Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: ‘Yakjah’ Developing Social Innovation Venture for mental health care and well being in J&K had a meeting with the JCCI president Rakesh Gupta at Chamber House today wherein Ashima Koul, head of the NGO sought co-operation and support from JCCI for the mental health care mission.
In a joint meeting, it was decided that the Chamber will lend its support to Yakjah’s emerging Mental Health and Well Being Program in the State. “This is a very important cause that Yakjah has taken up”, said Rakesh Gupta, president of Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
The program aims to bring a revolution in the overall mental health care dynamics in the region. It is currently at the prototype testing stage. “The design solution aims to bring mental health out of stigma closet, bridge the number gap between users and experts by training mental health coaches, reach to the last marginalized individual located at the edge of the social system through innovative technology and bring a paradigm shift in the way we understand mental health”, shared Ashima Kaul.
She further said Jammu and Kashmir has a unique situation therefore, mental health dynamics and challenges related to it are unique, too. During Yakjah’s residential workshops on healing and transformation that brings young people from all the three regions in a common space, personal story sharing in a mixed group helped in healing repressed emotions and feelings. These stories brought forth the enormity of the mental health reality and absence of a platform that addressed the issue from a holistic perspective, she added.
Not only people required specialized access to affordable mental health care but a new thinking and importance to create an inner balance of body mind and spirit for creating a harmonious balance. The challenge however in the State is how do we create an environment for systems change for society, businesses, education and health to flourish, she said.
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