Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. In a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives, researchers from the University of British Columbia have figured out how to convert blood types A, B, and AB into the universal Type O, which all patients can receive in a transfusion, regardless of their own blood type. – Source
2. One of Africa’s largest wildlife preserves is marking a year without a single elephant found killed by poachers, which experts call an extraordinary development in an area larger than Switzerland where thousands of the animals have been slaughtered in recent years. – Source
3. Iowa school giving students PE credits for helping the elderly, people with disabilities do yard work. – Source
4. Dad gives over 700 free hugs at Pittsburgh pride parade to kids rejected by their parents. – Source
5. Chobani to pay off $85,000 in lunch debt for Idaho school district. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Botswana scraps gay sex laws in a big victory for LGBTQ rights in Africa. – Source
7. 11-year-old girl risked life to save minor from kidnappers. – Source
8. 14-year-old Thane boy fights off leopard, saves 7-year-old cousin. – Source
9. 633 divers set a world record for beach cleanup. – Source
10. In Rwanda, 95% of babies are now receiving vaccinations for rubella, measles, and polio, and it’s also on track to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. 21 Savage donates $25,000 to ensure detained immigrants have access to legal counsel. – Source
12. Bee lover Camilla turns her home into Hivegrove! Duchess installs nine hives in her Wiltshire garden. – Source
13. Kenya’s rape survivors win the right to abortion in a landmark court ruling. – Source
14. The couple tied the knot at the nursing and rehabilitation center where the wife’s mom is a patient, rather than have mom miss wedding. – Source
15. Couple uses shopping spree win to stock up groceries for Calgary Food Bank. – Source
