StrongMinds America Announcement

After three years of operations, we closed StrongMinds America (SMA) at the end of 2024. Continued iterations of our group therapy model in the US(including video groups and single-session interventions) proved ineffective. It became clear that our guiding assumption that our model would easily translate to non-African geographies—was incorrect.

The SMA effort remains highly instructive for StrongMinds as we work to fulfill our 2024-2034 vision, which calls for StrongMinds to expand outside of Africa. The SMA experience teaches us to pilot our work more carefully in new geographies, evaluate the initial effectiveness, and plan program adaptations more rigorously.