“Light Up 2022”- Raising Awareness on Mental Health for Macau Anglican College
"Light Up 2022"- Raising Awareness on Mental Health for Macau Anglican College
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17/06/2022
On the 16th of June 2022, the USJ Department of Social Work organised a school activity titled ‘Light Up 2022’ in response to the mental health awareness month of the Macau Anglican College.
On the 16th of June 2022, the Department of Social Work of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education (FSSE) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) organised a school activity titled ‘Light Up 2022’ in response to the mental health awareness month of the Macau Anglican College (MAC).
Twenty students from MAC joined a field trip to the Fu Hong Society Pou Choi Centre and attended a workshop to understand the process of making fruit tea bags, whereby staff at the vocational training center explained the importance of empowering trainees with skills set that could contribute to the society through a mental rehabilitation program, which is part of the “Physically Handicapped Able Bodied (PHAB – 傷健共融)” Movement. Afterward, students were joined by the President and the Director of Fu Hong Society at the ‘Canton of Portuguese’ for lunch, a restaurant built on social enterprise value. Students were very engaged and enjoyed this interactive learning experience.
The Department of Social Work at the USJ is committed to raising public awareness of the growing prevalence of mental health problems while training professional social workers to help individuals deal with the issues through early identification and intervention in addition to reducing social stigmatisation. The department emphasised that working with young people to build their resilience, self-confidence, and a proactive attitude could help them face different life challenges and that a joint effort from different stakeholders could foster a healthy support network.
