SHILLONG, SEPT 1: Together with the rest of the world, SAN-KER will observe World Suicide Prevention Day by organising a 17 Km cycle rally on September 10 that would begin from Mawroh Community Hall at 10 am and culminate at SAN-KER. There will also be a seminar on the theme ‘Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives’ on the same day at the KJP Assembly Conference Centre at 2:00 PM.
Registration of participants will begin at the starting point at 9 am. Participants will also be given an official participant label, a certificate of completion and the distance they cycled will be added on to the total distance recorded by IASP globally.
The aim of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) to host the 2nd Cycle around the Globe challenge this year is to encourage individuals on every continent to collectively cycle the circumference of the globe, with the intention of raising awareness globally about the importance of suicide prevention.
Globally, suicide is the 4th leading cause of death among young males and 3rd among young females. In India, more than one lakh lives are lost every year due to suicide. With the intention of reducing the incidence of suicide and raise community awareness, every year the 10th September is observed as the “World Suicide Prevention Day”.- By Our Reporter
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