Crazy for Walking

Campaign 2019

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Crazy for Walking 2019

The World Health Organisation has listed Mental Illness as the Number 1 disability causing disease. With the uncontrollable escalation of mental illness and suicide worldwide, there is a definite need for an awareness campaign about mental health.

HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

WALK, TALK, WEAR, SHARE, JOIN

contact info@crazyforwalking.co.za for more information

  • Infographic: five steps to break the stigma of mental illness (walk, talk, wear crazy socks, share, join) and mental health statistics for South Africa

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  • If you can't walk then talk, talk then wear, wear then share, share then join
Steps to break the stigma of mental illness: walk, talk, wear crazy socks, share and join the mission to Mars, with mental health facts for South Africa

STEPS TO BREAK THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS

Six ways that you can show your support and help break the stigma of Mental illness

Click on the image below to download the infographic

  • Infographic: five steps to break the stigma of mental illness (walk, talk, wear crazy socks, share, join) and mental health statistics for South Africa
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Walk

Are you Crazy enough to walk for 12 hours to break the stigma of mental illness?

Walk the 12 hour Crazy walk challenge on 10 October: There are Crazy for Walking 12 hour challenges in Pretoria, Bloemfontein & Cape Town. Have a look at the events page for more details. https://crazyforwalking.co.za/the-route/

Talk

Talk about mental illness: Education about mental health and wellness is a key focus of the Crazy for Walking initiative. During 3 – 10 October a team of mental health speakers will visit organizations to deliver free talks on mental health. If you would like us to come and do a talk at your organization, school or church contact the coordinator in your region:

Pretoria – inge@crazyforwalking.co.za

Bloemfontein – nicola@crazyforwalking.co.za

Cape Town – marlene@crazyforwalking.co.za

Western Cape – High schools – eloise@crazyforwalking.co.za

Wear

any Crazy Socks on 10 October (World Mental Health Day)– Show your support on 10 October by wearing crazy socks. Official Crazy for Walking “Crazy Socks” are available at R50 per pair from participating private psychiatric hospitals.

Click here to find your crazy socks.

Share

Share your crazy photos: Wear your “craziest” pair of socks on 10 October – get your colleagues and friends to also wear “crazy socks” – take fun and “crazy” photos and post these to our Social Media feeds:

Use the hash tags #CrazySocksDay #CrazyforWalking Facebook – @crazyforwalking Twitter – @crazyforwalking Instagram – @crazyforwalking

Join

our Crazy Mission to Mars on the mobile app

305 000 km’s walked so far … Mars is 54.6 million km’s away.

NEW 2019 VERSION OF THE MOBILE APP AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD SOON

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Sponsor

Sponsor: Contact our sponsorship coordinator to enquire about different sponsorship options to show your support – Jolandi Posthumus jolandi@crazyforwalking.co.za