The Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) recently organized a Mental Health Awareness Orientation at the Alnor Hotel and Convention Center in Cotabato City on July 8, 2023. This event aimed to raise awareness about the significance of Mental Health in the workplace.
During the orientation, various concepts and strategies were discussed to promote work-life balance and enhance employees’ understanding, support, and overall mental well-being. MPOS Human Resource Management Officer III Ronna Farida Buisan, highlighted the importance of Mental Health Awareness in her opening remarks. She stated, “𝘕𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢. 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘪𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘢’𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘨-𝘪𝘪𝘴𝘢, 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵.”
The one-day orientation covered various topics such as “Understanding Mental Health”, “Strategies for building and maintaining positive mental health”, and “Leading others – maintaining mental health in the workplace”. Breakout sessions were conducted after each topic to provide participants with more interactive discussions. The activity was facilitated by Mr. Haj Kabalu, a mental health advocate and the activity’s resource speaker. He emphasized the validity of all feelings, saying, “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱.”
The Ministry recognizes the significance of Mental Health Awareness and work-life balance. The orientation served as a means to integrate work and personal life in a realistic and achievable manner.
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