A Nation in Quiet Mourning: We Must Address Our Suicide Crisis with Compassion, Not Silence
A person exists before the numbers. A young man from Ohangwena stops answering his phone. A father in Khomas carries his concerns alone because he believes strong men don’t cry. A teenager who slips from a classroom into a moment of silence that no one notices. Behind every statistic in the latest police report is […] The post A Nation in Quiet Mourning: We Must Address Our Suicide Crisis with Compassion, Not Silence appeared first on The Namibian .
A person exists before the numbers.
A young man from Ohangwena stops answering his phone. A father in Khomas carries his concerns alone because he believes strong men don’t cry. A teenager who slips from a classroom into a moment of silence that no one notices.
Behind every statistic in the latest police report is a life that mattered, a family in mourning, and a community wondering what could have been done differently.
Why men?
According to figures shared by the Namibian Police, there have been at least 122 suicides since the beginning of the year, with 40 in January and February and 42 in March alone.
There were 98 male and 19 female victims. Five cases involved minors.
Most cases were reported in the Ohangwena, Omusati and Oshikoto regions but also occurred in the Khomas, Erongo, the two Kavango regions, Kunene, Zambezi, Omaheke, ||Kharas and Hardap.
NATIONAL CRISIS
