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How philathropy-funded AI therapy is supporting Hong Kong’s Gen Z
‘What about you? What helps you to relax?’ Boon asks me. Boon is a chatbot designed to support mental health, created by Winnie Mak, a psychology professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. It’s …
Melinda French Gates supports mental health through Pivotal Ventures
California-based YR media, a national network of young journalists and artists, has received funding from Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures to expand its mental health programming into the Midwest of America. The grant will allow …
Swiss philanthropy, UNICEF team up to tackle youth mental health
Switzerland’s Z Zurich Foundation, alongside UNICEF, has launched the Global Coalition for Youth Mental Well-being, an initiative to address the severe global shortage of funding and action supporting young people’s mental health. ‘Adolescence is a …
Pulse-check with sector leaders on mental health
The pandemic has put pressure on all levels of the non-profit workforce, leading to rising levels of burnout, compassion fatigue, and stress. We talked to sector leaders about their mental health, their leadership outlook, and …
Building back better means healing together
A true pandemic recovery must include a mental health recovery plan, particularly for the hardest-hit marginalised youth. The In This Together campaign is working to make that plan a reality. After only a few months …
Responding to tragedy: The story of the Sam West Foundation
Most people will have read the statistics. One in eight children has a diagnosable mental health disorder, equating to about three children in every classroom. One in six young people aged 16-24 have symptoms of …
What’s the matter? Kids, Covid, and the cost of mental health
It is a little-known fact that the first Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Brock Chisholm, was a psychiatrist. His work during the World Wars exposed him to the pressing need for mental …
How one foundation in Eastern Europe is tackling mental health
Have we forgotten humanity and solidarity? Shock. That was the feeling I had while reading about the famous French photographer René Robert, whom no one approached for nine hours and offered help after he slipped …
