One of the 100 teams in this year’s Citi-YMCA Youth For Causes (YFC) programme will be organising a special Amazing Race in August.
As part of a drive to raise funds and awareness for the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH), this Race will allow participants to put themselves in the shoes of the mentally ill.
Participants will visit stations that simulate the conditions mental health patients face. For example, they will each be asked to wolf down a large plate of food, to experience how patients might feel overwhelmed.
Other than the Amazing Race, the team will also sell items in the Orchard area, such as handicrafts made by SAMH clients. They hope to raise about $8,000 for SAMH.
They started the project as they had experienced mental health issues themselves, and wanted to get rid of the stigma associated with mental illnesses.
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Source: The Straits Times, 17 May 2017