Unemployment,
Hopelessness Drive the Young to Suicide
Osirene
Melo, who has manned a suicide hot-line
once a week for 10 years in northern
Brazil, says many of the calls are from
troubled youngsters who have found it
impossible to land their first job.
The phone calls she attends on her
23:00-7:00 shift at the Life
Appreciation Centre in Belém, the
capital of the northern Brazilian state
of Pará, often depict a complex
scenario of ''emotional and family''
problems, she told IPS. >more
