Mission

The mission of the helpline is to alleviate feelings of despair, isolation, distress, and suicidal feelings, to provide an effective and reliable service for those experiencing emotional crises, and to promote general mental health. Kaan Pete Roi accomplishes this through confidential, compassionate, and open-minded listening on the helpline and through ongoing workshops, events, research, and collaborations with organizations.

Vision

We envision that all members of our society will know and trust Kaan Pete Roi as a place to go when in need. 

Values 

Kaan Pete Roi strives to operate through values of being open-minded, compassionate, non-judgmental, and respecting diversity and inclusivity. 

As a member of Befrienders Worldwide, 

“We believe in giving a person the opportunity to explore feelings which can cause distress, the importance of being listened to, in confidence, anonymously, and without prejudice.

We value that a person has the fundamental decision about their own life.”

Objectives

  1. To promote awareness that suicide is a public health problem that is preventable
  2. To develop broad-based support for suicide prevention
  3. To develop and implement strategies to reduce the stigma associated with using mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention services
  4. To develop and implement community-based suicide prevention programs
  5. To promote efforts to reduce access to lethal means and methods of self-harm
  6. To increase access to and community linkages with mental health and substance abuse services
  7. To improve reporting and portrayals of suicidal behavior, mental illness and substance abuse in the entertainment and news media
  8. To promote and support research on suicide and suicide prevention
  9. To select and train volunteer citizen groups
  10. To promote mental resilience through optimism and connectedness.
  11. To outreach and education about suicide, including risk factors, warning signs and the availability of help.

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