Young people turned silence about mental health into support.

“Until we accept ourselves, we can never feel truly peaceful.”

Seenu grew up hearing "why do you act like this, this is not normal." He hid his feelings, pulled away from people, and stayed closeted with parents who could not accept his gender expression. He found the programme at the World Health Day launch. In the Wellbeing Circle he learned that mental health is also about understanding your own identity, and step by step he proudly accepted himself as a trans man.

“I felt seen and safe in the Resource Centre.”

Rohit lives with a family that does not support his identity. He first came to the Youth Unicorns because he and his partner, seeing no other way to be together, were planning to elope. The Youth Unicorns sat with them, talked through their fear, and connected them to Nazariya and the Naz Foundation. He and his partner went home. Rohit has been part of the Wellbeing Circles ever since.

She holds her identity gently, like something precious.

Growing up in a conservative family, Harshita learned to perform the version of herself everyone expected. QUTWE gave her the space to understand her identity and speak about it without shame. Through PFA training she learned to hold space for herself, then for others. Today she works in Dakshinpuri helping parents understand their children's feelings, so other young people do not feel as alone as she once did.

The pain that was once his weakness has become his strength.

Karan was bullied with slurs through school. The words chipped at his self-worth and he had no language for who he was. A friend brought him to the programme. Seeing others accept themselves without fear, he felt for the first time that he was not alone. He now works as a Youth Unicorn so no young person feels alone for who they are.

“Mental health is not a luxury. It is a basic necessity.”

Sonia grew up in Punjab where her identity could not be discussed. She left for Delhi in 2022 but carried the stress with her, functioning while exhausted inside. Joining Restless Development as a Youth Unicorn, she met people like her and felt accepted without judgment. Today she lives independently in Delhi, sets boundaries, seeks help when she needs it, and spreads mental health awareness around her.