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Do you know, around 2.2 billion people in the world are living without access to safe drinking water? Or that 207 million people spend over 30 minutes per round trip to collect water from an improved source? Water is a precious resource! This requires the …
“World Day of Social Justice” (Social Justice Equality Day) is an international day recognizing the need to promote social justice, which includes efforts to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender equality, unemployment, human rights, and social protections. The United Nations General Assembly has decided …
What is Blue Monday?
Blue Monday falls around the third Monday of January (18th January in 2021) and is often referred to as “the most depressing day of the year”. But why? Mental health experts have a number of theories about that. The most likely scenario is the culmination of factors such as weather changes, holiday debt recovery, a new year of resolutions and just the very suggestion that the day exists.
While the legitimacy of the day is often disputed by experts, the mental health effects of the winter months are very real and can lead towards serious health concerns such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), anxiety and depression.
Blue Monday during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown may be having a significant effect on people with depression and anxiety, which means we should pay even closer attention to people around us. Either you struggle yourself during this difficult period of time or you want to help a friend or a family member, there’s a number of things you can do to ease the situation.
We have gathered a few valuable sources of information that might help you to tackle this difficult task.
Top tips for your mental health during Coronavirus:
Top tips on caring for someone with depression during the COVID-19:
For more detailed information, please check links below:
Important Resources:
Mental Health Support in the Netherland – Need Help? Call Us!
113 Suicide prevention in the Netherlands (help in Dutch and English)
Articles:
WHO #HealthyAtHome – Looking after our Mental health
Caring for someone with depression during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dealing with Depression During Coronavirus
The best mental health tips for staying sane in isolation
7 Solutions for Loneliness During Coronavirus Quarantine
Useful Apps:
Our club Rotaract Scheveningen is collecting funds for the Rotary Honduras Hurricane Relief! Why should I care? Major portions of mainland Honduras have been devastated by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. The local Rotary club of Roatan (A Honduran island) is collecting food bags for people …
On the 7th of November, members of our club helped in organizing and conducting sports activities for children. This involved helping out in the planned games and interacting with the children, who were under the age of 13 and came from and around the area …
Yesterday a couple of our Rotaract club members got to speak with Rotary’s president Holger Knaack. What an exciting opportunity to exchange ideas about future projects!
Last weekend, our club Rotaract Scheveningen visited a local city farm in the Hague! We helped with various activities at the Stadsboerderij Schildershoeve: gardening, painting, and of course, petting and taking pictures of the lovely animals in the farm! Want to join us in having …
On September 12, Rotaract Scheveningen, together with Rotary Scheveningen and Rotary residentie, gathered food for a local food bank in Scheveningen! Our team of club members and volunteers joined efforts in helping Schappelijk Sociale Winkel to provide food to those in need. The initial goal …
On the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations, Rotaract Scheveningen will be having a webinar, which is part of our Peace & Justice theme. We will be joined by wonderful guests:
– Ella van den Heuvel – Defence staff
– Liselot van Egmond – Dutch Permanent Representative at the UN.Our Moderator is:
Nora Stehouwer-van Lersel.
Please register via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1CD–1Aua5cVFnGPtwCiysIJwiLDEIFe-kku3Iuwdej8/