‘Millions of people worldwide have mental health conditions and an estimated one in four people globally will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. Almost one million people die due to suicide every year, and it is the third leading cause of death among young people. Depression is the leading cause of years lost due to disability worldwide. Mental health problems, including alcohol abuse, are among the ten leading causes of disability in both developed and developing countries. In particular, depression is ranked third in the global burden of disease, and is projected to rank first in 2030 (United Nations).’

Mental health problems are one of the most ignored yet essential development issues, and being experience deeply distressing ignorance, prejudice, and discrimination from the common citizens. In LittleBigHelp, we believe that individuals can be empowered to reach their goals and contribute fully to society with dignity. To achieve this target and to diminish stigma and discrimination we provide mental health support in the form of Individual counseling, group counselling, play therapy, and family-counselling to the vulnerable children in the community as well as in the child care institution and for the team members also for developing psycho-social competencies. LittleBigHelp for being an important driving force to the different development issues will magnify the voice of disadvantaged groups on this important mental health issue.

In 2022, through counselling support our team reached 1532 individuals through individual counselling and 6592 individuals through group counselling

In Behala Barisha Vivekananda Girls High School (HS) Kolkata, a counseling cell was established to provide support to adolescents requiring special assistance and the teacher identified the need of counselling and referred them to Counselling Cell. In the year 2022, our counseling experts assisted approximately 250 individuals through this cell. Group counseling sessions were conducted to address a spectrum of issues, including exam phobia, anxiety, stress, attention and concentration-related challenges, memory issues, and aspects of the teacher-student relationship, among others.