Jimmy Westerheim
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Born | Jimmy Ruben Sylow Westerheim |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Known for | Founder of The Human Aspect Foundation |
Jimmy Ruben Sylow Westerheim (born January 17, 1987) is the founder and CEO of the non-profit organisation The Human Aspect.
Through Westerheim's experience working for Doctors Without Borders in Syria and Afghanistan, he became interested in creating a tool to share life lessons across the world.[1] Westerheim founded The Human Aspect foundation when he left his careers in shipping and humanitarian work to self fund the mental health video project.[2][3] Westerheim has himself faced mental health challenges, citing his biological father that did not want anything to do with him and being bullied as a child,[4] which led him to plan to take his own life at the age of 13.[5]
Since founding The Human Aspect in 2016 Westerheim has traveled as a speaker and interviewing for the foundation in multiple different countries such as The United Kingdom, Sierra Leone and Ukraine.[6] In addition to talk to local health authorities about how to get more people in need to use the countries help services.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ T, Benedicte; sæther-; Journalist, ersen (2018-06-01). "Han var tett på terror i Afghanistan: Lager folkebibliotek for tøffe livserfaringer". shifter.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Ofret shippingkarrieren for humanitært arbeid". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Inspirational Human Aspect project is Banbury bound". www.banburyguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Jimmy tog altid det sværeste valg: Nu letter han vejen for andre". hsfo.dk (in Danish). 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ a b "Gutten som ville hoppe". Talent Media (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2020-04-10. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ "Проблеми психічного здоров'я – у норвезькому start-up проекті". www.psy.univ.kiev.ua. Retrieved 2020-07-26.