Elliot Taylor: Kiwi organisation takes proactive approach to help young people in crisis
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A Kiwi organisation is taking a proactive approach to helping young people in crisis. Online Crisis Intervention began three years ago, in response to the massive number of social media...
show moreOnline Crisis Intervention began three years ago, in response to the massive number of social media posts they saw that spoke about times of distress and crisis.
Their aim to get help to every young person in crisis online.
Using algorithms to search for certain hashtags, like #depressed or #suicidal, the help locate young people in distress, and with the help of 200 volunteers around the world, get them talking!
Elliot Taylor, director of online crisis intervention joins Kerre McIvor to discuss the initiative.
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