Michelle: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! At Kaboose, we're aiming to improve mental health and connectedness through friendships and employment. Often, neurodivergent people feel alone with no sense of belonging. In a world grappling with loneliness, one in four feels the weight of this isolation. Heartbreakingly, youth suicide is the number one cause of death in young people with autistic people three times more at risk. Let's unite, end loneliness, and build a more inclusive and compassionate world for all.
Paul: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Philanthropy and government grants are critical to achieving the SDGs, however, they will not, by themselves, provide enough funding. Traditional grant-based funding also rarely supports the flexibility and experimentation required to test new ways of having impact for children. Save the Children Global Ventures was created to complement traditional grants and philanthropy with an increased use of new ways to fund children's education, health, and protection. We also look across the world for the best new innovations that might help Save the Children to be even more impactful for children.
Dr. Kavehei: Did you know that epilepsy affects about one percent of the world’s population and is one of the most common, complex, and widely misunderstood neurological disorders, impacting people of all ages and genders? Epilepsy causes unprovoked seizures, which can briefly disturb the brain’s electrical activity and cause temporary interruption or changes in bodily functions, movement, awareness, behavior, or feelings. Objective counting of seizures is essential in the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. We aim to help nearly 35% of epilepsy patients who never achieve full seizure control using artificial intelligence (AI) empowered seizure prediction and intervention systems.
