Project Report
| Mar 27, 2024
Mental Health for Young Mothers in Kilifi, Kenya
By Dorcas Magai | Project leader
Communities Mental Wellness organization provides a low-cost mental health intervention package to young women in rural Kilifi, Kenya, with mental health problems. The mothers are trained to build awareness and grounding during stressful moments, notice and name difficult thoughts, identify and act on values, build compassion and kindness, and accept and live with difficult thoughts. Thus, they can take proactive steps that encourage positive feelings and be responsive and sensitive caregivers
However, this program is yet to kick off due to a lack of funding. Our organization will continue appealing for donations from different funders. We hope donors and funders will come on board to support this worthy course. So far, we have developed the full program and identified villages where we will implement the project. We have shared the link to donate with friends, family, and other networks, and we look forward to their engagement and donations. Meanwhile, we continue to raise mental health awareness in rural communities. Individuals can do a free mental health screening test through our interactive website. Additionally, we continue to provide mental health education materials on our website. Our team is working to ensure we engage different stakeholders to start mental health interventions in the community.
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Nov 28, 2023
Mental Health for Young Mothers in Kilifi, Kenya
By Dorcas Magai | Project leader
Most mothers in low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya experience mental health problems, yet they lack the much-needed mental health care. Despite the high burden of poor mental health in low-resourced settings, mental health care is still lacking. Communities Mental Wellness endeavours to provide low-cost mental health intervention packages to young women in rural Kilifi, Kenya. The program aims to build awareness and grounding during stressful moments, notice and name difficult thoughts, identify and act on values, build compassion and kindness, and accept and live with difficult thoughts. These skills help young mothers take proactive steps to encourage positive feelings and be responsive and sensitive caregivers.
However, this program is yet to kick off due to a lack of funding. We have received a kind donation of $230. We still appeal to donors to help us reach our target to enable us to provide mental health intervention in these settings. Meanwhile, Communities Mental Wellness continues raising mental health awareness in rural communities. We offer a free mental health screening test through our interactive website. Additionally, we continue to provide mental health education materials on our website. Our team is working to ensure we engage different stakeholders to start mental health interventions in the community.
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Jul 31, 2023
Mental Health for Young Mothers in Kilifi, Kenya
By Dorcas Magai | DR
Most mothers in low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya experience mental health problems yet they lack the much needed mental health care. Despite the high burden of poor mental health in low-resourced settings, mental health care is still lacking. Communities Mental Wellness endeavors to provide low-cost mental health intervention package to young women in rural Kilifi, Kenya. The program aims to build awareness and grounding during stressful moments; notice and name difficult thoughts; identify and act on values; build compassion and kindness and accept and live with difficult thoughts. These skills help young mothers take proactive steps to encourage positive feelings and be responsive and sensitive caregivers.
However, this program is yet to kick off due to a lack of funding. We have received a kind donation of $230. We still appeal to donors to help us reach our target to enable us to provide mental health intervention in these settings. Meanwhile, Communities Mental Wellness continues raising mental health awareness in rural communities. We offer a free mental health screening test through our interactive website. Additionally, we continue to provide mental health education materials on our website. Our team is working to ensure we engage different stakeholders to start mental health interventions in the community.
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