May is Mental Health Awareness month and various individuals across the world have marked the event differently.
This topics that fall under the category of Mental Health include teen suicide, bullying, drug abuse, stigmatisation, among others.
The WBC CARES is working with it’s volunteers around the world to educate individuals about the importance of maintaining a healthy brain. Boxers from Ghana have benefitted from this campaign.
In Ghana, the WBC Africa Chapter have met with the National Teams at the Juvenile and Elite level to educate them on the activities of the association.
A total of 25 Boxers training with the National Team and 37 junior Boxers in the Black Rockets team were given a pep talk on the importance of observing mental health awareness month.
The conversation centered on how to support your community as champions by navigating mental health subjects.
Boxers were encouraged to follow WBC, WBC Cares and WBC Cares Africa Chapter on social media as well as particiate in activities on social responsibility by Boxers. This is because Champions have a responsibility to use their popularity to benefit their society and this is missing on our Ghanaian Boxing landscape.
Boxers were educated about the benefit of using their social media platforms to advocate on issues happening around them (boxing for good).
Boxers were also advised to use their real names for their social media pages.
The interaction resulted in various individuals opening up about Mental health and how it affects their lives. Experts will draw close to the affected athletes to give them scientific examination and guidance.