Mpower has also unveiled an initiative, COPE (Counselling and Outreach for Peer Empowerment), designed to offer much-needed support and resources for tackling mental health challenges within the student community.
Mpower an initiative by the Aditya Birla Education Trust, has joined forces with educational institutions to drive awareness and address the pressing issue of student suicide.
Commencing on World Suicide Prevention Day, students from colleges spanning six states staged impactful street plays, contributing to the critical problem of suicide among their peers.
Mpower has also unveiled an initiative, COPE (Counselling and Outreach for Peer Empowerment), designed to offer much-needed support and resources for tackling mental health challenges within the student community.
COPE is an entirely student-led community that represents a significant leap forward in promoting a proactive and empathetic approach to mental well-being.
By fostering peer-to-peer engagement, providing guidance and counseling services and creating a safe space for open conversations about mental health, COPE aims to empower students to seek help and support when faced with mental health concerns. COPE aims to provide a safe space, encourage awareness, enable youth-led programs, and destigmatise mental health conversations.
The compelling street plays organised as part of the World Suicide Prevention awareness and COPE launch, conceptualised by Mpower, brought together the student community and raised awareness about mental health challenges. This initiative commenced at the Garware Institute, situated within the University of Mumbai’s campus.
Since its commencement, students from various institutions such as Sophia College and Atlas College in Mumbai, Dolphin Institute in Dehradun, B K Birla College in Kalyan, NITTE in Mangaluru, and Rungta Institute in Bhilai, Sambhram Institute of Technology, Bangalore have performed these impactful plays.
The culminating play of the series will take place at PR Pote Patil Engineering College in Amravati and Indraprastha Engineering College in Delhi NCR on the 15th of September, which is also observed as Engineer’s Day.
