Gan Jing World Announces Winners of Kindness Video Awards

Winning entries will be featured on the Times Square billboard in New York City this July, where creators will gather for a prize presentation.

A screenshot of Gan Jing World's #BeKindBeCool page. Screenshot via The Epoch Times

A South African philanthropist known for stopping to help the people others walk past, a feature-length film about a child navigating persecution, and a comedian armed with dad jokes are among the winners of the third annual Gan Jing World Kindness Video Awards. The global competition challenges creators to prove that being kind is the coolest thing a person can do.

Gan Jing World announced the winners on May 29, capping a competition that ran from October 2025 through April 2026 and distributed $10,000 in prizes across gold, silver, bronze, and special group categories. Winning entries will be featured on the Times Square billboard in New York City this July, where creators will gather for a prize presentation and photo celebration.

Gold Prize

The gold prize went to BI Phakathi, a South African philanthropist with more than 10 million social media followers who has spent more than two decades helping the people most others overlook. Known internationally as “the Good Samaritan,” Phakathi keeps his own face out of his videos, deliberately centering the people he helps rather than himself.