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Many people find themselves compelled to donate money, time, or items to people in need during this time of year. In fact, there's a whole day dedicated to this: Giving Tuesday.
The Alliance against Depression is an integrated community-based approach to tackling depression and suicide. It originated in Germany in 2008 using EU funding to tackle Mental Health issues and involved several members and more than 100 network partners across Europe, Chile, Canada and Australia. [ 1 ]
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA), formerly the National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association (NDMDA), is a nonprofit organization providing support groups for people who live with depression or bipolar disorder as well as their friends and family.
In 1995, Grohol began a weekly online mental health chat which continued on the Psych Central website. Grohol stated that one of the reasons he founded Psych Central was because he lost his childhood best friend to untreated depression. [30] [3] [9] [31] [32] [33] [34]
It used to be illegal to donate bone marrow for money. In 2011, however, a California court case ruled that bone marrow donation is now legal. That’s because donors can undergo easier, non ...
Donations through the platform do not go to campaign makers. According to a Change.org spokesperson, "The money raised from petitions goes toward helping the campaign win and helping us build and maintain our technology platform, making it possible for us to provide people with the tools they need to win the change they want to see." [86]
Donatekart was founded in 2016 by 2 NIT Nagpur and 1 ICT Mumbai graduate, Sarang Bobade, Sandeep Sharma, Anil Reddy. The inception of Donatekart began during the Chennai Floods 2015 while volunteering with Goonj Delhi, when the founders noticed that people were buying goods like rice and flour from e-commerce giants like Amazon and Flipkart and shipping them to NGOs.
“People who have never dealt with depression think it’s just being sad or being in a bad mood. That’s not what depression is for me; it’s falling into a state of grayness and numbness ...