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Mental Health Awareness
The 1st Saakar Mental Health Campaign was successfully conducted on 9th – 10th November 2017 in collaboration with Divya Kiran Nasha Mukti Kendra (NGO) based in Delhi; the campaign was targeted at the University Youth battling anxiety, depression and addiction through a powerful awareness campaign while creating a platform of dialogue through debate and competition. The programmes included awareness stalls, a seminar on addiction by Divya Kiran Nasha Mukti Kendra, a human formation saying NO to suicide, debates, documentary screenings and street plays. The campaign attracted over a 1000 youth that shared their experiences to end the negative stigma surrounding mental health issues facing the youth of India with an aim to reduce the high rate of suicide our country faces.