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b'Standout Quotes:\\nWe need to sit out and listen for four hours in Katmandu because we get a long queue of people waiting to talk and we want to make sure everyone gets heard.\\nNepal is a very welcoming and friendly society but we still suffer from the same mental illness rates as much of the world.\\xa0 Sidewalk Talk is helping make therapists visible in the community.\\nTraci, Sidewalk Talk has become so valued, we are looking to bring this to four other cities in Nepal.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nDr. Narendra Thagunna is an advocate for suicide awareness and cross-cultural psychology in Nepal.\\xa0 He teaches and runs a research foundation called Psychdesk.\\nSidewalk Talk has become a way to make therapy and sharing what is really on someone\\u2019s mind a normal part of life in Dr. Thagunna\\u2019s city.\\xa0 In fact, when Sidewalk Talk listeners in Katmandu, all therapists, sit on the sidewalk, they are still offering the same \\u201cnon-therapeutic listening\\u201d but often it becomes a gateway for people to feel comfortable going to the clinic for a second visit if they need it.\\xa0 The community now sees that these therapists are people just like them by being out on the street.\\nThere are big hopes to take Sidewalk Talk up on their community grant program that will supply four more chapters with the tools they need to start a Sidewalk Talk in other parts of Nepal.\\n\\xa0\\nThis is where you come in.\\xa0 Today is #GivingTuesday. We need 100 people to raise their hand and say \\u201cYES! I know this connecting work is the thing that is going to make a real difference in healing all the divides that make people, our communities, our politics, and our planet well.\\u201d\\n\\xa0\\nWill you be one of the 100 to invest monthly in Sidewalk Talk to sustain Dr. Thangunna\\u2019s work and all the other chapters around the world?'