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🧡 September is Suicide Prevention Month, when mental health practitioners and activists across the country work to reduce the prevalence of suicide and support those who struggle — it's also a time we can all join in taking action to reduce suicide rates.
MrBeast, Mark Rober, and other YouTubers raised over $40 million for #TeamWater to fund clean water projects
Last month, famous YouTuber MrBeast (a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson) joined his fellow YouTuber and engineer Mark Rober to announce a major fundraising campaign: #TeamWater. Taking place throughout August, the project aimed to raise $40 million to fund clean water projects around the world.
The campaign brought together content creators from 144 countries, reaching billions of subscribers through videos, livestreams, and social media content, including a 17-hour livestream that raised $12 million toward the total goal.
And they officially surpassed their goal, raising over $41.5 million for the nonprofit WaterAid, which will supply an estimated 2 million people with access to clean water for decades.
Why is this good news? WaterAid CEO summarized it perfectly for us: "This will have ripple effects for decades to come. Girls and women who spend hours collecting dirty water can go to school or earn a living. Healthcare facilities can provide the care people need. It will change lives. We know the path and outcomes of a child born with access to clean water differ dramatically from those of a child who is born without."
Portland is expanding its first responder team dedicated solely to serving those having mental health crises
The Portland Street Response has worked as an alternative first responder agency to serve people having mental health issues. Unarmed staff members are dispatched to provide services to those with suspected substance use issues, who have unmet basic needs, like housing, and more.
PSR has fielded nearly 40,000 calls since 2021, and calls are up 19% compared to last year. To grow with the rising demand, the agency is adding 14 more staff members and working to strategically place staff around the city to provide faster response times.
Why is this good news?Police officers are trained to respond to crimes — and a mental health crisis is not a crime. Even paramedics are sounding the alarm on their own lack of training here. Having dedicated teams who are specially trained to provide adequate care for someone struggling with their mental health is a better solution than relying on police or other first responders to handle these incidents.
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A church in Wisconsin is demolishing its current worship space to build 110 units of affordable housing
St. John's Lutheran Church has been situated in the same spot, just a few blocks from the state Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin, for nearly 170 years. Always a place "focused on refuge, serving the poor, and meeting people where they are," its leaders want to live up to that in a new way.
The church is planning to demolish its existing worship space to build a 10-story, multi-functional building that will not only have a worship space, but also a community center and more than 100 units of affordable housing.
The idea came about from conversations around how the congregation could best give back to the community, and now the $58 million project is about to break ground, with the goal to be completed in the next two years.
Why is this good news?City officials say the building will be the first new affordable housing project in almost 20 years. For people who have been able to find housing in the area, they're burdened with paying as much as 70% of their income on housing costs — this new building would have capped rents in tiered pricing based on income.
Providing reliable, cheap electricity, solar power is growing in Pakistan at an "unprecedented" rate
Driven by demand from citizens frustrated by skyrocketing electricity prices and unreliable supply from an aging power grid, Pakistan is seeing a solar boom that's making it one of the largest adopters of the renewable energy source in the world.
And with an overabundance of solar panels available thanks to its neighbor, China, steadily ramping up production, the number of homes and buildings installing solar power systems has happened at an "unprecedented" rate.
In 2024 alone, solar imports to Pakistan tripled in just one year, to nearly $2.1 billion. That's expected to continue this year, with the country already importing 80% of last year's milestone in the first nine months of 2025.
Why is this good news?Pakistan is proving that abundant, renewable, inexpensive solar energy is a great investment — for individuals and communities. Community members are even coming together to pool their resources to install solar panels on buildings like mosques, which struggle to afford rising electricity prices from the country's grid.
A new stethoscope powered by AI could detect three heart conditions in seconds. Researchers say the tool could be a "real game-changer," resulting in patients being treated sooner. It takes an ECG, recording electrical signals from the heart, and sends the information to the cloud to be analysed by AI trained on data from tens of thousands of patients.
Sharpen your pencils, the Education Edition is here!
These days, it's more important than ever that education is celebrated as the powerful force that it is. Regardless of whether you're a teacher, a student, a parent, or someone who wants to live in a world in which all students can thrive, the Education Edition is for you.
This issue taps into the innate hope and curiosity that learning affords. It addresses the real issues of the moment, while presenting bold solutions, strong voices, and reminders that learning is as fun as it is important.
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