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Mental health care that disrupts cycles of violence | Celina de Sola

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Wylte's Story: How Violence Can Lead to More Violence

Wylte, a 17-year-old student from Guatemala, was recruited to work at the local primary school. He loved it so much that he continued to show up every week for over two years. But one afternoon his neighbors ran into the school screaming that Wylte had to get home because his sister had been shot and killed. When he pictured his mentor Olivia and the little glee club kids finding out that their role model had killed someone, he put the gun down.

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