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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. According to the World Health Organization {WHO} around 450 million people suffer from Mental illness, making mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health worldwide. The sad part is much as treatment is available, WHO estimates that nearly two thirds of people with a known mental disorder will never seek help from a professional due to the stigma and in extreme cases discrimination associated with mental disorders. Even more unfortunate is that more than 40% of countries have no mental health policy and over 30% have no mental health programme while about 25% have no mental legislation. These statistics paint a very grim picture of the state of mental health wellness but I'm glad the WHO is working extra to sensitize governments on the need to prioritize it. The Mental Health Awareness Month was started in the United States in 1949 by the Mental Health America Organization with the aim  of raising awareness and educating t...

Mother's Day was celebrated celebrated on 12th may 2019 and it was awesome to see guys shower their Mummies with love both online & offline. I had my own share of loving on my Mummy too and I thank God so much for her. When counting my blessings, I count her thrice - no actually - to infinity. Growing up, my Dad traveled a lot cause of work so that left Mummy Dearest with most of the hands-on responsibility of raising us. She is a special gem, raising 5 little mischievous and naughty rascals was not an easy fete but she did it with so much ease - mark you, my siblings and I have a gap of about 2 years between us save for our last born who has a gap of about 5 years - so you can imagine. I still wonder how she was able to maintain a level head and stay sane. Anyhuu, I wanna take a trip down memory lane and share some of the things my Mama would trip over and which would earn you a good whooping until you correct, that definitely make sense now that I'm older. Intere...