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This picture was painted by 18-year-old Meena, a few days before she killed herself, and poignantly expresses the loneliness she felt, but did not speak about to anyone.

 

 

Caller Statistics for 2006

Number of Contacts: 1226
Means of contacts: Telephone - 848 (69.17%), Visits - 368 (30.01%), Letters - 10 (0.82%)
Female / Male contacts: Female - 480 (39.15%), Male - 746 (60.85%)
Total contacts till 2006: 17169 (Telephone - 11732, Visit – 3733, Letter – 1704).  Out of these calls,
1449
were made by persons with suicidal indent (857 males, 592 females)
Number of Volunteers: 42

      


Caller Statistics of previous years

Quick Facts:

The number of calls shows a decrease, since 2004. This points to the need of additional efforts to encourage individuals to seek emotional support while undergoing crises.

2.   Trends in Mode of Contacts:

Quick Facts:

Most callers (~75%)  prefer to use the telephone for contacting. The share of "Visits" is almost steady.  Callers seem to be preferring other modes over "Letters" in recent years. 

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