• 10 ways investing in children’s well-being changed the world. UNICEF.
• Between 1990 and 2021, the global death rate for suicide declined by almost 40%, indicating that intervention and prevention are working. IHME.
• The rate of deaths from drowning dropped by 38% between the year 2000 and 2021. WHO.
• Tanzania has reduced maternal mortality by 80% between 2016 to 2022. AfricaCDC.
• There has been a 37% drop in child marriages in Malaysia from 2019 to 2023. Free Malaysia Today.
• Since 2019, Mackenzie Scott has given $19 billion to more than 2,000 nonprofits. One charity expanded its refugee efforts from 29 to 71 countries. Another went from serving meals to approximately 2.5 million people a day, to 10 million. CBS.
• Homicides in the US dropped 16% in 2024 from the previous year. Axios.
• Americans are paying less for college, on average, than they were a decade ago. The Atlantic.
• In the 1920s, there were just 54 European bison, all in captive areas, but thanks to rewilding efforts there are now around 10,000. Reasons to be Cheerful.
• Wind and solar are expected to meet nearly 50% of power demand in Texas this spring. Reuters.
• Last undiscovered tomb of Tutankhamun dynasty found. BBC.
• America’s first car-free neighborhood is popular with its residents two years in. Dwell.

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