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Popstar Michael Jackson was one of more than 90 million people worldwide suffering from Vitiligo. As patients get older, big patches of their skin lose color, turning white. Patients often face social exclusion, even though Vitiligo is not contagious. But so far, there is not cure. A camp for Vitiligo patients on the Dead Sea aims at helping people both physically and psychologically.

Born as a mixed race woman in former Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Isobel Granger would never have thought she'd one day work as a the head of a police platoon in Ottawa, Canada, as well as training police and peacekeepers across the world. She's just returned from a year long mission in Cambodia. But one thing Isobel Granger always knew was that she wanted to make a difference.

In Kenya, strict anti-smoking laws in public places that came into force a few years ago have limited the areas where smoking is acceptable now. While the laws are supposed to protect people from the health hazards caused by tobacco, smokers now feel discriminated against, not least because the designated smoking areas are not always in the nicest places.