Bell Let's Talk Day Case Study Mental Health

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In September 2010, Bell Let’s Talk day started a new conversation about Canada’s mental health. At that time, most people weren't talking about mental illness, this was the case because people didn’t see mental illness as a big problem. But numbers spoke for the need of action. Millions of Canadians across Canada wanted to offer help to people who suffer from Mental illness. At the end, institutions and organizations both large and small had access to donate and help this problem. Bell's total donation to mental health programs now stands at $79,919,178.55 and their goal is to reach $100 million throughout 2020. With a team of only 9 members, they were able to help a cause which is now globally known.

We need this because this organization wants to help people that suffer from this mental illness called stigma. This team wanted Canada to be a friendly and stigma-free nation. Over the 6 years, this team’s goal is starting to become more probable and successful. Surprisingly, this organization is generally raising more and getting more attention than cancer research. To be honest, I think cancer is a much more important problem to solve than mental illness. Also, another reason we should support this cause is because if this organization even more successful, and it’s barely a problem in Canada, we can then focus deeper onto another problem.
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Also, this isn’t the most important thing that has to be noticed or followed by many people. Yes, we should appreciate the deed this company is doing to help many people because what they're doing is very vital and kind to

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