Lady Gaga and her mother built youth mental-health foundation; its programme has now crossed 100,000 certificates worldwide

Pop star Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, have spent more than a decade working to make mental-health support more accessible to young people. Their efforts reached a new milestone in May 2026, when the Born This Way Foundation announced that more than 100,000 Be There Certificates had been earned worldwide through a free online programme teaching people how to support someone struggling with their mental health.The foundation, co-founded by Gaga and Germanotta in 2012, marked the achievement in partnership with Canadian youth mental-health organisation Jack.org. The certificate programme teaches participants how to recognise signs of distress, respond with care and help someone connect with appropriate support. The foundation announced the milestone on May 31, 2026, and linked it to its Generation Be There campaign, which aims to equip young people with practical skills to support themselves and others.According to the foundation’s official impact timeline, the campaign had 186 partner organisations and attracted more than 590 attendees across its events. The initiative focuses on turning conversations about mental health into practical action, encouraging people to b...