Mental Health Awareness

Health promotion/education

• Mental health is an abstract space that exists within everybody’s life. While it is not tangible like physical health, it plays a significant part of our lives and should be looked after.

• We want our youth and communities to play a more conscious role in their mental health, where the focus is geared towards health and wellness.

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KEYJ Foundation Mental Health Awareness Initiatives

KeyJ Foundation is involved in several initiatives to promote mental well-being and stability, including the following:

o   Music Over Mind event – an annual music event with a difference, combining music talent and entertainment with mental health awareness  motivational messages, targeting vulnerable youth
o    Positive and uplifting Social Media messages and awareness creation
o    Partnership with our Mental Health Ambassador, influencer, and spokesperson, Chad Chitter.  Chad engages with our followers on a level of             

       understanding having been diagnosed with depression and suffering from anxiety at times – working hard to break the stigmas associated with   

       mental struggles 
o   Chats with Chad – “Collaboration with the WC Dept of Health and our Mental Health Ambassadors to engage youth through mental health   

      awareness  Podcasts,
      live and recorded discussions, to provide coping mechanisms and resource information on where to gain assistance”
o   Sanlam Cape Town Marathon – in 2022, Chad ran his first full marathon, in support of mental health awareness, raising funds for the KeyJ     

      Foundation.  We intend to grow participation in this event, covering various distances and increasing the number of participants running on     

      behalf of our foundation 

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