"As we mark International
Youth Day 2014, let us enable youth with mental health conditions to
realize their full potential, and let us show that mental health matters
to us all." - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Youths are the future leaders of the world. Around one quarter of the
present world population is youth at present world. The future of the
world is shaping by these youth leaders all over the world. Along with
their contribution to the society, these youths have their high
expectations and imagination to change the world. Now a day, it has been
seen that youths are facing different types of ill mental conditions.
Even they often experience stigma and discrimination which may lead them
to eliminate and/or discourage form brining the positive changes to the
society. They cannot overcome themselves from their poor conditions and
unable to adapt different situations.
On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. (Source: UN Website). This year the United Nations declared the theme of this day as "Youth and Mental Health."
On the day of International Youth Day 2014, 12 August, Center for Human Rights Studies (CHRS) organized a program at office with its staffs, volunteers and well wishers. CHRS staffs as well as FK Fellows-Rowshan Akhter Urmee, Mofaq Kharul Taufiq and Shahadat Hossian shared their experiences during working in a new country and their mental situations at that time. They also shared their way to manage their situations and how they successfully completed their fellowship program and got oriented with a very new culture, norms and values. CHRS acting coordinator and also FK Fellow Farhadul Islam described that why mental health is very important for every youth. He said that about 26 percent of the world population today is youth and this percentage is growing rapidly. During their youth age youths face mental pressure and also mental stress due to unemployment, education, from failure in love or job sectors. So it is important for every youth to learn how to keep mentally sound in critical situations. As I have just completed the Prep Course of FK Exchange Program, I shared my learning with others. I also shared they way of managing stress in an unfamiliar environment and how to perform well keeping oneself mentally sound. The program ended with an open discussion session where all people, present in the program, shared their most stressful/shameful situations they faced in their life and how they manage to minimize their stressor overcome their situations. This discussion helped all to understand that what kind of problems youths are facing in Bangladesh and prepare one for managing those problems.
On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. (Source: UN Website). This year the United Nations declared the theme of this day as "Youth and Mental Health."
On the day of International Youth Day 2014, 12 August, Center for Human Rights Studies (CHRS) organized a program at office with its staffs, volunteers and well wishers. CHRS staffs as well as FK Fellows-Rowshan Akhter Urmee, Mofaq Kharul Taufiq and Shahadat Hossian shared their experiences during working in a new country and their mental situations at that time. They also shared their way to manage their situations and how they successfully completed their fellowship program and got oriented with a very new culture, norms and values. CHRS acting coordinator and also FK Fellow Farhadul Islam described that why mental health is very important for every youth. He said that about 26 percent of the world population today is youth and this percentage is growing rapidly. During their youth age youths face mental pressure and also mental stress due to unemployment, education, from failure in love or job sectors. So it is important for every youth to learn how to keep mentally sound in critical situations. As I have just completed the Prep Course of FK Exchange Program, I shared my learning with others. I also shared they way of managing stress in an unfamiliar environment and how to perform well keeping oneself mentally sound. The program ended with an open discussion session where all people, present in the program, shared their most stressful/shameful situations they faced in their life and how they manage to minimize their stressor overcome their situations. This discussion helped all to understand that what kind of problems youths are facing in Bangladesh and prepare one for managing those problems.
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