ROFFEKE and LTMHK WORLD SUICIDE PREVENTION DAY event - Programme

PROGRAMME

5:00-5:30 Registration, Refreshments, Entertainment (Entertainment by DJ Hueskillz).

5:30-5:35 Introduction/Welcoming Remarks by Mildred Achoch (Founder, ROFFEKE)

5:35-5:45 Speaker Session: "Emotional pain fuels suicide" by James Kinyala Nyiva (Actor and filmmaker)

5:45-5:55 Short Film/Music video Screenings
Wonton Raptor directed by Robert David Duncan
Contagious directed by Neil Haeems and Raviv Haeems
Broken Lullaby directed by Stella Rosen and Bill McGarvey

5.55-6:00 Spoken Word Session by Jefferson Kinuthia (Filmmaker and poet)
A girl commits suicide. Her ghost discovers people’s opinions of the suicide.

6.00-6:05 Speaker Session: "Environ-Mental Health" by Emma Ochieng (Founder of “Towards a better earth” initiative)

6.05-6:10 Speaker Session:
Why are suicide cases on the rise among youth?
What are the leading reasons for this increase in suicide cases?
Mitigation?

by Kelvin Mabonga (Founder, Mabbo Creative Ltd, creative director of WATTS-UP magazine)

6.10-6:15 Speaker Session: EMT Experiences by Jacktone Tamba

6.15-6:20 Speaker Session: "Reaching out: Being a friend no matter what"
Mary Kiio, director of Roshani Consultancy Services (Roshani CS) will speak on the impact losing a friend to suicide had on her and what she is doing in her own small way to reach out to others so that no other friend is a suicide statistic. Mary Kiio

6:20-6:40 Short Film Screening
Nevermind directed by Jean-Marc E. Roy
Tap directed by Joseph Ochieng

6:40-6:50 Speaker Session: "Psychological reprieve approach to minimize suicide" by Dr. Shevvy Mugweru (A and E psychiatry/EMT)

6:50-6:59 Short Film Screening
PHAT Girl performed and directed by One Single Rose aka Rosemarie Wilson (Filmmaker/Poet)

7:00-7:25 Panel Session followed by Q and A

7:25-7:30 Vote of Thanks, Speed Networking, Guest leave

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