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{
"time": "2018-11-28 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Omar Alghabra (Mississauga Centre, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Omar Alghabra (Mississauga-Centre, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5690148\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, mental health issues know no ethnic or cultural boundaries. Too many of our youth from cultural communities suffer in silence, so I want to tell members about Naseeha, which is an organization that offers support to youth. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5690149\" data-originallang=\"en\">Naseeha is Arabic for advice. It was founded by Yaseen and Summayah Poonah over 10 years ago. They started with a volunteer helpline for Muslim youth with the aim of providing teens with support that understands their situation without judgment or shaming. Today Naseeha employs professional counsellors and has open phone lines seven days a week. They receive calls from tens of thousands of people from all backgrounds, from all over Canada and around the world. They deal with issues such as depression, bullying, suicide, domestic violence, radicalization, intergenerational challenges and identity questions. Naseeha is a valuable partner to organizations such as CAMH, school boards and the Kids Help Phone line. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5690150\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to thank the directors, staff and volunteers for their excellent support. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5690148\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale transcendent les fronti\u00e8res ethniques et culturelles. Beaucoup trop de jeunes issus des communaut\u00e9s culturelles souffrent en silence. Aujourd'hui, je tiens \u00e0 parler \u00e0 mes coll\u00e8gues de Naseeha, un organisme qui offre du soutien aux jeunes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5690149\" data-originallang=\"en\">Naseeha est un mot arabe qui signifie \u00ab conseil \u00bb. Cet organisme a \u00e9t\u00e9 fond\u00e9 il y a 10 ans par Yaseen et Summayah Poonah. Au d\u00e9but, il s'agissait d'un service d'\u00e9coute t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique. Des jeunes musulmans recevaient le soutien de b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui les \u00e9coutaient sans porter de jugement et sans chercher \u00e0 leur faire honte. Aujourd'hui, Naseeha emploie des conseillers professionnels et offre un service d'\u00e9coute t\u00e9l\u00e9phonique sept jours sur sept. L'organisme r\u00e9pond \u00e0 des dizaines de milliers d'appels de partout au Canada et du monde entier, de la part de personnes issues de tous les milieux. Les appels portent sur toutes sortes de probl\u00e8mes, comme la d\u00e9pression, l'intimidation, le suicide, la violence familiale, la radicalisation, les d\u00e9fis interg\u00e9n\u00e9rationnels et les questions d'identit\u00e9. Naseeha est un pr\u00e9cieux partenaire pour des entit\u00e9s comme le Centre de toxicomanie et de sant\u00e9 mentale, des conseils scolaires et la ligne d'aide Jeunesse, J'\u00e9coute.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5690150\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 remercier les membres du conseil d'administration, les employ\u00e9s et les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de leur excellent soutien.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/11/28/omar-alghabra-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/omar-alghabra/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4415/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10406198",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Naseeha",
"fr": "Naseeha"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/11/28/",
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}
}