--- title: "Good news by country | Small Good Things" canonical: https://smallgoodthings.org/countries/ description: "Browse published positive news by country. Find sourced stories from Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, the UK and other places." --- Explore the world # Good news by country Browse published positive news by country. Find sourced stories from Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Thailand, the UK and other places. Country names refer to where the story happened. **37** countries in the published archive [Latest stories](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/) [By topic](https://smallgoodthings.org/categories/) [Around the world](https://smallgoodthings.org/regions/) [By country](https://smallgoodthings.org/countries/) Filter countries in this directory Showing all 37 countries Jump to a country United Kingdom 33 New Zealand 15 Australia 14 United States 14 Canada 13 Indonesia 11 Malaysia 5 Pakistan 4 Vietnam 4 India 3 Philippines 3 Bangladesh 2 Japan 2 Kenya 2 Thailand 2 Bhutan 1 Botswana 1 Chad 1 Chile 1 China 1 Denmark 1 Ethiopia 1 Fiji 1 Ghana 1 Jamaica 1 Liberia 1 Mongolia 1 Netherlands 1 Portugal 1 Rwanda 1 Samoa 1 Senegal 1 South Africa 1 Türkiye 1 Uganda 1 Venezuela 1 Zimbabwe 1 ## United Kingdom 33 stories - [England expands free school meals as the autumn term begins](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/england-free-school-meals-expansion-september-2026/) community - [UK-led MOONS instrument makes its first observations in Chile](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/uk-chile-moons-first-light-2026/) science - [Belfast pilot trials nanopore DNA sequencing to speed up brain tumour diagnosis](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/uk-belfast-brain-tumour-sequencing-2026/) science - [Sunderland opens new £50 million NHS eye hospital as emergency care moves in first](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/uk-sunderland-eye-hospital-2026/) health [Find more from United Kingdom →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=United%20Kingdom) ## New Zealand 15 stories - [New Zealand’s kākāpō population reaches 325 after record season](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/new-zealand-kakapo-population-325-2026/) environment - [Auckland neighbor check-in programme reached 9,500 isolated seniors weekly](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-auckland-neighbor-checkin-2026/) kindness - [New Zealand opens 35 Māori language immersion hubs for adult learners](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-maori-language-immersion-2026/) education - [Record 25,000 New Zealanders donated plasma in the past year, blood service reports](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/new-zealand-blood-donation-2026-b4/) kindness [Find more from New Zealand →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=New%20Zealand) ## Australia 14 stories - [Tasmania trials rehabilitation of fire-damaged Sphagnum peatlands in wilderness area](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/australia-peatland-rewet-2026-b4/) environment - [Australia telemedicine programme connects 420 remote clinics to specialist doctors](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-australia-telemedicine-remote-2026/) health - [Melbourne bike libraries lend 2,800 refurbished cycles to commuters and students](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-melbourne-bike-library-2026/) community - [Symbolic adoption appeal invites Australians to fund rescue pets they cannot bring home](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-adopt-rescue-pets-australia-2026/) kindness [Find more from Australia →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=Australia) ## United States 14 stories - [Zion Jerge saves father and son from drowning in Foster City](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/zion-jerge-foster-city-pool-rescue/) kindness - [FDA clears Wandercraft Eve, a self-balancing walking exoskeleton](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/wandercraft-eve-fda-exoskeleton-2026/) science - [Subway conversation leads to friendship and funded Puerto Rico trip](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/nyc-subway-friendship-2026/) kindness - [Verified international animal rescue appeals invite one-time and monthly gifts](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-us-donate-animal-charity-2026/) community [Find more from United States →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=United%20States) ## Canada 13 stories - [Toronto community fridges provide 180,000 free meals through neighbourhood stewards](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-toronto-community-fridge-2026/) kindness - [Canada refugee education hubs enrolled 8,400 students in language and skills classes](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-canada-refugee-education-2026/) education - [Manitoba invests $21.6 million in first solar microgrid for remote First Nation](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/canada-solar-microgrid-2026-b4/) science - [Toronto offers free trees to