StrongMinds

TREATING DEPRESSION AT SCALE IN AFRICA

In Africa, 66 million women are living with depression, and 85% have no access to treatment.
StrongMinds provides free, group talk therapy to low-income women and adolescents in Uganda and Zambia.
We scale our reach through peer-to-peer therapy, teletherapy, public education, and partnerships.
Women who complete our therapy achieve clinically significant reductions in depression symptoms, restoring hope for themselves and their families.

Why Does Mental Health in Africa Matter?

by Rasa Dawson, Chief Development and Communications Officer at StrongMinds Published on the OECD Forum Network’s blog Over the past few years, the impact…

From Client to Mental Health Facilitator: Harriet’s Story

Harriet’s Story: From Client to Mental Health Facilitator

Before Harriet joined StrongMinds’ therapy group in 2017, her life was filled with pain and difficulty. As a single mother of twins, relying on…

Educator Training Pilot Benefits Students and Teachers in Uganda

In 2021, StrongMinds launched an educator training pilot to explore the potential of instructing teachers to lead group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) sessions for adolescent…

Happiness for the Whole Family: A Report

Investing in mental health may be the most cost-effective way to improve human well-being. This news comes from a report recently released by the…

Fueling our work through technology

Building on our successes scaling through teletherapy during the pandemic, StrongMinds has now integrated phone-based technology throughout our operations, enhancing our ability to identify…

Ultra cyclist Jack Thompson’s feat to raise awareness of mental health

In 2022, Australian endurance athlete Jack Thompson will ride 1 million meters of elevation – two and a half times the height of the…

WHO Report: Pandemic triggers 25% spike in depression and anxiety

A new scientific brief from the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global prevalence of…

How Elizabeth transformed her grief into a mission to help others

Your browser does not support the audio element. Elizabeth (47) lives in Lusaka and is among our first cohort of Peer Facilitators in Zambia.…

StrongMinds Names New COO and Uganda Country Director

Maplewood, NJ – December 9, 2021- Mental health NGO StrongMinds has appointed Peter Okwi as its new Chief Operating Officer and Christina Ntulo as…

Designer Clio Goldbrenner Launches New line of Bags to Benefit StrongMinds

Belgian designer Clio Goldbrenner has partnered with StrongMinds and EPIC to launch a new bag collection in support of mental health for women in sub-Saharan Africa.…

Remembering our friend and colleague, Hope Busingye

With deep sorrow, the StrongMinds team mourns the loss of Hope Busingye, who passed away on September 18th, 2021. Hope was one of the…

Half a million people in Africa reached through our innovative depression treatment

StrongMinds has reached a new milestone: we have now treated depression in more than 100,000 women and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa and changed the…