Australian envoy lauds Kapil Dev’s ‘Khushi’ NGO in mental health partnership

New Delhi: Australia’s High Commissioner to India, Philip Green OAM, has expressed enthusiastic support for the mental health initiative, which highlights the critical importance of addressing mental well-being in today’s society. In a recent interaction with ANI, Green stressed the importance of collaborative efforts to promote mental health awareness, especially among students and teachers. Green also lauded the work of ‘Khushi’, a prestigious institute dedicated to mental health advocacy, and noted its significant contribution to the cause. He also lauded the involvement of cricket legend Kapil Dev in this effort and emphasized the potential impact of their partnership. “It’s so important that we all work harder on our collective mental health,” Green continued, “and working with students and teachers to improve the understanding of mental health is extremely important. That’s why we’re partnering with We are delighted to be able to have Khushi, an organization that has already worked so closely with the world-renowned Kapil Dev, to take this partnership forward, we are delighted to be a part of it.”

In addition to her comments on the mental health initiative, Green addressed the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, expressing deep concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza. He said, “On the crisis in the Middle East – First of all, we are extremely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. It is grave and ordinary women, men and children are facing enormous difficulties in their lives.” He stressed the need for better access to humanitarian aid and advocated a ceasefire to alleviate civilian suffering. “In Australia we are trying to deal with humanitarian aid, but clearly, there needs to be better access to that. We have also insisted on a humanitarian pause in the conflict, and that could end up leading to a durable ceasefire.” “Could,” the Australian envoy added. Green called on both Israel and Hamas to consider the humanitarian consequences of their actions, stressing the urgency of ending hostilities and securing the release of the hostages. “We think Israel needs to take into account the cost of its actions on Israel’s civilian population. We support a ceasefire, but we think it should go both ways…Hamas’s outrageous attacks on Israel are devastating to the people. and they have to release the hostages,” he also said, (ANI)