“Fighting Mental Diseases and building resilience in children facing adversity through counseling and psycho-social activities
Goal One.
Counseling Orphans in Vulnerable Communities
Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.
To achieve the 2030 sustainable development goals, mental health is inevitable. Poor mental health hinders learning which is a major step towards sustainable development. Truamatic events have devastating effect on children’s mental health as it effects can last a lifetime on cognitive , affective and behavioral aspects of children and causing them to suffer anxiety disorders, depression, post traumatic stress disorder and other personality disorders.
Goal Two.
Substance Abuse Education and treatment For Adolescents
Drug addiction is a disease found in every 2 out of 10 youths in Cameroon. Youths due to the high consumption of marijuana, heroine and other narcotics suffer severe health issues which also lead to school drop out, poor academic performance and substance abuse disorders. We work in partnership with the South west psychotherapy group and clinical psychologist to treat addicts using cognitive behavioral therapy, detoxification, motivational interview and multidimensional family therapy.
Prevention programs include skills to resist drugs when offered, strengthen personal commitments against drug use, and increase social competency (e.g., in communications, peer relationships, self efficacy, and assertiveness), in conjunction with reinforcement of attitudes against drug use.
Healing Trauma in Vulnerable Children
Therapies for children with anxiety disorders and depression
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Expressive arts therapy
Music therapy
Mindfulness and relaxation training,
Psychodrama and psycho-synthesis.
Therapies for adolescents with depression and post traumatic stress disorder
Cognitive behavioral therapy(CBT)
- Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
- Group therapy
- Interpersonal Therapy
Therapeutic drawing
Techniques : drawing to express, drawing to distract, drawing manadalas
Therapeutic drawing
PSYCHO-DRAMA
This therapy employs guided dramatic action to examine problems or issues in orphans’ life using experiential methods, enactment, reenactment, sociometry, role theory, and group dynamics.
techniques: Role reversal, soliloquy, doubling, mirroring
Sports For Mental Health
psychological benefits of sports
Our mental health programs involves sport as a psycho-social activity to to improve children overall well-being.
Each week, 30 minutes to 1 hour of sporting activities like football and handball, are carried out to to help moderate stress levels in orphans. Exercise causes the releases of happy hormones like endorphins and reduces stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. Sports helps improve mood, fight addiction, depression and encourage active lifestyle.
Mental Health in Educational setting
In the educational settings, mental health is a crucial aspect in children’s overall well-being and success. schools play a significant role in shaping children mental health and a supportive environment that promotes emotional resilience, reduce stress and enhance positive learning outcome .
key strategies for promoting mental health
- Create a safe and supportive environment
- Intergrate mental health in education
- provide access to mental health resources
- Encourage social connections
- Emphasize selfcare and stress management.
School mental Health workshops
Workshops cover topics like stress management, emotional intelligence, anxiety, self esteem and confidence, healthy relationships and positive psychology.
Training Community mental healthcare workers
Our community mental health training program equip social workers with skills and counseling theories needed to support children in difficult situation.
Training programs covers the following topics:
Mental health symptoms.
Trauma informed care,
Psychological first aid,
Crisis intervention,
Communication skills,
Research methods / data collection and analysis methods,
Project writing digital technology in mental health.
Training manuals used
