Giraffe hero - Samantha Petersen

When kids enter adolescence, they are shy and they are feeling awkward about how they look.
But this was much harder for Samantha Petersen. This is why at age 11 was diagnosticated to her scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine.
In August 2012, she was scheduled for surgery and her mother asked her if she could take a picture of her back.
When she saw the picture, she said that she didn't never see how beautiful she was.
After the surgery, Samantha's spine was stabilized and straight. 
She launched a nonprofit organization to help those who aren't lucky as she's been.

★Happy New Year!☆

New Year's Eve is celebrated all over the world, but in different ways.
In London, people dance in Trafalgar Square and many jump into the square's famous fountain and there is also a spectacular fireworks display.

In Scotland, people clean their houses on December 31st, in Ireland they hit windows or doors with cakes. In Puerto Rico they throw buckets of water out of the windows and us, in Italy, throw dishes out of the window.
In Denmark people smash dishes out of their friend's houses.
There are also other traditions, for example: if you have money in your pocket on New Year's Eve, you will have money all year. In Italy we usually eat lentils and pigs' trotters.
In Greece, people eat a special cake: everyone has a slice, but only one person gets a piece with a coin in it.

Instead, in Tibet a person receives a piece of coal and this person must eat it, because other Tibetans believe that this person has evil inside.