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The New Heroes is a four-hour series, hosted by Robert Redford, which tells the dramatic stories of twelve social entrepreneurs who bring innovative, empowering solutions to the most intractable social problems around the world. Each story in this unique series illustrates the amazing changes that are possible when an innovative idea is coupled with optimism, a strategy for action, and a passionate belief in human potential.

The New Heroes : Dreams of Sanctuary
The series begins its global exploration of social entrepreneurs with a look at those who are helping the desperate, the destitute and the determined to make a new beginning - from Moses Zulu's home and school for AIDS orphans in Zambia to Mimi Silbert's San Francisco-based Delancey Street foundation, which helps drug addicts, criminals and the homeless turn their lives around. This episode also travels to India to follow Kailash Satyarthi on a harrowing slave camp raid, where seconds might make the difference between life and death. "It is not possible to change a society without starting from the bottom, from the villages and communities," says Satyarthi, as he explains his plan to eradicate slavery in India through a nationwide network of child-friendly villages and a line of carpets that are made without forced labor or child slavery.

LEARN MORE:

You can learn more about The New Heroes at the Skoll Foundation website.

The Delancy Street Foundation - featured in this episode.

You can donate to Moses Zulu's Children's Town through GlobalGiving.

Visit Kailash Satyarthi's website for more information about his work.