Below you'll find what International Medical Corps did for World Mental Health Day 2016 -- use their media strategy to keep the conversation going!
The below includes stories from the field, a listicle on mental health facts (http://bit.ly/fiveMHfacts), and a social media kit to support sharing these items across different platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Social Media Kit
Facebook or Instagram:
1. Shambu lost everything after the Nepal earthquake, except hope: http://bit.ly/MHinNepal. Via @internationalmedicalcorps #WorldMentalHealthDay (use emergency settings image)
2. Mental illness is one of the greatest invisible burdens. But you don’t have to be a mental health professional to help. SHARE to help @Internationalmedicalcorps beat the stigma #WorldMentalHealthDay (use low-income countries image)
3. Five facts you need to know about mental health: http://bit.ly/fiveMHfacts via @Internationalmedicalcorps #WorldMentalHealthDay (use 1 in 5 image)
4. 450 million people struggle with a mental illness. @InternationalMedicalCorps is doing something about it: http://bit.ly/MHinGreece #WorldMentalHealthDay (use refugees and internally displaced image)
Tweet this on Twitter (using related images):
1. Shambu lost everything after the #Nepalearthquake, except hope: http://bit.ly/MHinNepal. Via @IMC_Worldwide
2. You don’t have to be a mental health professional to help on #WorldMentalHealthDay: SHARE. @IMC_Worldwide
3. 5 facts you need to know on #WorldMentalHealthDay : http://bit.ly/fiveMHfacts via @IMC_Worldwide
4. 450m people struggle with a mental illness. @IMC_Worldwide is doing something about it: http://bit.ly/MHinGreece
Here are direct links to the above posted stories:
- Nepal (http://bit.ly/MHinNepal2, http://bit.ly/MHinNepal3, http://bit.ly/MHinNepal)
- Greece (http://bit.ly/MHinGreece)
- South Sudan (http://bit.ly/MHinSouthSudan)
- Syria (http://bit.ly/MHinSyria)
