Sangu Delle: There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
Sangu Delle: Il n'y a pas de honte à prendre soin de votre santé mentale
Sangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy. Full bio
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Nigerian "jollof."
que je mangeai du « jollof » nigérien.
de bouleversements personnels.
of personal turmoil.
je ne pouvais pas travailler.
dans mon lit et pleurer.
with a mental health professional
à un professionnel de la santé mentale
shook my head in protest.
la tête en signe de protestation.
sentiment profond de honte.
de la stigmatisation.
parler à qui que ce soit
the idea of speaking to anyone
by the rigid architecture
sous l'architecture rigide
fresh off the boat from Ghana,
tout juste descendu du bateau du Ghana,
the brutal experience
au cours du même mois.
in the same month.
j'avais traversé -- Dieu la bénisse --
through -- God bless her soul --
dans « Le monde s'effondre »,
nor express our emotions.
et n'exprimons pas nos émotions.
des gens d'« Oyibo » -- des gens blancs --
about "Oyibo" people -- white people --
et ces « choses étranges ».
le mot « mental »,
what came to mind was a madman
à moitié nu dans les rues.
mis en garde à son sujet.
tu finiras comme lui. »
you end up like him."
précipitamment à l'hôpital
to the nearest hospital
will be driving out demons
exorcisera les démons
Health Organization,
Mondiale pour la Santé,
c'est être capable de gérer
productive et fructueuse
a contribution to your community.
à votre communauté.
psychological and social well-being.
émotionnel, psychologique et social.
of all mental illness cases
75% des maladies mentales
à faible revenu.
de gouvernements africains
of their health care budget
de leur budget santé
of psychiatrists in Africa.
de psychiatres en Afrique.
is estimated to have 200 --
on estime qu'il y en a 200,
de 200 millions de personnes.
lack access to treatment.
à un traitement.
du fait de la stigmatisation.
to mental health with distance,
à la santé mentale de façon distante,
par Arboleda-Flórez
of mental illness?"
des maladies mentales ? »,
cited drug misuse;
ont parlé d'abus de drogues,
and the will of God --
et de la volonté de Dieu,
et de possession spirituelle.
causes of mental illness,
connues de maladie mentale
envers les maladies mentales
and demonizing of sufferers.
et la diabolisation des souffrants.
has documented some of these abuses ...
a documenté certains de ces abus...
in the middle of the night.
au milieu de la nuit.
charming, hip young man --
charmant et dans le vent --
comme atteint de schizophrénie.
we'd grown up with recoil.
nos amis d'enfance s'éloigner.
about his condition --
dévalorisant sur sa maladie --
about someone with cancer
pour quelqu'un ayant un cancer
de toute empathie.
as his community isolated him,
alors que sa communauté l'isolait,
about mental health.
pour la santé mentale.
special interest alumni group
élèves pour la santé mentale
tutor in graduate school,
de tuteur résident à l'université,
with their mental health challenges.
ayant des problèmes de santé mentale.
and with their stories in tow,
et en me remémorant leurs histoires,
when I faced my own anxiety,
quand j'ai été confronté à mon anxiété.
ne réduisent pas notre virilité
do not detract from our virility,
n'entache pas notre force.
as important as physical health.
aussi importante que la santé physique.
de souffrir en silence.
de stigmatiser la maladie
ceux qui en sont atteints.
des difficultés.
associated with mental illness.
associée à la maladie mentale.
que vous entendrez « mental »,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sangu Delle - EntrepreneurSangu Delle is an entrepreneur and clean water activist. A TED Fellow who hails from Ghana, he sees incredible potential in the African economy.
Why you should listen
Born in Ghana, Sangu Delle's childhood home was a refuge for victims of torture and violence from neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone. Delle graduated from Harvard College with highest honors in African Studies and Economics. He was awarded the Soros Fellowship and pursued a Juris Doctor of Law and MBA at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, respectively.
At Harvard, enrolling in the Social Engagement Initiative program that bridged the academic study and practical service gap, Delle co-founded cleanacwa (formerly the African Development Initiative) in 2007, which today is currently working to bring clean water and sanitation to over 200,000 people in 160 villages in the Ayensuano, Suhum and Nandom districts in Ghana. Delle is also passionate about mental health and wellness, and was a founding member of Harvard University’s Mental Health Alumni Special Interest Group.
Delle has previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Valiant Capital Partners. Convinced that the real needs of communities can best be met through entrepreneurship, in 2008 he founded an investment holding company, Golden Palm Investments(GPI) to fund promising start-ups that can have social impact and generate jobs. GPI has backed technology startups such as Andela, Flutterwave and mPharma. GPI has also built a portfolio of greenfield companies in healthcare, agriculture and financial services. Delle serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GPI.
Delle has received several international accolades including being named a 2016 finalist for “Young CEO of the Year” by the Africa CEO Forum, Africa’s “Young Person of the Year” in 2014 by the Future Africa Awards, selected as a 2014 TEDGlobal Fellow, Forbes’ top 30 most promising entrepreneurs in Africa and Euromoney’s “Africa’s Rising Stars” award. Institut Choiseul and Forbes Afrique named Delle as one of the top “100 Economic Leaders in Africa” in 2015. Mic named Delle as one of 9 entrepreneurs in the millennial generation making a difference.
Delle is a Trustee of the Peddie School in NJ and serves on the Advisory Board and chairs the Leadership Council of Harvard University’s Center for African Studies. He also serves on the inaugural West Africa Advisory Group of the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University.
Delle loves the outdoors and trekked Mount Everest in 2013 and summited Kilimanjaro during the summer of 2015.
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