BREAKING THE SILENCE: ONE MAN'S FIGHT AGAINST YOUTH SUICIDE IN NAMIBIA

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2025-09-09

WINDHOEK, 04 September 2025 - Jeremiah Mushunina, founder of the Youth Destiny Organisation. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

By Edward Tenete
(NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE)

WINDHOEK, 09 SEP (NAMPA) - “When I came from church I decided let me just end my life because the situation is not getting better,” 26-year-old Jeremiah Mushunina told Nampa in a recent interview about his first attempt to commit suicide.
Mushunina, who hails from Onhuno in Ohangwena Region, was just 12 years old when he first tried to end his life by hanging himself. Fortunately, his sister noticed and...

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