The suicide capital of the world

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Posted on : 13:13 | By : Tamarisk

Where is it? I'm sure the more astute among you will have already guessed it's a northern hemisphere country, and it's Greenland according to this article here.

It's the world's largest island but the least populated. Very sadly, those most at risk are teenagers and young people, opportunties for the future of Greenland's youngsters seem limited and perhaps that leads them to think that their only way out is to take their own lives. Something about that sounds familiar to me...rising unemployment, fewer jobs, a huge number of recent graduates with no jobs to progress into...that's all happening here in the UK. This is seems to be high on the politicians' agendas at the moment, but in the short term I think there's a lot that could be done to bolster our teenagers' and young peoples' self esteem and sense of self worth.

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