Jessica Fleischer couldn’t live without a cigarette. Or could she?

Richard Shrubb describes his battle with mental illness and public perceptions.

Nicci Dodanwela tells the story of how she overcame anorexia.

As youth crime grabs the headlines in the UK, Decio Emanuel Do Nascimento visits two organizations on the front line in Tower Hamlets, London.

Ann Rignall meets Pete and June Pemberton, who have fostered 360 children over the past 40 years.

Will Jenkins looks at an initiative designed to break down barriers between ordinary Americans and bring communities together.

Neichu Angami describes a young man's fight against addiction and his campaign to help HIV/Aids sufferers.

Einar Engebretsen drove his teachers to despair. 30 years later he discovered why.

When 19-year-old Romanian Eva Szabo discovered she had cancer, she didn't understand why her family were so upset. Two years on, she faces the future in a country where home support and palliative care are only beginning.

The Johannesburg Earth Summit highlighted the urgent need of many countries to secure greater freshwater supplies. Alan Ervine talks to Kenneth Noble about what can be done to turn aspiration into reality.