costs about $100,000. the math doesn't add up. our konti one model goes for about half the price of the

average home in puerto rico. we can use these houses for disaster relief, for refugee camps. we want to produce them here in puerto rico and ship them all around the world. >> you can bring your home with you. what an incredibly creative idea. >> those are some good looking homes and super sturdy. >> cool design. megan williams was a teenager watching hurricane katrina devastate her hometown. >> today she's an engineer, a problem solver whose system of green spaces and retention ponds keeps things dry in the big easy. >> this is my baby. this is a project that i am most proud of and most excited for. this is the pontelli project. this in and off ofself can hold 950,000 gallons of water. this is water that's not in the street and not in people's houses.

>> if we had any kind of moderate rain we were going to get standing water anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of water, and it could stay there for 24 hours. it's absolutely been a godsend to have this. it's wonderful. >> to see a project like this come to fruition and serve a much needed purpose for a neighborhood that does not often get things like this is something i'm really proud to be a part of. >> thank you for talking to us. >> you are our hero. >> he spent his first 22 years in a refugee camp, now, a video game he created provides aid for migrants around the world.

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a former refugee has created a powerful computer game. it's players directly help migrants who were forced to flee for their lives. >> it was an amazing moment for me. i came to my mother and i said, i want to buy a computer. she kept quiet, she saved money for three years, my mother

bought for me the computer, i then realized i can walk eight hours one day to be able to check my computer. >> it's three hours to charge his laptop so he can walk three hours back, so he can work for two hours. he's sitting in a refugee camp in northern u began ta teaching himself how to code and building and creating a game. >> i am the creator of video game salaam. >> salaam is very personal to me. when you're playing the game, you're putting yourself in the shoes of someone that can bring global communities together. >> i was born as my family was fleeing south sudan. i settled in northern uganda, i spent over 22 years in a refugee camp. >> it became a permanent home

for us. we could find aid. all you need is to survive. >> we're looking at approximately 80 million forcibly displaced people in the world today, that number is higher than we have ever seen. we're talking about people who are really running for their lives. they're seeking safe ground. >> salaam is an high tension running game. the purpose is to take a refugee to a peaceful environment. when you buy water in the game, you're actually buying water for somebody in the refugee camp. >> what the game does, it provides people engaging in that game an opportunity to contribute, actual relief and assistance to refugees. >> his game is going to bring

people that are not necessarily a traditional audience for messages about refugees, it's going to bring them into the room and they're going to be learning about this at a younger age. it's a game changer. >> my hope is, i want other refugees to understand that we're not just here to survive, we're here to thrive. kevin barber was living the comfortable life of a teenager in san diego. he felt a calling to help the homeless. he posted a question, why not pay homeless people a fair wage to pick up litter? he convinced civic groups to help set up the program now known as wheels of change. >> we employ 20 people a day who make $52 at the end of the four hour shift. the other part of our program is the peer to peer aspect.

they go up to other homeless people, they offer them rehab, shelter, permanent housing. >> everything you see that i'm wearing is purchased. this is not donation, i bought it. >> last year's, bill weir introduced us to some former homeless people and the program that gave them a leg up. it's called urban pathways, and it turns the traditional approach to addiction and homelessness up side down. bill checked back in and gave us this report. >> in the richest city in the world, it's a sight that makes most look away. >> hello -- >> but they lean in. >> are you all right? >> in 2018, we met the angels in orange in urban pathways. >> are you okay? >> out here, rain or shine or constant rejection. all with the hope of moving

chronically homeless folks not just into the shelter for the night. >> look how bigamy bathroom is. >> but a place of his own forever. >> i got a shower and i got a hand shower. >> for generations, an american had to get clean and sober before getting any shot at help with housing. meantal illness and addiction, and years in steady shelters creates an expensive treadmill of emergency rooms and jails. urban pathways believes in housing first. >> on behalf of your friends at urban pathways, welcome home. >> just a few years after he found him, robert boroughs is now a full time social worker. >> we identify particular individuals that were able to live on their own. he was one of them. >> and he proved you right? >> exactly. >> looks just like bland new. >> it's phenomenal.

i love this building. i love this neighborhood. >> not only is he now working full time, he's shown that he's able to do it, finish school. even during a pandemic. >> while he's thriving, our other friend from 2018 is sorely missed. >> they saved my life. >> the physical toll of decades on the streets caught up with robert since we met. but his life ended with comfort and dignity and love that began when urban pathways leaned in. it's so much easier to just look away. >> they are somebody. and the best part is to see them come through at the end. ten years down the line. you see them, you won't even record them. >> a doctor found a new way for patients to pay for surgery without money. the currency of community up next.

