In an effort to raise suicide awareness in Guyana, a New Jersey, USA-based non-profit organization is collaborating with the Ministry of Human Services and other stakeholders to sensitize members of the public.
Speaking with the media yesterday at the Ministry’s boardroom, Pandit Suresh Sugrim from the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir asserted that “if we are to find the remedy for suicide, then we have to turn to spirituality while adding that, “as long as a person is spiritual that person would not turn to suicide. Everyone one of us would hit rock bottom from time to time, but committing suicide is not the solution to problems.”
He contended that faith-based organizations play an important factor in curbing the epidemic of suicide that is destroying family foundations at the national level. “The Government has tried and done well, the Ministry has tried, but faith-based organizations know their areas,
