Happiness Rotary Club focuses on mental well-being

Members of the Rotary Club of Helvetia Happiness, Mauritius, discuss club projects. The club has made mental well-being its main focus.

By Syam V.D. Mudhoo, president, Rotary Club of Helvetia Happiness, Mauritius

Have you ever felt that everything is going wrong? That all the doors are closing on you and you don’t know what to do? Even sleep escapes you.

Rotary members, though we are dedicated to service, are certainly not immune to our own struggles. We face mental health challenges like anyone else. But those struggles affect our ability to serve and help others. That is why I was excited when I heard of Rotary International President R. Gordon R. McInally’s emphasis on mental health this Rotary year.

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