Migrant workers in Qatar are using art to raise awareness on mental health, here’s how – Doha News

Kirimi  has been organising informal sessions with migrant workers to raise awareness on mental health, using art and painting as coping mechanisms.

Eric Kirimi was 23 years old when he first made a deliberate attempt to end his life. At the time, he was working in the Kenyan National Service – the military – and had been battling passive suicidal thoughts for years. 

“I was angry. I had nobody in my life. I was in a place where I…