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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mumbai-based mental health NGO}}<br />
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| registration_id = E 2047 (''registered as a Public Charity under the Bombay Charity Act, 1960'')<br />
| founded_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1998|09|13}}<br />
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| location = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
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| origins = Befrienders Worldwide; Samaritans<br />
| key_people = Johnson Thomas (Director)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://archive.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2010/jan/120110-Active-health-laugh-depression-sucides.htm | title=How to be a shiny, happy person | date=12 January 2010 | publisher=[[Mid-Day]] | first=Fiona | last=Fernandez | accessdate=3 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
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'''AASRA''' (stylized as: '''आसRa''') is a [[Mumbai]]-based mental health [[not-for-profit organization]] known for operating a [[24/7 service|24-hour]] [[Crisis hotline|helpline]] for individuals who are [[Suicide|suicidal]] and emotionally distressed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-06 |title=CBSE Board exams: Helplines open till April 16 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/cbse-board-exams-helplines-open-till-april-16-92086-2012-02-05 |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Beat back the New Year-eve blues - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Beat-back-the-New-Year-eve-blues/articleshow/11309935.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104192158/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-31/mumbai/30576180_1_feeling-blues-drink |archive-date=4 November 2013 |access-date=17 January 2022 |website=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> The service is an offshoot of [[Befrienders Worldwide]] and the [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritans]], with the India chapter established in 1960.<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{official website|http://www.aasra.info/}}<br />
{{Mental Health in India}}<br />
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[[Category:Mental health organisations in India]]<br />
[[Category:Organisations based in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1998 establishments in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1998]]<br />
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