Mumbai school students start mental health programme, release book to help peers

Perhaps nothing can replace the sheer joy, freedom and most importantly, free time, of school days. [caption id=“attachment_2545062” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Image courtesy: ReachOut Facebook page[/caption] But school can also be a tough place to be. After all, adolescence and teenage are also some of the most confusing times of our lives. Issues like bullying, ragging, peer pressure, academic stress and sexuality trouble most of the students going to schools and colleges, sometimes to the extent that they commit suicide. So it’s always good to see when students of a school start a mental health awareness programme and even self-publish a book for the welfare of the students. Students of the Cathedral and John Connon School in Mumbai began a mental health awareness programme called ReachOut. The students even published a book on the same issue. “At first, we started a visual campaign, and started putting up posters around school, but a lot of people wanted to be part of it, so we decided to make a book,” BuzzFeed quoted Saumya Sinha, a 12th grade student of the school, as saying.

ReachOut is a mental health awareness programme started by the students of the cathedral and John Connon School, its is… Posted by ReachOut: a Mental Health Awareness Initiative by Cathedralites. on  Thursday, November 26, 2015