{"id":23878,"date":"2024-11-07T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=23878"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T12:39:03","slug":"glow-for-mental-health-walk-raises-awareness-in-guyana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/glow-for-mental-health-walk-raises-awareness-in-guyana\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow for Mental Health Walk Raises Awareness in Guyana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>October 14, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Desert Flower Guyana Glow for Mental Health Out of the Shadows Awareness Walk took place on Saturday, attracting around 500 participants in a collective effort to promote mental health awareness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event aimed to shift the conversation about mental health, bringing it out of the shadows and into the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, highlighted the importance of such initiatives in raising awareness and supporting individuals facing mental health challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants echoed similar sentiments, emphasizing that the event is a vital step in normalizing conversations about mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Desert Flower \u2013 Guyana, a mental health-focused organization, played a key role in the event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wendy Seepersaud, the organization&#8217;s coordinator, explained that Desert Flower is committed to breaking the stigma surrounding mental health and promoting positive coping mechanisms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The walk was conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, PAHO\/WHO, and UNICEF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme for this year&#8217;s walk was &#8220;Changing the Narrative on Mental Health,&#8221; a call for greater understanding and support for those affected by mental health issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, 2024 The Desert Flower Guyana Glow for Mental Health Out of the Shadows Awareness Walk took place on Saturday, attracting around 500 participants in a collective effort to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23879,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23878\/revisions\/23879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}