Sangu Delle: There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
संगू डेले: मानसिक आरोग्य सांभाळण्याची लाज बाळगू नका.
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."
नायजेरियन जोलोफ भात खाल्ला.
of personal turmoil.
परिस्थितीतून जात होतो.
असं वाटत असे.
with a mental health professional
मनोविकार तज्ज्ञांशी बोलावं,
shook my head in protest.
मी जोरजोरात मान हलवून विरोध दर्शवला.
मला जाणवू लागलं.
त्यांचा मला आधार वाटतो.
the idea of speaking to anyone
by the rigid architecture
भक्कम तटबंदीमध्ये
fresh off the boat from Ghana,
न्यू जर्सीतल्या पेडी स्कूलचा
the brutal experience
in the same month.
through -- God bless her soul --
देव तिचं भलं करो.
हे तिला ठाऊक नाही का?
nor express our emotions.
भावना व्यक्त न करता, प्रक्रिया न करता
about "Oyibo" people -- white people --
आम्ही हसलो - ओईबो (गोऱ्या) लोकांना,
चमत्कारिक गोष्टींना.
what came to mind was a madman
की एक वेडा आठवे.
त्याच्यापासून सावध राहायला सांगत.
you end up like him."
तरी असा वेडा होशील."
to the nearest hospital
हॉस्पिटलमध्ये घेऊन गेली असती.
धाडस केलं असतं,
will be driving out demons
आला असता, आणि चेटक्यांवर
Health Organization,
मानसिक आरोग्य म्हणजे
a contribution to your community.
psychological and social well-being.
मानसशास्त्रीय आणि सामाजिक आरोग्य.
of all mental illness cases
आफ्रिकेतील अनेक राज्यकर्ते
of their health care budget
एक टक्क्याहूनही कमी रक्कम
of psychiatrists in Africa.
अतिशय कमी आहे.
is estimated to have 200 --
lack access to treatment.
to mental health with distance,
साधारणपणे हे उपाय वापरतो: दूर पळणे,
थेट प्रश्न विचारला,
of mental illness?"
cited drug misuse;
"ड्रग्जचा गैरवापर".
and the will of God --
आणि "परमेश्वराची इच्छा"
causes of mental illness,
इतर कारणांचे दाखले दिले.
and demonizing of sufferers.
वाईट ठरवले जातात.
has documented some of these abuses ...
प्रकारच्या छळाच्या नोंदी केल्या आहेत.
in the middle of the night.
एक फोन आला.
charming, hip young man --
सुस्वरूप तरुण मुलाला -
we'd grown up with recoil.
मागे सरलेले मी पाहिले.
तुम्हाला ठाऊक आहे का?"
about his condition --
अपमानास्पद टीका टिप्पणी.
about someone with cancer
की आपलं अज्ञान,
as his community isolated him,
तेव्हा मी त्याच्या पाठीशी उभा राहिलो.
about mental health.
प्रचंड ओढ निर्माण झाली.
प्रेरणा घेऊन,
special interest alumni group
माजी विद्यार्थीगट
tutor in graduate school,
निवासी शिक्षक असण्याच्या काळात
with their mental health challenges.
सावरण्यासाठी आधार दिला.
झगडताना मी पाहिले.
and with their stories in tow,
विद्यार्थ्यांच्या कहाण्या ठाऊक असतानाही,
when I faced my own anxiety,
कोणालाच काही सांगू शकलो नाही.
ही इतकी खोल रुजलेली असते.
do not detract from our virility,
झगडण्यामुळे पौरुष कमी होत नाही.
सामर्थ्याला कलंक लागत नाही.
as important as physical health.
महत्त्व द्यायला हवं.
थांबवलंच पाहिजे,
तर कोणाशी तरी बोला.
associated with mental illness.
धुवून टाकण्याची वेळ आता येऊन ठेपली आहे.
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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