Do not let social distancing stop you from celebrating your loved ones ! We bring you Friendship Day cards, delivered at the address you give us, at Rs. 40 each.

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In times of COVID-19 isolation and quarantine, we might crave social interactions. Virtual tea rooms is a way to have these interactions online through vide calls with people with similar interests. We will have weekly sessions on different themes. You can make us for the lost water cooler talks and hangouts on weekends with a virtual meeting amongst people with similar passions.

The 'Bridge the Care Gap' initiative has been started to encourage the adoption of rights-based approach to mental health by properly implementing India’s Mental Health Care Act and National Mental Health Policy. Spearheaded by Mariwala Health Initiative in partnership with mental health organisations across India including LonePack, it aims to implement laws and policies that would safeguard the rights of people living with mental health disorders and make mental health care more accessible, while addressing social and economic disparities that complicate mental health.

You too can join this movement and contribute by signing our petition to let the leaders of this country know that we all stand together and that our vote will be influenced by attention paid to mental health. Small drops together, create oceans and each sign on this petition can bring about a sea of change, transforming our society into a more-inclusive one to live in.

All you need to do is spend five minutes of your time to sign the petition, and share it among your friends, families and loved ones! The time to act is NOW!

For World Suicide Prevention day, we had launched the ‘Wall of Positivity” campaign on social media. The essence of the campaign was the fact that people going through a tough time often find it difficult to reach out and ask for help. While a lot of suicide prevention campaigns encouraged people to reach out and seek help, we felt that we needed to reach out to them rather than the other way around.

So, we encouraged people on social media to write anything that they would want to hear in case they were going through a tough time. Within a week, numerous people shared the initiative on social media and we received an overwhelming response. At the end of the week, we collected all the responses, placed each of those messages on individual posters and put them up as an album on our Facebook page titled “Wall of Positivity”. Here are a few of the responses we got.

As part of LonePack’s efforts to help people in need of mental help, we have launched an e-mail service – LonePack Buddy, which would connect people who require someone to talk with, to one of our volunteers (whom, we henceforth refer to as “listeners”). The identity of both the user and the listener remains anonymous.

Anyone can apply to volunteer with us as a listener and are then put through a screening process to ensure that the listeners whom we allow on to our platform are equipped with the required skills. We look at our service as a sort of “First Aid for the Mentally injured”. The stigma surrounding mental health in India makes many people reluctant to approach the help of psychiatrists. The stigma also perpetuates many myths about mental health. We hope that the anonymity we offer will encourage more people to reach out and to break the barriers that prevent people from seeking professional help.

Drop us a mail at contact@lonepack.org if you would like to be a part of LonePack buddy as a volunteer

Curated by the LonePack team, the LonePack Quotes looks to post motivational quotes or snippets full of positivity, that intend making your day brighter and better. We also post quotes submitted to us and anyone who wishes to submit quotes for the campaign can do so using the following link: http://tinyurl.com/LonePackQuotes

The LonePack Letters campaign was started with the objective of sharing little notes of positivity and encouragement to people to put a smile on their faces. Life is all about the little moments and we believe that a small note has the power to turn your day around. The campaign has been extremely successful as we received enthusiastic letters from people spanning across all walks of life and social circles. We hit up the cities of Chennai, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Chengalpattu, Mumbai, Delhi, Tuticorin and Bhubaneswar and had some amazing collaborators help us with the campaign :

• Uber and Uber Eats
• Sathyam Cinemas
• Radio City
• DAV Group of schools
• SCAD Group of school
• Zoho Corporation
• FreshWorks
• Google India
• VIT MUN
• VITC MUN
• NIT Trichy
• Harvard University
• Delhi University

Uber, the ride sharing giant and Uber Eats, their food delivery platform partnered with us for the LonePack Letters campaign 2018.

Uber riders were able to send positive messages to be used with the LonePack Letters campaign through the app during International Happiness day and also recommend people to receive Letters. These people were all sent digital versions of LonePack letters sourced from the app.

Uber Eats delivered physical LonePack Letters along with orders by users in Chennai. Over 2000 people received letters of joy from LonePack that made their day.

Open Sky Slam has been successfully organizing Slams across major Indians cities and in Australia. They provide a platform for poets, musicians, stand-up comedians and others to perform in front of a lively and passionate audience. We collaborate with them to spread the concept of mental health awareness. We were recently invited to talk at Chennai Open Sky Slam 6 (whose theme was mental health) to talk about the importance of mental health awareness.

Teen Mental Health is a Canadian organization whose vision is to help improve the mental health of youth by the effective translation and transfer of scientific knowledge. They have a comprehensive curriculum designed to create awareness about mental health issues amongst young people in schools.

LonePack is partnering with Teen Mental Health in order to adapt their material to an Indian context and conduct sessions in schools and colleges in India. We will be modifying the material based on our experiences.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology is a private university in Chennai. LonePack has collaborated with SRM and the vibrant student community there by conducting workshops like the mental health 101 as part of the Semi Colon campaign and a unique workshop on mental health and tech. We also partnered with SRM Indian Energy Conference.

LonePack conversations is an initiative where we reach out to other people in the mental health community to gain their insights and experiences with working in the field. The aim of LonePack Conversations is to help you all understand different aspects of mental health and how your work can be channelized for shattering the stigma. This is a series of conversations with experts in the field.

Episode 1 featuring Indu Gopalakrishnan of Project Kintsugi

Episode 2 featuring Ryan Bonnici, the Chief Marketing Officer of G2 : Spotify Listen Notes