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Oct 31 2024 / Posted in Adolescence

EHSAS initiated a celebration with communities through a campaign driven to raise conversations around mental health.

The month of October witnessed Mental Health Festivals, Awareness Raising Campaigns and Social Media Creatives built for the same. EHSAS celebrated the World Mental Health Week, both, virtually and on ground with different community stakeholders.

Adolescents at Kalwa — *Kalwa team exploring with adolescents post the emoji drawing activity*

Clinical Psychologists — *Our HumRaahi (Non Specialist Mental Health Youth Worker) captured at the photo booth at Kalwa*

street play themed around Mental Health awareness — *Adolescents at Kalwa raise sketched smileys to depict the variety of emotions they experience*

the-unseen-mumbai — *Mental Health Festivals organised across centres by coming together of youth, interns and staff of EHSAS*

Program Co-ordinator — *Our Clinical Psychologist in conversation with women from Kalwa about understanding mental health. Conversations with 389 parents had taken place across centres.*

Dharavi Mental Health Festival — *Our Clinical Psychologist and Community Organizer awarding a participant of the drawing activity at the Kandivali*

importance of Mental Health — *HumRaahis contextualizing mental health through a street play themed around Mental Health awareness*

staff and HumRaahis — *Our Community Organizer capturing an adolescent posing at the photo booth installed at the Kandivali Mental Health Festival*

Mental Health Festivals organised across centres — *Our Youth Non Specialist Mental Health workers (HumRaahis) conducting myth busting through a mental health Ludo game*

World Mental Health Week — *Adolescent from Kandivali envisions the Right to Mental Health*

Adolescent from Kandivali — *Youth and Staff from Kandivali post presenting a Street Play around Mental Health and its importance*

Mental Health Festivals — *Dharavi Program Co-ordinator poses at the Mental Health photo booth installed at the Fest*

children of Ambujwadi — *Adolescent depicts mental health distress through a drawing at Dharavi Mental Health Festival*

understanding mental health — *Participants collectively expressing their impressions of Mental Health at the Dharavi Mental Health Festival*

city’s gleaming image — *Dharavi witnesses stalls installed to initiate learning through fun brought to them by staff and HumRaahis*

Mothers in Ambujwadi work tirelessly — *Dharavi team and adolescents flaunt their mental health visions and perceptions vividly*

lack of clean roads and proper sanitation — *EHSAS staff hosting the Dharavi Mental Health Festival. Participation of 330 people was seen across the 3 centres during the three festival days*

EHSAS staff — *Our MEast staff and interns post conducting a Mental Health Awareness session with the 32 Police Officers at the Mankhurd Police Station*

MEast staff — *Our Program Co-ordinator conducting a mental health awareness campaign at a health post. 15 Health Posts and 295 of their staff were involved*

Our team of 50 HumRaahis, Clinical Psychologists and staff also participated in Canva Creatives Workshop and put together an awareness campaign online, leveraging Instagram. They made posters, reels, myth busting polls and welcome videos for their offline events, available on SNEHA’s Instagram account.