Events & Activities:

AASRA volunteers have taken the slogan "Suicide Prevention is everybody's Responsibility' directly to the masses by putting up posters at visible locations, holding poster exhibitions for the public, distributing handbills, bookmarks, stickers and pocket calendars at various junctions, bus depots , stations in and around Navi Mumbai and Mumbai.

AASRA volunteers have conducted Suicide Awareness(Foundation and Advanced) workshops, held Essay and poster competitions/Exhibitions in Schools and Colleges, trained over a 5000 volunteers from various walks of life in the art of Befriending/Non-directive counseling/Listening skills for providing active emotional support for the depressed and suicidal. These volunteers have also been imparted training on HIV/AIDS issues, First aid for effective prevention and many other related topics.

As part of our initiative to prevent suicides during the high-stress periods of examinations and results, AASRA volunteers have selflessly manned the helpline for 12-24 hours stretches on a continuous basis for a 15 day stretch.

AASRA volunteers have been consistently running the full marathon(and completing successfully) for the past three years in order to generate publicity , spread awareness and solicit funds for the organization.



AASRA has been celebrating it's anniversary which falls on the 13th of September, World Suicide Prevention Day(!0th September), Mental Health Week(October) in unique fashion with exhibitions on mental health awareness, open forums and discussions on suicide as a social ill, Seminars on Suicide prevention , Discourses on mental health and has also been involved in spreading awareness on the grave need for a mental health initiatives from the Government.

Stop a Suicide, Today!,

"The tragedy of suicide is that it is a fatal, irreversible response to a reversible condition, usually depression, which can be treated," "Stop a Suicide, Today! is aimed at creating awareness of the need for non-critical understanding & compassion while dealing with a person undergoing suicidal crisis!

More than 70 percent of those who kill themselves typically express the wish to do so a week prior to committing suicide, according to a study conducted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention.

The best way to stop a suicide is by being a Friend to someone in distress. By being a friend we mean; Caring, Concerned, Compassionate, Confidential, Empathetic, Understanding, Responsive. SHOW YOU CARE!

World Suicide Prevention Day, organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), focuses on encouraging the public, communities, societies, individuals, professionals and volunteers to conduct activities on the day to promote and demonstrate joint responsibility for saving lives that would otherwise be lost to suicide.

AASRA is a member of the Navi Mumbai Swayamsevi Sanghatna Sansthanche Vyaspith and is also a member of the Navi Mumbai NGO's Forum and as part of both forums has spear-headed various activities in the fields of community and women's development.
Both Forums jointly tackled the infamous 26/7 devastation by co-ordinating rehabilitation initiatives that provided succor to the multitudes that were rendered homeless without hygienic food and water for several days.
Other activities that AASRA as part of both forums were involved in for the past 10 years included Anti-tobacco campaigns, HIV/AIDS awareness programs, comprehensive Health melas in colleges, Women's day programs and skill development/awareness/legal literacy workshops/nutrition programs/group savings initiatives, all initiated to benefit women within the economically weaker communities so that they become self-sufficient and independent.