One in every 100 deaths across the globe occurs due to suicide. Each suicide is devastating. Raising awareness, decreasing the stigma around suicide and encouraging action can play a role in diminishing the occurrence of suicide. 

World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD), observed every year on 10th September, gives an opportunity to raise awareness of suicide and to encourage people to act through proven means in order to decrease the number of suicides and suicide attempts around the world. The theme for WSPD 2021-2021 is “Creating Hope Through Action”.

This day was started in 2003 in association with the World Health Organization (WHO) and aims at reaching national organizations, governments and the public, to promote the message that suicides are preventable… (https://www.iasp.info/wspd2021/)