A global foundation championing the awareness and education on mental health known as Cope and live mental health awareness foundation has restated it’s strong commitment on mental health awareness and education within Nigeria communities and diaspora .
This has become necessary in view of huge importance of mental health to what we do as a person and to our society .This was made known recently by the Executive Director Cope and live mental health awareness foundation,Reverend Chukwudiebube Nwachukwu while responding on some steps taken by the mental health foundation towards alleviating plights of the vulnerable such as the widows, widowers and elderly persons through a Free Mental Health engagement and counseling to help them cope positively and live to contribute their quota to human existence.
According to him ,we are partnering with a whole lots of credible organization like Rangers international Football Club Foundation,CapioNG,ASTRICNG and Inecas towards actualizing this.We are also doing a program on climate change which is aimed at reconnecting Man to Nature as well as multi sports activities and womens health and hygiene advocacy .
He however called for the integration of mental health awareness / education in the school curriculum which will cut across signs ,triggers,,responses and management of emotions .
He revealed that the foundation has already commenced modalities on training of students under Student 2 students ( S2S) initiatives of cope and live mental health awareness foundation community driven activity as well as on peer and community support and further revealed that Cope and live mental health awareness foundation is now domiciled in Zamfara and Bornu state with the appointment of Habiba Bello Maishanu as Focal Person for cope and live mental health awareness foundation and same with Nwoye Ndubuisi ThankGod as Focal peron cope and live mental health awareness Foundation Bornu state .
