Facebook and the Trevor Project have partnered up with each other in a bid to prevent suicides among the LGBTQ community and to bring support to members of the community over Facebook. The partnership will see the Trevor Project extend its services to messenger.
Facebook has been making sure that its platform stays healthy and that it is able to help people having suicidal tendencies. Towards that, the company brought out a slew of suicide prevention tools back in March. It also partnered up with a bunch og organizations including Crisis Text Line, the National Eating Disorder Association and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
The company also encouraged users to use these tools if they felt that they were having suicidal thoughts or to direct other users – peers, friends or even total strangers — to these tools if they thought the same about them.
The services then kick into action and include live support, or connection with a slew of NGOs and other organizations that offer proper treatment and support. With the Trevor Project, Facebook is opening up to a community that is still looked at askew in large portions of the world and is thus, often in greater danger of suffering from suicidal tendencies.
The world sees a suicide attempt every 40 seconds, as per data from the world health organization. Unbelievable as it sounds, suicide is the second greatest killer among the youth between 10-24. As such, Facebook is setting an example that is commendable and should be emulated.
