7 May 2013
Teen suicide in South Africa is increasing with
the suicide rate for children aged between 10 to 14-years have doubled over the
last fifteen years.
One in five youths considers suicide.
A campaign called Be Your Dream campaign
aims to empower and have early intervention strategy towards promoting
emotional wellness and thus saving and improving lives.
Founder for Be Your Dream campaign Anais De
Jager explains further that it is mainly aimed at the youth, it has many
sections under the Be Your Dream campaign.
De Jager said that they have the be your
dream youth campaign where they go to schools and they do a musical show for
the kids as she is a musician as well.
Furthermore De Jager said that they get
their interest and their trust and they tell them about lifeline at a level
that they understand and they teach them the lifeline number.
“This project also has many sections for
all ages and it has been received quite well by everyone,” said De Jager.
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