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Voices of Empathy & Hope
A space for sharing your voices and reflections on empathy and hope.
Matthew Jackman (Australia)
Our physical environment is part of our being, and our identity is tied up with how we see others. As humans we need people to have a...
Sowmya Sundar (India)
Being on social media, you see people keeping busy in many ways, but this is not a creativity contest. Doing something as simple as...
Preeti Khanna (India)
Taking care of your physical and mental health is crucial during these times. Good affects your health, so focus on feeding your body and...
Margianta Surahman (Indonesia)
Self-care is also collective care. You have a role in a collective movement. Do something to help your community. We cannot act as...
Grace Gatera (Rwanda)
Take advantage of the time at home to plan for the future. Apply for opportunities online - education, employments or funding. This will...
Coronavirus and mental health: your wellbeing can be someone else’s survival
“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” CS Lewis When we are facing a...
Satvik Sethi (India)
As a 15-year-old, I did not know much about mental health or empathy, but one night I learnt it accidentally,” recalls Satvik Sethi, a...
Charlene Sunkel (South Africa)
For me the opposite of HOPE is DISEMPOWERMENT, if you are disempowered it is difficult if not impossible to see or find hope in any...
Margianta Surahman (Indonesia)
We often undermined the power of empathy. Many of my friends have asked me, how can you be such a good listener? Why do I feel so much...
Tina Van Der Walt (South Africa)
“I always say, if you had asked me 10 years ago what depression was, I would have said there is no such thing and I have heard the same...
Hapi Vorster (South Africa)
HOPE for me is slowly drowning and someone giving me an oxygen mask while I learn to swim. It doesn’t matter if I sink because I still...
Fatou Dièye Fall (Senegal)
As an empath I used to think that being strong is pretending to have it altogether. Then, through very dark phases of my life, I came to...
Zanani Mrwetyana (South Africa)
The year 2019 taught me so much about hope and empathy for myself,” recalls Zanani Mrwetyana from South Africa. “It was filled with...
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