A Look Back at a Landmark Year of Healing, Connection & Collective Courage
Hearth Summit 2025 Overview
Hearth Summit Bangladesh 2025 became one of the country’s most meaningful convenings on mental health and wellbeing — unfolding across two powerful chapters: Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar.
What began as a response to national trauma grew into a brave, intergenerational movement. The Summit brought together thousands of students, educators, changemakers, humanitarian leaders, and mental health professionals — all united by one purpose:
Healing together. Growing together. Building a resilient Bangladesh, one conversation at a time.
Why Hearth Summit Bangladesh 2025?
In the wake of the July–August 2024 mass uprising, thousands of Bangladeshis—especially youth, educators, and parents—faced anxiety, trauma, and emotional distress. At the same time, humanitarian workers in Cox’s Bazar have been operating under chronic strain due to the prolonged Rohingya crisis, often without adequate mental health support.
Hearth Summit 2025 was launched as a response to these urgent needs, creating safe spaces for healing, dialogue, and systemic change.
Theme: Connecting Generations for Wellbeing & Growth
Participants: 450+ (205 registered, ~1,000 indirect engagement)
Focus: Youth wellbeing, trauma awareness, educational resilience
Key Activities: Plenary sessions, 6 thematic workshops, therapeutic activities (art, sound healing, Zumba, mural painting)
Theme: Cultivating Hope in Crisis: Fostering Workplace Wellbeing
Participants: Frontline humanitarian workers from 161+ organizations
Focus: Caregiver wellbeing, burnout prevention, institutional MHPSS (Mental Health & Psychosocial Support)
Key Activities: 7 thematic workshops, plenary dialogues, art and somatic therapy sessions
Key Objectives
Raise awareness on trauma impact and intergenerational healing
Build emotional resilience among youth and frontline responders
Foster intergenerational and cross-sector collaboration
Institutionalize mental health support in education and humanitarian systems
Promote sustainable wellbeing through community and ecosystem-building
About The Wellbeing Project
The Wellbeing Project is a network of more than 1,200 organisations dedicated to:
Advancing inner wellbeing as a foundation for social change by building networks, accelerating initiatives, hosting summits, and mainstreaming a wellbeing-centered narrative
