Berrie Holtzhausen is the founder of Alzheimer’s Dementia Namibia (ADN), an organisation that looks to assist people living with these mental illnesses. Berrie travels Namibia to assist people living with these diseases, to spread awareness and often dispel the many myths surrounding these illnesses. Berrie shares here his learnings and lessons from the past year, his self examination from Africa… …
The 10th of October marks World Mental Health Day. According to World Health Organisation, the objective is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts in support mental health. On 99fm, we had Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Heidi Burmeister-Nel speaking on, depression, anxiety, suicide and how to take better care of your Mental well-being.
In this episode of the MYD Show we take a look at one mans journey to help people in Namibia living with Dementia, that man is Berrie Holtzhausen. Berrie is the founder of Alzheimer’s Dementia Namibia, an organisation that looks to assist people living with these diseases. His passion to create such an organisation came about after he found a …
Hector Mawonga was diagnosed with mental illness in university yet today he is a multiple award winning sports journalist. He spoke out about his illness on the MYD Show a few years back and was even featured in the first edition of the MYD Journal. “A lot of people think especially with depression and not only bi-polar but all kinds …