Hi Everyone! My name is Milan Dandwani and I am a student in the UK, I have grown up in Hong Kong my whole life and as a teenager, have experienced what it's like to grow up amongst challenges regarding mental health. 

Mental Health amongst the youth has always been an important topic for me and remains precedent globally. Since last month was Mental Health Awareness Month was in May, a lot of light had been shed across social media regarding younger students sharing their experiences and struggles coping with issues such as anxiety, loneliness and depression. Viewing how individuals had the power to overcome these aspects of the steps they are taking to improve their mental health helped me as well. 

The Weez Project is an excellent group that was set up by Jamie Bruno's family in memory of him. The community group constantly strives to heighten awareness of youth mental health issues and involves themselves in campaigning to prevent youth suicide. They collaborate with communities such as the KELY Support group and raise funds for specialist youth and mental health organisations that have the expertise to deliver practical, relevant programmes and information for Hong Kong’s youth and to provide accessible, expert resources to help young people and the adults around them. Amongst our school community, Jamie was kind, creative and talented and is loved by all of his friends. I attended High School with Jamie in West Island and was in a few of his classes, though I didn’t know him very well I was lucky enough to have a few conversations with him from time to time. 

It is so important to be able to understand the struggles that anyone ever goes through to ensure that they don't experience feeling overwhelmed by such harmful emotions.  Doing this run is important to me as it’s helped me with my own mental health in many ways - so being able to contribute to a worthy cause such as this would be absolutely amazing. 

I will be running a marathon for The Weez Project in London to raise funds to ensure that individuals across Hong Kong are equipped with the support that they need to set them forward to a happier and healthier life that they can share with their families and friends. If you are able to donate in any way or to even spread awareness about this cause - it would mean so much to us. 

To find out more about The Weez Project, please visit the link below! :)
https://weezproject.com/about-us/