OrphanCrushingMachine

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 22h ago

“I choose to live my life with hope”: Father, 39, with stage-four brain cancer sells family home and crowdfunds for treatment unavailable on the NHS, hoping to live long enough for his three-year-old son to remember him.

bbc.co.uk

903 Upvotes

62 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 1d ago

A charity honoring Philando Castile raised money to clear hundreds of students’ school-lunch debts

upworthy.com

163 Upvotes

3 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/mr_bravom • 2d ago

Yep, definitely something to smile about

1.3k Upvotes

A young man in a conflict where he has to use himself as a human shield so his comrade doesn't die. How on earth can people say this is something to smile about. War is hell, nothing to smile at

145 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/kevlowe • 5d ago

Ms. Rachel paid the full $5,000 target for a Filipino baby's medical fundraiser after his mother asked her to simply share it. The family had appealed for help after the baby was diagnosed with omphalocele.

radar.ph

2.6k Upvotes

No family should have to resort to fundraising to pay for medical care

31 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Eat--The--Rich-- • 6d ago

Gavin Newsome passes law to regulate ticket scalping instead of outlawing it

reddit.com

358 Upvotes

48 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Regumate • 6d ago

Filipina OnlyFans Star Uses Profits To Build School She Once Dreamed of Teaching in, But Critics Call It 'Ethical Gooning'

fashiontimes.co.uk

1.4k Upvotes

115 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 6d ago

Prison inmates dip into their personal accounts to help pay children’s school-meal debt

upworthy.com

230 Upvotes

2 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/RequestingYouPlease • 10d ago

How heartwarming that a toddler’s $1million treatment might finally happen because a billionaire’s son happened to drive past the right banner.

342 Upvotes

5 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/ElvisIsNotDjed • 11d ago

She aged out of foster care without a permanent family. Her former caseworker adopted her at 19

upworthy.com

1.3k Upvotes

38 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/CreepingThyme071 • 11d ago

Incarcerated children in the state of California are the first in America to be given “the right to hug"

1.3k Upvotes

Is my heart warmed? Or is it just the flames of hell lapping at my door?

https://ktla.com/news/california/newly-passed-law-gives-incarcerated-california-kids-the-right-to-hug-their-loved-ones/

114 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 11d ago

A robot has been given the job of keeping a 74-year-old woman company at home. It reminds her to take her medication, asks how she is, and offers to chat.

bbc.co.uk

525 Upvotes

37 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/rgdthrowaway111 • 12d ago

French farmers turn to tropical crops amid rising temperatures • FRANCE 24 English

youtu.be

42 Upvotes

4 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/bbyxmadi • 14d ago

they shouldn’t have to do this in the first place 💔

1.5k Upvotes

24 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/neuroticsmurf • 14d ago

Just like anything else in this country, you're only worthy of being honored if you can pay for it.

1.2k Upvotes

22 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/subdep • 16d ago

Old man working 14 hours a day to pay for wife’s medical treatments

msn.com

134 Upvotes

2 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/SmallRocks • 17d ago

GoFundMe ‘miracle’ helps 81-year-old man pay for wife’s cancer treatment

newsnationnow.com

648 Upvotes

20 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/quantum_nucleus13 • 18d ago

America has failed us

5.1k Upvotes

59 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Dry_Frosting_2677 • 16d ago

David Cross

instagram.com

1 Upvotes

2 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/JoJomusk • 18d ago

Why were other people even bidding to beggin with

1.4k Upvotes

131 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Eridanosvoid • 18d ago

If only the government could provide a better means of healthcare for its citizens...something Universal perhaps.

325 Upvotes

56 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Eat--The--Rich-- • 20d ago

DoorDash settles New York City pay investigation for a measly $131.5 million. No jail sentences, drivers will only get $10.

businessinsider.com

767 Upvotes

66 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/TitsMcGrits • 20d ago

Kentucky is writing to 46,000 people this week to tell them their medical debt is gone.

sheets.works

741 Upvotes

10 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/cakekicker • 20d ago

Alternative title: People part of the prison industrial complex that are paid pennies, pay off childhood starvation debt.

440 Upvotes

12 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/Upstairs_Drive_5602 • 21d ago

A 47-year-old widow ran 3km barefoot to win ₹3,000 for her daughter's school books because the family couldn't afford them. She won.

bbc.co.uk

1.4k Upvotes

24 comments

r/OrphanCrushingMachine • u/NonZealot • 23d ago

How did this get upvoted on r/MadeMeSmile?

2.4k Upvotes

100 comments