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welcome back, it is time for one of my champions for a change. two years ago, i went to

columbia to meet a doctor, i watched dr. herrera performing surgery with a left cleft. little samuel came through with flying colors. he just celebrated his third birthday, we caught up with his mother in columbia for an update. >> since samuel went through surgery, he can breathe very well and eat his food very well. he expresses himself with words very well, he already says a few words, mom, dad, thank you, he tells me mommy i love you and ice cream, he loves ice cream very much. >> i honestly did not expect it

for my son. maybe i did not believe it. when he looks in the mirror, that helps him see himself. beautiful. i thank god very much because my son was privileged to have surgery. i feel sorry there are children right now that they cannot because of the challenges that came along with the pandemic. my dreams for samuel to be a child to get education. >> oh my god, i can't believe how much he's grown since i met him. >> operation smile changes kids' lives forever. >>. >> he looks great. >> this year we are featuring another physician, dr. dimtrio. while working in nebraska, he came to a stunning realization. he can restore people's health

but too often expenses drove his patient to a financial roof. before the pandemic, he took off his surgical mask and sat down with us. >> medical debt is a huge problem here in the united states. two-thirds of individuals went bankrupt last year. i am a surgeon, i started hearing locatihea hearing patients suffering from financial burden and unfathomable and maybe i can help them. i find out some of these pati t patients were in enormous financial strain. i felt helpless. i realize that i need to try make things different. i was in the air force for almost 21 years between my active service and my reserve time. we did a lot of surgeries in

afghanistan. largely humanitarian surgeries. about a lot of 95% of those cases were cases we did to help civilians. my team and i get to do that medical mission work right here in our own backyard. the m-25 program is a mechanism by which we allow patients to invest in themselves. what do we mean by that? patients come in and say i can't afford surgeries. it allows them the opportunity to recruit friends and family and neighbors and even people they never met before to assist them in getting those hours done. in this way, we help take care of the patients and community. we have neighbors helping

neighbors. >> i suffer from compression of the nerves in your lower leg and foot. my right leg feels like it is asleep all the time. stairs are always the hard part. i can easily fall. i did community hours. i have a small business so if somebody else needs to be off sick, there is still a paycheck at the end of the day. i don't. well, i will deal with it and save money until we can pay for it. >> i saw a video of dr. aguilar's facebook of how he became involved with the m-25 program. i thought of the students here at the university of nebraska center so i thought it is a perfect bid for community project. we provided 180 hours community service towards mr. jensen's surgery.

>> not one person at the nursing program knew who he was. the moral support of their community to help them get better and that's shifting the way which patients pursue their healthcare. it is hard to make a difference if you don't try to disrupt the status quo. the m-25 program empowers patients. i have this hope that we rekindle in our neighbors and ourselves, a sense of volunteers. >> these days, m-25 volunteers are taking proper coronavirus precautions and continue to pitch in, the pandemic can't be stopped. >> the best of human nature is still going on all around us. they don't make headlines but average people around there doing extraordinary things. >> maybe you can be a champion

for change, too. maybe we all can. >> i am john bern, thank you for watching. the following is a cnn's special report. >> he's gone from a young politician with swagger. >> he said i think you should work for the senate. >> i said i am not old enough. >> my brother looked at me. >> he's an irishman with a life story that reads like a greek tragedy. >> how can you experience the worse thing imaginable twice in a lifetime. >> his career is long and controversial. >> do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth? >> i do. >> that now has a new twist. >> i think joe biden is a person that should be elected in