On the occasion of Engineers' Day on Friday students of IPEC (Indraprastha Engineering College) in Ghaziabad officially launched COPE (Counselling and Outreach for Peer Empowerment), a student-led community initiative dedicated to fostering open dialogues about mental health pressures experienced by the present day youth.
COPE is a professional programme by Mpower, an initiative of Aditya Birla Education Trust that works towards providing much-needed support and resources for addressing mental health challenges within the student’s community in colleges.
This student-led initiative represents a significant step forward in promoting a proactive and empathetic approach to mental well-being, by nurturing peer-to-peer engagement, offering guidance and creating a safe haven for candid conversations about mental health.
As many as 25 students from the COPE community will be trained by psychologists from Mpower on the Youth Mental Health First Aider program. This equips them to identify and support peers facing mental health challenges.