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This week marks the European Mental Health Week, a pan-European initiative that aims to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in our everyday lives. The theme this year is Mentally Healthy Communities, which highlights the need for collective action and support for mental well-being across different settings and groups. As part of this initiative, OBESSU wishes to reflect on mental health and secondary education communities, which include students, teachers, school leaders, parents, and other stakeholders. 

In this article we interview Elisa, a young school student in Italy, about the EUCare project.

My name is Elisa Moscatelli, I am 18 and I took part in an Erasmus+ internship project in Obessu as a translation assistant. I will be staying in Brussels for a month to learn about the organization and its main goals. I decided to attend the EUcare event online since I fully support their initiative and I am extremely interested in their project.

As Nelson Mandela tried to teach us, education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world, yet, although the power of knowledge has no limits, it serves as only the means to an end – it is the people, their efforts and participation, what is needed to make an impact on our societies. 

On Wednesday 3rd of May 2023, a 13-year-old boy opened fire on his fellow students, killing 9 people and injuring several other classmates in Vladislav Ribnikar Elementary School in Belgrade - Serbia.