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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]
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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]