AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Community
GOALS
Trust, Tolerance & Empathy
KEYWORDS
social media, mental health, peer support
COUNTRY
Finland
DESIGNED BY
Heimo
Jere Paajanen
Katri Ristiniemi
WEBSITE
https://heimo.co
Heimo.co
We create spaces where people can tell stories that they have never been able to share.
Heimo is an anonymous & safe online community for depression and other life challenges. On Heimo you can share your stories without judgement and shame with people who have experienced the same challenges. We use crowdsourcing and peer-to-peer model to solve the problem of mental health issues by allowing ordinary people to get support and help one another emotionally without shame and losing dignity. Mental health problems are one of the biggest health challenges in the world. Now, it’s the era of peer-to-peer economics where ordinary people offer and receive services from others on a platform. On Heimo, the concept of peer-to-peer is applied in the context of mental health and well-being. In our view, this is probably the only viable solution to provide help to large populations of people with mental issues. Our ultimate mission is to prevent depression becoming the biggest disease in the world by 2030.