Giraffe Heroes Project

The Giraffe Heroes Project is an international non-profit organization that honors "people who have the courage to stick their necks out for the common good.

"[1][2] The Giraffe Heroes Project was set up in the early 1980s by Ann Medlock, a writer and editor from New York, to counter what she believed was the media's over-concentration on negative rather than positive stories.

[3][4] Medlock was joined by John Graham, a former U.S. diplomat,[5] and by 1983 they were both working full-time on the project; eventually they married.

[4][6] The project's mission is to show that problems can be solved, and give people the tools and encouragement to inspire them to take action themselves on issues that matter to them.

The program has been seen to have a beneficial effect on developing children's character, determination, and ability to collaborate to achieve positive outcomes.