Photographer Brandon Stanton’s photoblog ‘Humans of New York’ is undoubtedly one of the best things on the internet which boasts of some amazingly inspiring and encouraging posts on it. Sometimes they make you smile and sometimes they make you cry your heart out. These stories of regular people are sometimes so inspiring that they can actually change your whole life. Such is a post Stanton recently published on a Nepalese engineer whom he met in Lesvos, Greece. Here is the inspiring story of him in his own words.

“I used to work as civil engineer in Nepal. I worked on government projects: bridges, roads, things like that. But I was sitting in my office one day in 2004, watching television coverage of the tsunami that hit Indonesia, and I realized that government work was not the best use of my abilities. So I joined the UN and helped build 380 schools in Indonesia. Then when the earthquake hit Haiti, I moved there and began building shelters. Any engineer could do this work. But there just weren’t many available. So all I did was make myself available. Now I’m working with the UNHCR to construct camps for refugees. The first priorities are basics: shelter, health, food, water, and toilet access. My next priority is to respect the dignity of the refugees. When they arrive, they are very anxious, so I want to make sure they feel like they have a place. We leave four meters of space between every tent. We also leave the camp open so they can enter and leave whenever they like. And I added this cover over the entry way, because I wanted to be sure they were shaded the moment they walk in.”

Aren’t you so proud of him right now? Of course you are! Cheers to humanity. Follow this beautiful blog on Facebook HERE.