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Outlook: Inspirational people of the world

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30/05/2016 GMT

Inspirational people of the world

BBC World Service - Outlook, Inspirational people of the world

Meet some of the fifty people nominated for the title of Outlook Inspiration.

To mark our fiftieth birthday - on July 4th - we've collected the stories of, you guessed it, 50 inspirational people.

Meet some of our Outlook Inspirations. Back in March we launched a search for the most inspirational stories from around the world, and we've compiled a longlist of 50 - a mix of people who've been on Outlook before, and people nominated by you.

Joseph Kaifala escaped the civil war in Sierra Leone and went on to make a success of his life in the US. In 2012 he returned home and set up the Sierra Leone Memory Project, dedicated to recording the testimonies of those who survived the civil war.

Sue Austin is a disabled British artist who goes diving in her wheelchair. Seventeen years ago she suffered an extended illness which limited her mobility. She became a wheelchair user. But far from limiting her ambition, Sue says she felt a unique sense of freedom and joy.

In Haiti where Adeline Bien-Aimé grew up, it is very common for children from rural areas to be sent to live with host families so they can go to school. They are called restavek children - from the French for 'stay with'. Many of them end up being treated like slaves. Adeline now runs an organisation that works with girls who have escaped the system. 

In Afghanistan it is very rare for a woman to become head of a village. But Zarifa Qazizadah has broken through the barriers to become leader of the 700 families who live in Naw Abad, near Mazar-e-Sharif. She represents the community in district government meetings and officiates in local disputes. 

For over a decade, Singaporean pharmacist Raymond Goh and his brother Charles have been investigating the Bukit Brown cemetery. The brothers receive regular requests to help locate tombs and to help unravel family relationships.

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