People making a difference - a big thumbs up here to Under Heard:

[The Straight Story]

UnderHeard in NY:

In a time when communication is all around us, we felt it was necessary to give a voice to the people who needed it most. Between Jan. 2009 and Jan. 2010 the total number of unsheltered individuals within New York City rose an estimated 34%. We gave Danny, Derrick, Albert and Carlos- four homeless residents of NYC- prepaid cell phones and Twitter accounts in order to include them in our global community. Get to know them by clicking on the images above.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A homeless man, who hadn’t seen his daughter in over a decade, reunited with her Friday in Bryant Park after tracking her down through Twitter.

It was all smiles and hugs for Daniel Morales, 58, and his daughter Sarah Rivera as they saw each other for the first time in 11 years. “I feel rejoiced,” Morales said.

“Just to find my dad after 11 years…I don’t even know how to feel right now, I’m just very, very happy,” Rivera said. “It’s an exciting moment.”

The two lost contact when Rivera moved from Puerto Rico to the United States with her mother in 2000.

Everything changed after Morales received a prepaid cell phone and a Twitter account courtesy of the project Underheard in New York.



http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/02/25/twitter-helps-homeless-nyc-man-find-daughter-after-11-years/