Giving Compass' Take:
- In honor of the upcoming World Mental Health Day, here are seven powerful mental health stories from the staff at Doctors Without Borders.
- How are you supporting mental health in your community? What steps can donors take to bolster mental health programs?
- Learn how some practitioners are creatively addressing the rising mental health crisis due to the pandemic.
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As we mark World Mental Health Day 2020, read some of the most moving and meaningful mental health stories from our frontline staff.
- Mary Unchained
- US midwife Kristine Lauria writes in this powerful and personal blog from Sierra Leone, where working in a place where mental illness is poorly understood, she meets a new mum in need of psychological support and human connection.
- "The Love for your child is good": Mental Health and The Rohingya Crisis
- How do you care for people's mental health when the situation around them is so unstable? British mental health officer Alison Fogg shares this beautifully written blog post, detailing her experience of treating Rohingya people inside the world's largest refugee camp.
Read the full article about powerful mental health stories at Doctors Without Borders.