The “Need Help” Foundation is launching a fundraiser for the benefit of the “Family Territory” program of the “ Aistenok” family center. Since 2003, the Sverdlovsk regional public organization “Aistenok” has been engaged in the prevention of child abandonment at the birth stage. Over time, the organization expanded its activities to prevent orphanhood: now “Aistenok” is also engaged in placing orphans in new families and supporting families with children in difficult financial situations.

Photos of two schoolgirls appeared in the COTSS, who copy the resonant pictures of the girls from Khabarovsk. The Investigative Committee of the Khabarovsk Territory conducts an audit, the department’s website says . On November 7, in the anonymous group of the school in Khabarovsk, photos and videos appeared in which two 14-year-old girls portrayed how they cut a kitten or crush it with a foot.

Scientists from Northern Illinois University used a 3D printer to create a prosthetic hand for playing the violin, Digital Trends reports. 14-year-old violinist Sarah Valentiner, who was born without a right hand, received a prosthesis. As the publication says, Sarah Valentiner has been playing the violin for several years, but her old prosthesis limited her movements with the bow.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on measures to support state and local government bodies for socially oriented non-profit organizations (NPOs), which provide socially useful services, TASS reports .

In Ufa, residents of an emergency barracks on Shota Rustaveli Street 70/7 filmed a parody of the video of United Russia deputies participating in the Mannequin Challenge flash mob. The portal “ProUfu” writes about this. Its essence is that everyone in the frame freezes for a short period of time and portrays mannequins. According to the publication, parliamentarians made a video in support of the regional parliamentary week.

The World Wildlife Fund is launching a public campaign “1% of Russians”, calling for donations to nature conservation. According to a study by CAF Russia, only 1% of Russians now donate to environmental projects. The goal of the campaign is to attract as many Russians as possible to support programs aimed at protecting and preserving Russia’s natural resources.

How could the life of a boy Nikita turn out Help the back of Bifida help Nikita is nineteen. He lives in an orphanage for children with disabilities. Six months later, he will not be able to walk a maximum of a year. He will be transferred to a neuropsychiatric boarding school, despite the fact that he is not sick mentally. He has Spina Bifida, a hernia of the spinal cord. And his life could have developed in a completely different way.

The World Health Organization has published new guidance on HIV self-testing. According to WHO, about 14 million infected people are unaware of their illness. The bulletin states that only 60% of those infected know their status, while the remaining 40% (14 million people, WHO estimates) do not know they are infected because they consider existing tests too complex.

Specially trained dogs will appear at the capital's airports to help passengers relieve stress before departure, reports the Moscow 24 TV channel. According to the management of Sheremetyevo Airport, getting rid of pre-flight anxiety with the help of an animal is much better for the psyche of passengers and the safety of others than relaxing using alcohol from Duty Free. A similar service has already appeared in several US airports.

In Krasnoyarsk, a utility worker who came to remove ice from a roof was killed by a falling icicle, reports NGS.News with reference to the regional investigative committee. Residents of a house in the center of Krasnoyarsk asked to remove ice from the roof. Utility services sent workers from the management company, and while cleaning, a block of ice fell on one of them on the head. The impact caused him to fall out of the lift and fall to the ground.

The American company AirVisual has created and made publicly available an interactive 3D globe, AirVisual Earth, showing the level of air pollution and the direction of winds on earth in real time, reports the nplus1 website. The online map is updated in accordance with monitoring data carried out by the company.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a phase 3 clinical trial of ecstasy in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The New York Times reports this. According to the organizers of the program, 230 people will take part in it. If the study results show that the drug is truly effective for people with PTSD, it could be approved for sale on the market in the next few years.

The German application for charity events Mercify has begun operating in Russia, Afisha Daily reports with reference to the press service of Mercify Technologies. According to the company's official website, the application allows any user to create his own auction, the lot of which he offers himself. For example, the lot could be a trip to a museum, dinner at a restaurant, or a class at a fitness club. Everyone will bid, and the winner will be the one who pays the highest price for the item.

Gosha writes poetry, loves the porches very much and knows everything about light bulbs. Nikita speaks quotes from Soviet comedies, and Lerik - by quotes from cartoons. All three have an autistic spectrum disorder, and specific hobbies have become a way to know the world for them. Imagine that you came to China. You were not particularly preparing for a trip, in Chinese you cannot say a word.

In the city of Vikhorevka, Irkutsk region, interruptions in heat supply have continued for the second month. Pregnant women will have to be sent to a neighboring city for childbirth, according to the resolution of the regional Ministry of Health. Since November 22, a state of emergency has been introduced in the Bratsk district due to the fact that in Vikhorevka they cannot organize the operation of the Vodogrynaya boiler house, on which 40% of the houses in the village depend for heat.