on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary launches the Zelfmoordlijn, who is always looking for additional volunteers, a campaign with well-Known Flemish people, among whom Danira Boukhriss and James Cooke.
Read also the suicide rate for young people increased in the US with 29 percent after the premiere of Netflix series ‘13 Reasons Why’The Zelfmoordlijn was for the past 40 years by a total of 847 volunteers staffed. They performed more than 267.000 calls. Since the start, a lot has changed: calls are now free, the line is round-the-clock manned, chat and e-mail came and the short telephone number 1813 was introduced, but a number of cases to be called.