Into The Light Indonesia is a youth-based community with the focus of being a centre of advocacy, research, and education related to suicide prevention and mental health issues in Indonesia. The community was founded by Benny Prawira in 2013 and established with the mission to promote awareness of suicide prevention, especially in Indonesia.[2]
| Formation | 1 June 2013 Jakarta, Indonesia |
|---|---|
| Founder | Benny Prawira Siauw |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Purpose | Suicide prevention |
Region served | Jakarta, Indonesia |
Volunteers | 26[1] |
History
editAfter discovering an unusually high rate of suicide in Indonesia in 2012,[2] Benny Prawira Siauw, the founder, along with four of his friends, formed an ad-hoc committee to commemorate 2013 World Suicide Prevention Day which was named "Into The Light".[1] The committee was later formed as a community with a focus on suicide prevention for youth and special population groups.[3]
One of the community's programmes involves researches related to suicide in Indonesia.[4] The community has stated that the researches about suicide in Indonesia is minimal.[5]
The community is actively referred to as one of the leading mental health communities or NGOs in Indonesia, with notable support from the Indonesian Ministry of Health (KEMENKES), LBH Pers, and the Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI).[6]
In 2017, the community opened a peer counselling service, where people with suicidal thoughts may send an email to seek help.[7][8] However, the service was closed in April 2018 and remains closed as of August 2018.[9][needs update]
In 2018, the community launched a podcast, Diskusi Psikologi (Disko), in collaboration with Kantor Berita Radio (KBR), which discusses mental health issues and is spoken in Indonesian.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Fanada, Dzikra (3 August 2017). "Into The Light hadir untuk penyintas kehilangan bunuh diri". Rappler Indonesia (in Indonesian). Rappler Indonesia. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ a b Fikrie, Muammar (31 July 2017). "Pendiri Into The Light, Benny Prawira: Hentikan stigma dan glorifikasi bunuh diri". Beritagar.id (in Indonesian). Beritagar. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Benny Prawira - Australia-Indonesia Centre". Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Kamaliah, Aisyah (21 July 2017). "Kiprah Benny Prawira di Tengah Banyaknya Kasus Bunuh Diri". health.detik.com (in Indonesian). DetikHealth. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Adam, Aulia (23 January 2019). "Benny Prawira Siauw: "Satu dari Tiga Mahasiswa Jakarta Punya Suicidal Thought"". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Tirto.id. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Rahmantio, Audi (4 October 2018). "Into The Light Mengajak Media Untuk Mengambil Peran Dalam Pencegahan Bunuh Diri". rumahmillennials.com (in Indonesian). Rumah Millennials. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Octovie, Delya (4 February 2019). "Komunitas Into The Light Dampingi Orang-orang Kecenderungan Melakukan Bunuh Diri". surabaya.tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). Surya.co.id. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Alam, Rizki Noor (12 August 2017). "Saatnya Mendengar dan Membantu". mediaindonesia.com (in Indonesian). Media Indonesia. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Primastika, Widia (5 August 2018). "Penting: Hotline untuk Krisis Kejiwaan dan Dorongan Bunuh Diri". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Tirto.id. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Diskusi Psikologi". Spotify. Retrieved 15 July 2019.