Alysha Hawkins's Mental Health Smasher 2025

If you are reading this, your friend or family member is putting themselves through a grueling challenge to make a difference to mental health in Indonesia and worldwide.

Please support Alysha Hawkins’s effort by making a donation to this campaign.

From Alysha Hawkins: 

As a physiotherapist I work along side doctors to provide the best multi disciplinary care to my clients. Throughout my treatment sessions it can often result in people opening up to me about pain, past trauma, struggles, anxiety and depression. I am here for them to know that it’s ok, not to be ok. I want them to know that I am here to listen and that change is possible. 

We live in a world that celebrates strength but too often it defines that strength should be shown in silence. In pushing through our pain, hiding our struggles and pretending we are fine when we are not! It’s mostly how we were all brought up to be and taught to act. 

But by gathering together to raise awareness and to challenge the stigma that surrounds mental health. It lets others know that we care, we are here to listen and that it’s ok to speak up when we need help.

4 x 48 Mental Health Challenge is going to change the future of mental health in Indonesia!

In a country of over 280 million people, there stands out 1 startling statistic; there is only 1 psychiatrist per 300,000 people! Mental health in Indonesia is a taboo subject and the terminology or language falls short of even identifying such a subject. There is literally no translation for “mental health” in Indonesia. Millions of residents face challenges of depression, anxiety and other mental illness and have no idea what’s happening. They have no ability to reach professional help and a lack of understanding.

Wanderlust Fitness Village, Bali Bersama Bisa and Shuffle and Strides are out to change this! Please help them!

Two organizations on the ground are fighting to make a change! Bali Bersama Bisa, a 10 NGO collaborative that has opened Indonesia’s first mental health facility offering FREE counselling to those in need and heading up the BISA crisis and emotional support helpline providing a lifeline for individuals struggling with mental health. Shuffle and Strides focuses on mental health prevention by fostering community support. Through run clubs and open dialogue, they create spaces where individuals can openly discuss their mental health!

Your donations will help keep BBB Mental Health Care Facility operational.

Shuffle and Strides brought into Indonesia its first-ever mental health awareness training course (MHAT). Since 2023 they have hosted nine MHAT sessions educating over 1000 people and impacting the lives of over 4000 individuals, including families of attendees.

Shuffle and Strides, a prevention and maintenance mental health organization focusing on the human-to-human connection and being honest with a simple question “Are you Okay”? The S & S team believe that a problem shared is a problem cut in half and by bringing people together many “crisis” situations can be avoided. Shuffle and Strides works with professional counsellors, facilities and organizations for those who are “not okay”.

Aid in breaking the Stigma around Mental Health in Indonesia!

Bali Bersama Bisa launched the FIRST ever not-for-profit Mental Health Facility in Indonesia thanks to the 4 x 48 mental health smasher and other contributors! The facility currently operates specialized support groups, community gatherings and professional assistance for those who face crisis situations. We have witnessed the transformation from a single community space hosting support groups to the establishment of a fully-fledged mental health facility that offers a range of services including free outpatient programs, evaluations, counselling, and psychiatric medication.

Bali Bersama Bisa needs your support to keep the doors open and continue helping more people struggling with mental health!

Donate Now to Save a Life!

Shuffles and Strides is a community of hundreds of people that continues to grow through their run clubs, free events and down-to-earth approach to helping others! They need your help to continue growing the clubs, providing mental health training, and assigning professional counsellors and treatments for those in need!

Your donations mean a lot to us!

The participants are putting themselves on the line in the TOUGHEST EVER CROSSFIT challenge to hit the island of Bali. The 4x48 powered by Wanderlust is insane! Anyone who knows Wanderlust programs knows that one class is enough to push you to the limit, now imagine doing a class every 4 hours for 48 hours!

Please aid us in bringing the first ever not-for-profit mental health facility in Indonesia to its next stage of development, saving lives, rehabilitating, and reintegrating into the stream of life! Help to keep the BISA crisis and emotional support helpline operational and help provide a lifeline to thousands of people currently facing one of the most difficult situations in their lives!

Help the Shuffle and Strides community spread education and awareness around the subject of mental health through their training course. Help their community grow to thousands of people helping one another with their mental issues and impacting millions!

We need your help! Please DONATE NOW!