Here are this week’s uplifting headlines.
1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
1. More than 200 nations promise to stop ocean plastic waste. – Source
2. Jimmy Kimmel’s 7-month-old son Billy had a successful second heart surgery. – Source
3. Canadian teen who pressured law-makers to create a more comprehensive suicide prevention plan awarded with a national award. – Source
4. Australian scientists developed vitamin enriched bananas to save African children from deficiency. – Source
5. Tennessee boy’s anti-bullying video goes viral, athletes, celebrities, and thousands respond. – Source
6-10 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
6. Dentist offers free dental care for homeless people in Dublin city center. – Source
7. A homeless man who gave away his last $20 buys home thanks to the fundraiser. – Source
8. Medic born in the back of an ambulance 42 years ago spent his birthday delivering a baby girl in the back of an ambulance. – Source
9. The Librarian behind this tough topics poster says it will hang indefinitely: “We wanted to minimize the barriers to the information that might help them.” – Source
10. Student loans are ending for Brown University students. – Source
11-15 Uplifting Headlines of the Week
11. Visitors to Palau are being made to sign a promise to respect the environment, in an innovative move that authorities hope will curb ecological damage caused by booming numbers of tourists. Palau Pledge is stamped onto visitors’ passports and must be signed upon arrival in the country. – Source
12. A Philadelphia radio show raised 839 tons of food and $272,000 for a local food bank in 5 days. – Source
13. A veterinarian who works for an animal rescue organization called Four Paws has risked his life to save animals trapped in zoos in war-torn regions like Mosul, Iraq and Aleppo, Syria. – Source
14. “We don’t want to repress”: Police in Honduras refuse orders to stamp out pro-democracy protests. “We are tired. And our job is to give peace & security to the Honduran people, not repress them. We want all Hondurans to be safe.” – Source
15. Same-sex marriage has been legalized in Australia. – Source
