Hi everyone! I’m Andi Tabinas, a mapper and civil servant in the Philippines. I’m also a mental health advocate and OSM volunteer, so with the difficulty in accessing mental healthcare here in the Philippines, I started a volunteer project for mental health awareness.
*Mental Health AWHEREness* is a project that aims to have an *online platform for mental health awareness* and a *crowdsourcing map* that shows the locations and information of mental health services to make it easier for people to look for professional help. ( https://mentalhealthawhereness.com) Through its map, we hope that more people who are dealing with mental health issues could find the information they need to consult for professional help without letting other people know about their mental health problems until they are ready to do so. This is because the stigma on mental health tends to limit people from seeking professional help. They are afraid to ask friends or family about these information, so making it available through a map which shows these important information and their locations near them would be helpful. Through mapathons, mental health talks, and other campaigns, we also hope that people will be encouraged to seek help and that our map could support evidence-based decision making in showing our decision-makers where mental health resources are unavailable or lacking so they could address these issues. Help our community to do this. With your donation, we can make mental health awhereness happen! Donate here: http://bit.ly/MTDmentalhealth. Thank you so much in advance! Best regards, Andi -- *Sandra Tabinas* Geographer | GIS Specialist University of the Philippines, Diliman Quezon City, Philippines -- Mobile: +639985542672 E mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: https://mentalhealthawhereness.com
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