On Friday, November 25, the StrongMinds Uganda team joined the Ministry of Health to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Day in Kampala. The StrongMinds Uganda stall with team spirit! The pioneers of StrongMinds Uganada’s Peer Therapy were invited to attend. Peer Therapy Group Facilitators with the Department…
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As we move into the start of the last sessions of StrongMinds Therapy Groups for 2016 in Uganda, we wanted to share a few updates with you — and one of our many of success stories. Click here to view the newsletter online.
DetailsGlobal and community leaders announce mhNOW initiative will engage 30 cities by 2030 to close the mental health gap Multi-stakeholder Commitment to Action announced by private, public, and philanthropic organizations at Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting NEW YORK, NY – September 20, 2016 – Global and community leaders across sectors made a Commitment to Action for “mental…
DetailsMEET WANYAMA, a 41-year-old widow, who lost her husband 4 years ago, and has lost 3 of her children to AIDS. Her depression score at pre- assessment was severe and she had no interest in joining the StrongMinds Talk Therapy Group but the Mental Health Facilitator kept encouraging her to join. During the initial therapy…
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MEET DEBORAH, a 34-year-old widow and mother living with HIV. She lost her husband 6 years ago and is caring for their children. Life had become meaningless after testing positive and she even thought of committing suicide. When she first started the StrongMinds Talk Therapy Group she did not fully trust the other village women.…
DetailsStrongMinds Uganda has completed 2 phases of group talk therapy in 2015. Phase one: 584 Phase two: 714 Total talk therapy participants: 1,298 This is a 152% increase from 2014.
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MEET SOPHIA, a 45-year-old single mother of six children in Kampala, Uganda. Years of prostitution triggered a deep and severe depression for Sophia. Her life in the Bwaise Slums was incredibly difficult, and her depression made caring for her family all that more challenging. A StrongMinds Mental Health Facilitator reached out to her, diagnosed her…
DetailsBy Fergal Byrne of the Pioneers Post Statistics show that between 76% and 85% of people with severe mental disorder in low and middle-income countries receive no treatment. In Africa, the impact on families is particularly pronounced when women are suffering from depression. Culturally, women are the backbone of African families. Research shows that when an African…
DetailsThis was originally published on Global Health TV on June 29, 2015. Sean Mayberry has spent his entire life surrounded by mental illness. As a child and an adult, people close to him have endured this affliction. But he had an epiphany when he happened upon a young man behind a farmhouse in Uganda, sitting…
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