Global wishes for 2022: a gift box for everyone, greater girl power, vertical gardens
If you could wish for one thing in 2022, what would it be?
That's the question we posed to global thinkers. As the world enters year 3 of the pandemic, we were curious about what one (or two or three) things they would wish for to make earth a better place.
We heard from Nobel Peace Prize winners (Malala Yousafzai and Nadia Murad), doctors on the front line of the pandemic and advocates who devote their lives to help the most vulnerable humans.
We asked them to dream big. And sometimes they reminded us that a small wish can bring great happiness. You don't always have to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes you just have to spend some time and cash to stop suffering — and bring hope to our COVID-battered planet.
Here's what our wish makers wished for.
(Also, we want to hear from you! Click here to find out how you can share your own 2022 global wishes with NPR.)
Give a gift box to protect everyone
Dr. Madhu Pai
As 2022 begins witha massive omicron crisis, I feel despondent. But it gives me hope that we now know a lot about COVID-19 and have some amazing tools that we did not have at the start of
