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“For refugees, we just want a place where we can call home without worrying whether we will lose it.”
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“I’ve grown to learn that being a twin means we are bound to be misunderstood, but it also means to have someone that understands you the best.”
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"Despite any attempts to erase us, our history, and our future – Palestinians will survive.”
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“I have started slowly losing hope of ever getting back on track since my substance addiction.”
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May we become a voice for the voiceless, those who find themselves in the midst of an identity crisis.
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I have anorexia and fight for freedom of the stigma. I fight for beaten women.
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"Your contributions can change our destiny."
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"I know it was her way of silencing me, but I ended up understanding the true meaning of mental health, anxiety, self-love and trauma."
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“I want people to know that OCD can be anything, it is a kaleidoscope of fear. It is not ‘a quirk’, it is not ‘beautifully organised things that are satisfying’, it is the fear and unwanted guilt that consumes every single part of a person.”
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“They don't understand that HIV is not a death sentence”
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“Grief has made itself a permanent home in my heart, my stomach is in knots and the feeling of helplessness and guilt permeates my existence.”
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“There is stigma surrounding vitiligo in Kenya. Some people say that it's a curse,”
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“In my early 20s, I started to experience symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and I was lost in terms of where to seek help."
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"My experience of mental illness has been a gift."
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"It is a high time that refugee women learn to put themselves first, especially in relationships. You are supposed to love yourself first before loving the other person. "
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"People who have mental health issues feel socially isolated. They are judged as being immoral, unfocused, hopeless and without goals when in reality they are suffering from mental illness."
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“Akili Bomba is a community based organization that deals with mental health awareness and advocacy through sensitization.”
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“My hope for the future is that Kibera will become a community that is sober, self-reliant and healthier.”
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"I'm a youth I focus on my future. All I require is victory that is my pleasure."
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"Most artists from Kibera die while trying. Making it out of the slums is not easy. They have no one to counsel them."
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