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.
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Six ways that you can show your support and help break the stigma of Mental illness
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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 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
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 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
our Crazy Mission to Mars on the mobile app
305 000 km’s walked so far … Mars is 54.6 million km’s away.
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Sponsor: Contact our sponsorship coordinator to enquire about different sponsorship options to show your support – Jolandi Posthumus jolandi@crazyforwalking.co.za
