Varsity students mark World Mental Health Day

HUYE – Mental Health students at the National University of Rwanda, last Friday, marked the World Mental Health Day with a call on the public to take part in supporting and caring for mentally ill people. The students, grouped under the Medical Students Mental Health Association (MMHA), marched through Huye town, and later joined by Genocide orphans living in Tumba, Matyazo and Huye villages. They carried placards bearing slogans which called for action to help mentally-ill people such as. One of the writings read, “Mentally ill people are not mad”.