Conversations about mental health don’t always need to be serious. Sometimes, fun is the most powerful way to open up deeply stigmatised topics like suicide prevention. Especially when such open conversations, in an open space like Kanakakkunnu, are unexpectedly blessed with summer rain… because in suicide prevention, when it rains, we dance.
On 29th March, Team Orange Room brought that spirit to our workshop at Olam creating a space where learning, laughter, reflection, and connection could exist together.
With deaf youth participants in the crowd and Indian Sign Language (ISL) interpretation supporting accessibility, the session became a truly inclusive space for everyone to engage, express, and be heard.
Behind every workshop, there’s also the unseen work of caring for ourselves as a team. As people working in youth suicide prevention, we make space for fun activities, shared energy, and moments of joy behind the scenes too—because supporting others begins with sustaining ourselves.
Thank you, Olam, for holding space for conversations that are honest, inclusive, and healing.
