Heimo aims to do same online as the man who prevents suicides by patrolling Japanese cliffs
There is one man, Yukio Shige, who is patrolling Japanese cliffs and preventing suicides. He is there when people need most a helping hand. Heimo’s mission is to do same online.
Everyone of us has a story that we haven’t been able to tell to others. Sometimes it can lead to loneliness, stress and depression. But in worst case it can even lead putting end to your life, when you feel that there is no other solution to your misery.
Heimo is the social media for life challenges. It is the place where you can share stories that you are not able to tell anywhere else or you don’t have anyone who would understand you. Heimo empowers the online community and helps people who need help the most in their life right now.
- On Heimo.co most common topics are about loneliness, bullying, broken heart, family pressures and depression, tells Jarno Alastalo, CEO of Heimo.
People share also their thoughts about committing a suicide. But then comes along the Heimo’s helpers, common people just like me and you, who want to help and to talk online with that person with suicidal thoughts.
- People’s stories about suicide are quite often a call for help. They want to find someone who would listen and to understand them. Someone who wouldn’t judge them. Now Yukio Shige has been guarding the cliffs over a decade and prevented over 500 suicides. I really admire Mr Shige and we need more people like him.
Heimo is not about the tech innovation; it is all about emphatic people who understand what others think and about helping people to help each other. Peer support can be very powerful tool online when there is a platform where you can be safe and express your thoughts without judgement.
- Most of Heimo’s users come from East and Southeast Asia. And right now I am traveling all over in the Asia, next coming to Fukuoka, Japan, to find people who can help us to help even more people, explains Alastalo.
Stories on Heimo:
- My Survival Story
- Confession: I let her die.
Jarno Alastalo
CEO & The Big Man
Heimo
jarno@heimo.co
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