 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 4: Yakjah Developing Social Innovation Venture for Mental Health Care and Well Being in Jammu and Kashmir had a joint meeting with the JCCI President Rakesh Gupta at Chamber House today wherein Ashima Koul Head of Yakjah sought co operation and support from JCCI for the Mental Health Care Mission (MHCM).
In a joint meeting of Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Jammu and Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network, a non -profit youth led social innovation for social change in Jammu and Kashmir, it was decided that the Chamber will lend its support to Yakjah's emerging Mental Health and Well Being Program in Jammu and Kashmir. "This is a very important cause that Yakjah has taken up", said Rakesh Gupta, President of Chamber of Commerce and Industries. "We will support it through or network and promote its outreach to different parts of the region", he said.
The program aims to disrupt the overall mental health care dynamics in the region. It is currently at the prototype testing stage. "The design solution aims to bring mental health out of stigma closet, bridge the number gap between users and experts by training mental health coaches, reach to the last marginalized individual located at the edge of the social system through innovative technologyand bring a paradigm shift in the way we understand mental health", shared Ashima Kaul, Founder Yakjah
Jammu and Kashmir has a unique situation therefore mental health dynamics and challenges related to it are unique too. During Yakjah's residential workshops on healing and transformation that brings young people from all the three regions in a common space, personal story sharing in a mixed group helped in healing repressed emotions and feelings. These stories brought forth the enormity of the mental health reality and absence of a platform that addressed the issue from a holistic perspective.
Yakjah members present in the meeting were Nitansharma from Poonch, AaamirGanie from Kashmir, Simran Kour, Sabiha Beig, KannavPadha, Dev Dutt Raina and Saira Anwar from Jammu, RitikKar from Jagti, Akshay Sharma from Akhnoor, Kritika Bhatti from R S Pura and Diksha Andotra from Kathua. |
