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Practical exercise

Call Umang Pakistan once, just to know the line works

There is a number you should call once even if you are completely fine: 0311-7786264, Umang Pakistan, every day from 12 noon to midnight. The call is anonymous and free. The reason to call when you do not need it is so that the act of calling becomes familiar before the day comes when you might. People who have called once do not hesitate to call when it is urgent. People who have never called do hesitate, and sometimes the hesitation costs lives.

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Now try it

Call Umang Pakistan once, just to know the line works

Stretch

Within the same week, share the helpline numbers with three other people: a sibling, a chosen sangat friend, and one younger relative. Send the numbers as a screenshot of your contacts so they can save them in seconds. You will not always know which of those three will need the line, but the act of putting the numbers into three more phones is itself life saving infrastructure.

Goes into your portfolio

A short note (200 words) describing your one call: the date, time, duration, what you asked, what they answered, and one sentence on how you felt afterwards. No identifying details about yourself or the counsellor are needed.