11 Oct 2017

Mental Health help on the East Coast

From Afternoons, 1:39 pm on 11 October 2017

It's Mental Health Awareness week, an annual week dedicated to highlighting a problem that effects nearly 50 per cent of kiwis at least once in their lifetime.

Our next guest spends her days caring for some of those in need. 

Claudia Maaka is a clinical youth worker in Te Puia springs. She's spent 14 years supporting young people who suffer from illness and addiction. She has a dream to end suicide in her community - you can help her to achieve that dream here

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