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comes to pioneering compassionate care givers and fellow travellers in their
healthcare all over the world. There is no journey of life.
reason why we cannot be “agents of
healing” in this “broken” world of ours. Caring is staying / walking with peo-
How can we create a generation of ple where they are, without prejudice,
people who have learnt to process pain stigma and discrimination. We care bec-
with the help of trained caregivers and ause our God is caring. That is God's cha-
ultimately they themselves become racter. Three things happen when we
caregivers in their sphere of influence? care. We are discovering, developing
Projects like Saathi: Fellow Traveller has and demonstrating the character of God.
been functioning under Transform4Life
(T4L) with a goal to establish comm- "Forget yourself and live for others, for it
unities of trained caregivers who provide is more blessed to give than to receive." -
emotional care and relief to those in A.B. Simpson.
their sphere of influence. Such projects
recognise, for any child, teachers and
parents as the most significant, appro-
priate and best avenue of support and DRAMA
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Hossain MM, Purohit N. Improving child and
adolescent mental health in India: Status, services, Rev. Dr. Augustine A. Koshy but not a HYPOCRISY
policies, and way forward. Indian J Psychiatry National Director, Transfor 4Life
[serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Mar 9];61:415-9. Hyderabad
It is very interesting to know that the for the people. But later drama or acting
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