Mums Run Round-the-Bays to Combat Depression

Mums Run Round-the-Bays in a Bid to Get More Support for Women with Depression

"Team Mothers Helpers" compromising of 15 adults and 4 children will be running in the Ports of Auckland's Round-the-Bays on Sunday 3rd March. It is the 47th year the event has been held, and one of the world's largest fun runs. Mothers Helpers Team organiser Ingrid Papau says the reason she is participating in this year's Round-the-Bays was twofold: she decided that 2019 would be her year to do uncomfortable things she's always wanted to do, face some fears and really live her life, and she really wanted to raise some money for charity:

"Large crowds are usually something I shy away from , however doing the uncomfortable was what I'd set my mind towards and Round-the-Bays is a perfect event for me to start a team and fundraise for the charity 'Mothers Helpers.'"

Mrs Papau chose the charity Mothers Helpers who support women in their recovery from perinatal depression and anxiety (PNDA), because she herself had gone through this experience with her first son: "I was prepared for a new baby, but I was not prepared for the anxiety and feelings of hopelessness I had in the days and months that followed his birth." Ingrid is one in five women who experience PNDA - approximately 11,000 kiwi women every year. "Mothers Helpers is a vital link that New Zealand mums can go to for support, education, information and advice."

Mrs Papau's team of 15 adults, 4 children have raised $4,000 for Mothers Helpers so far with an aim of raising $5000. This would get Ingrid half-way to her overall goal of raising $10,000 for Mothers Helpers this year - a goal that she shares with 11 other ambassadors for Mothers Helpers. Once the ambassadors meet their goal amount, they will go on a week-long all-expenses-trip of high adventure that will be filmed by the award-winning production company 'Charity TV Global,' that will screen on TV2. "I don’t want any wahine in Aotearoa to slip through the cracks and suffer in silence with perinatal depression & anxiety," says Ingrid. "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much!"

You can support Ingrid and her team by giving to her Everyday Hero fundraising page: https://give.everydayhero.com/nz/ingrid-2

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