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Chad Varah, Bristist priest, saw a funeral for a girl who committed suicide after having no one to talk to when her first period came, believing it was an STD. He recalled thinking, “ little girl, I never knew you, but I promise you that you have changed my life”. He vowed to encourage sex Education, and help people contemplating suicide. 1953, he founded the world’s first suicide hotline. The British Anglican priest, never forgot the first funeral he ever led. It was 1935, and Varah was conducting a funeral for a 14-year-old girl who had died by suicide. The death devastated her family and the community at large – but for Varah it was the reasoning behind her death that had a “profound affect” on him. The young girl’s period had started, and she had no idea what it was. The 14-year-old was terrified. She concluded she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease. And then, she ended her life. For Varah, it was a light bulb moment. He would later say, “Little girl, I didn’t know you, ...