25 Greatest Acts of Repair

The moments that changed everything.

Greatest Acts

The Abolition of the Slave Trade

1807

Greatest Acts

The Marshall Plan

1948

Greatest Acts

The Eradication of Smallpox

1980

Greatest Acts

The Montreal Protocol

1987

Greatest Acts

The Rescue at Dunkirk

1940

Greatest Acts

The Global Polio Campaign

1988–present

Greatest Acts

The Underground Railroad

1800s

Greatest Acts

The GI Bill

1944

Greatest Acts

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948

Greatest Acts

The Civil Rights Act

1964

Greatest Acts

The Kindertransport

1938–1939

Greatest Acts

The Danish Rescue of the Jews

1943

Greatest Acts

The Good Friday Agreement

1998

Greatest Acts

Operation Good Neighbor

2016–2018

Greatest Acts

The Camp David Accords

1978

Greatest Acts

D-Day and the Liberation of Europe

1944

Greatest Acts

The Abraham Accords

2020

Greatest Acts

The Invention of Vaccines

1796–present

Greatest Acts

The Emancipation Proclamation

1863

Greatest Acts

Michael & Susan Dell's $6.25B for Young Americans

2025

Greatest Acts

Patagonia Given to the Planet

2022

Greatest Acts

Chuck Feeney Giving Away $8B

1982–2023

Greatest Acts

Ruth Gottesman's $1B for Free Med School

2024

Greatest Acts

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

1995–present

Greatest Acts

IsraAID Global Humanitarian Work

2001–present