The film became a runaway hit in 1977

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Project in the Swat Valley of Pakistan — for promoting the education process and empowering girls


Launched in April 2013, the $45,000 project sent 40 girls, ages 5 to 12, back to school in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. It was the first initiative by the Malala Foundation, launched a year after its founder, Malala Yousafzai, was seriously injured by terrorists.

36. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, for bringing together knowledge from around the world into a multilingual, collaborative online encyclopedia


" Imagine a world where every person on the planet is given free access to the sum total of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. " — Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia

Wikipedia is the only one of the top 5 non-profit websites in the world. Today, Wikipedia is written in more than 300 languages. Dozens of authors create about 600 new articles per day, and new edits appear more often than once every 2 seconds.

37. The Star Wars saga - for introducing modern special effects and establishing the concept of a blockbuster, which interested the audience in a galaxy far, far away


The power of Star Wars is undeniable. with powerful storytelling, impressive switzerland number data special effects, and captivating characters that inspired a new level of fandom and spawned an empire of film, media, and branding.

38. Project Tiger — for saving endangered big wild cats


At the turn of the 20th century, the number of tigers in Asia was 100,000, including 40,000 in India. By 1972, the number of tigers had decreased to 1,827. Launched in 2010, the TX2 project promises to double the wild tiger population by 2022. As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in July 2019, the number of tigers in the country has already increased to 2,967 tigers, indicating an increase of 33% over the past four years.

39. Sorek Desalination Plant in Israel — for addressing devastating drought with a sustainable solution


By 2018, Israel's lakes, riverbeds, and aquifers had reached a 100-year low. The Sorek desalination plant, built in 2013, supplies drinking water to about a fifth of Israel's population. The overall program has also been a huge success: by 2018, most of Israel's drinking water came from desalinated plants.

40. The first child born as a result of IVF – for creating a miracle of modern medicine


Louise Brown, born on July 25, 1978 in England, became the first child conceived through in vitro fertilization. The technique, in which an egg is fertilized outside the body and then implanted in a woman's uterus, was pioneered by British researchers Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards after a decade of failed attempts. When Leslie Brown and her husband volunteered in 1977, the project became a reality.