low-canopy neighbourhoods under new LEAF programme](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/canada-reforestation-2026-b4/) environment [Find more from Canada →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=Canada) ## Indonesia 11 stories - [WARN opens Kalimantan wildlife fire appeal](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-kalimantan-wildlife-fire-appeal-2026/) environment - [Indonesian students earn 12 Earth Science Olympiad medals](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/indonesia-earth-science-olympiad-medals-2026/) education - [Indonesia orders 8 ministries to protect Sumatran and Bornean elephant habitat](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-indonesia-elephant-protection-decree-2026/) environment - [Indonesia scales back but presses ahead with 40,000-strong village cooperative network](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/indonesia-market-coops-2026-b4/) community [Find more from Indonesia →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=Indonesia) ## Malaysia 5 stories - [Malaysia releases 400 young river terrapins in Terengganu](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/malaysia-terengganu-river-terrapin-release-2026/) environment - [Malaysia launches MediAsas basic health takaful pilot with six insurers](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/malaysia-disability-inclusion-2026-b4/) community - [Sarawak hosts Rainforest Youth Summit and world music festival to put young climate leaders centre stage](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/sarawak-rainforest-youth-summit-music-fest-2026/) environment - [Universiti Malaya volunteers bring dengue prevention and health screening to Ampang](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/malaysia-free-legal-2026-b4/) kindness [Find more from Malaysia →](https://smallgoodthings.org/search/?q=Malaysia) ## Pakistan 4 stories - [Pakistani students win gold and silver at science olympiad](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/pakistan-nuclear-science-olympiad-medals-2026/) education - [Pakistan extends Benazir Nashonuma nutrition programme to reach 8 million mothers and children](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/pakistan-clean-water-2026-b4/) health - [Karachi street dogs need donors: appeal raises funds for neutering and vaccines](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-karachi-street-dog-welfare-2026/) health - [Islamabad High Court bans mass killing of street dogs, orders humane CNVR](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-pakistan-street-dog-court-ruling-2026/) kindness ## Vietnam 4 stories - [Hanoi bans petrol motorbikes on 11 Old Quarter streets in low-emission pilot](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/vietnam-hanoi-compost-hubs-2026-b4/) environment - [Hanoi launches 'RE:EARTH' drive with 250 delegates to protect West Lake](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/vietnam-wetland-restore-2026-b4/) environment - [Vietnamese police rescue more than 400 cats from illegal meat trade ring](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-vietnam-cat-meat-trade-rescue-2026/) kindness - [Hanoi housing cooperatives open 520 affordable units with tenant governance boards](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-hanoi-housing-coops-2026/) community ## India 3 stories - [Pilibhit schools to teach wildlife conservation on Bagless Days](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/pilibhit-wildlife-bagless-days-2026/) education - [India deploys satellite fire-detection network that cut response times by 41 percent](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-india-wildfire-satellite-2026/) science - [India and China record historic lows in child mortality rates](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/india-china-child-mortality-2026/) health ## Philippines 3 stories - [Cagwait fisherfolk mangrove kit goes on display at National Geographic](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/cagwait-mangrove-citizen-science-2026/) environment - [Baguio hospital opens Northern Luzon's first adolescent-friendly health facility](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/philippines-dental-outreach-2026-b4/) health - [Solar-powered water system gives 549 Pangasinan households free water for three years](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/philippines-warm-clothing-2026-b4/) kindness ## Bangladesh 2 stories - [Bangladesh pledges 25,000 midwives to close its maternal health gap by 2030](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/bangladesh-mental-health-line-2026-b4/) health - [Bangladesh girls STEM clubs reached 14,000 students with solar lab kits](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-bangladesh-girls-stem-2026/) education ## Japan 2 stories - [Strangers in Japan go out of their way to guide lost Indian traveller](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/japan-strangers-kindness-tourist-viral-2026/) kindness - [Japan trains 50,000 care workers in dementia communication techniques nationwide](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-japan-dementia-care-training-2026/) health ## Kenya 2 stories - [Nairobi mutual aid network delivers 4,200 flood kits across ten wards](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-nairobi-mutual-aid-2026/) community - [Kenya's black rhino population passes 1,000 as thermal cameras halt poaching](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-kenya-black-rhino-recovery-2026/) environment ## Thailand 2 stories - [Thai schoolchildren learn tiger conservation with park teams](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/thailand-kamphaeng-phet-tiger-conservation-classrooms-2026/) education - [Thailand adds youth-led 'Gen-H' network to its million-strong health volunteers](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/thailand-nutrition-2026-b4/) health ## Bhutan 1 story - [WHO recognises Bhutan’s progress against dog-transmitted rabies](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/bhutan-dog-transmitted-rabies-elimination-2026/) health ## Botswana 1 story - [Botswana vaccinates 204,158 children under five in nationwide polio drive](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/botswana-hiv-prevention-2026-b4/) health ## Chad 1 story - [Japan backs school meals and nutrition support in Chad](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/japan-chad-school-meals-agreement-2026/) community ## Chile 1 story - [UK-led MOONS instrument makes its first observations in Chile](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/uk-chile-moons-first-light-2026/) science ## China 1 story - [India and China record historic lows in child mortality rates](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/india-china-child-mortality-2026/) health ## Denmark 1 story - [Denmark screening study finds stage IV breast cancer survival reaches 74.7%](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/denmark-hiv-prevention-2026-b4/) health ## Ethiopia 1 story - [Ethiopian boy, 12, brings sick chicken to hospital and wins national praise](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/ethiopia-boy-chicken-hospital-2026/) kindness ## Fiji 1 story - [Fiji island pilots algae bioreactors that produce diesel substitute for ferries](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-fiji-algae-bioreactor-2026/) science ## Ghana 1 story - [Ghana completes measles-rubella vaccine catch-up for 2.1 million children](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-ghana-vaccine-rollout-2026/) health ## Jamaica 1 story - [Jamaica launches disaster-resilient immunization registry reaching 135,000 people](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/jamaica-hiv-prevention-2026-b4/) health ## Liberia 1 story - [Last Mile Health wins the $3 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/last-mile-health-hilton-prize-2026/) health ## Mongolia 1 story - [Mongolia's Healthy Liver programme cuts hepatitis rates, treats 100,000-plus patients](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/mongolia-hiv-prevention-2026-b4/) health ## Netherlands 1 story - [Netherlands dementia village expands to 120 residents with familiar street layouts](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-netherlands-dementia-village-2026/) kindness ## Portugal 1 story - [Portugal adult literacy programme taught 22,000 workers to read workplace safety manuals](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-portugal-adult-literacy-2026/) education ## Rwanda 1 story - [Mountain gorillas are the only great ape whose numbers are rising](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-rwanda-uganda-mountain-gorilla-recovery-2026/) environment ## Samoa 1 story - [Samoa launches $4.8 million One Health project to strengthen pandemic preparedness](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/samoa-hiv-prevention-2026-b4/) health ## Senegal 1 story - [Senegal villages switch on 45 community solar microgrids with battery storage](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-senegal-solar-microgrid-2026/) science ## South Africa 1 story - [A trafficked pangolin's grandchild is born wild, a first for South Africa's reintroduction programme](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-pangolin-second-generation-birth-south-africa-2026/) environment ## Türkiye 1 story - [Thousands of flamingo chicks hatch at Turkey's Lake Tuz after drought recovery](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/lake-tuz-flamingo-recovery-2026/) environment ## Uganda 1 story - [Mountain gorillas are the only great ape whose numbers are rising](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/warn-rwanda-uganda-mountain-gorilla-recovery-2026/) environment ## Venezuela 1 story - [International rescue teams pull 3-year-old from earthquake rubble after six days](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/venezuela-earthquake-boy-rescued-rubble-2026/) community ## Zimbabwe 1 story - [Zimbabwe warm clothing drive distributes 26,000 coats before winter cold snap](https://smallgoodthings.org/stories/constructive-zimbabwe-warm-clothing-drive-2026/) kindness --- HTML: https://smallgoodthings.org/countries/ Site index: https://smallgoodthings.org/llms.txt