Child Protection Nepal Project #2739

Psychological Counseling for 20 Nepali Children

by Nepal Youth Foundation (NYF)

Project Report | Mar 19, 2024
Your support helped us reach over 500 children!

By Nepal Youth Foundation | Project Leader

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Many of the children in NYF’s care have experienced intense trauma and loss. Through generous donations, ongoing love, and support from donors like you on GlobalGiving, Ankur Counseling Center can provide developmentally appropriate therapy and support for kids of all ages. Between July 2022 and June 2023, our remarkable group of childhood mental health specialists conducted 1401 individual therapy sessions and 279 group sessions. Over 500 children and youth were reached through these services.

As mentioned above, many children in our care receive individual therapy as well as group therapy sessions. Group therapy (displayed in the image above), helps children feel less alone in their struggles, and it gives them opportunities to share their own insights with their peers. This structured give-and-take, led by insightful therapists, helps kids turn their challenges into tools they can use to help others, which is incredibly empowering and healing.

Let’s take a deeper look at individual versus group therapy sessions.

Individual therapy sessions help children dealing with a broad range of challenges, including adjustment issues, depression, ADHD, OCD, trauma from sexual abuse, lack of motivation, and struggles related to adolescence. The team is well-practiced in proven methods for helping children.

sand play therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy
mandala work
clay therapy
expressive art techniques
relaxation techniques
…and more!

Group therapy assesses the general psychological well-being of the children in NYF’s care and teaches skills like:

expressing & dealing with emotions
identifying strengths & weaknesses
self-awareness
adaptation to change
cooperation & team building
coping skills
family relationships

Good health is easy to take for granted, until it is lost. Thank you for helping our team continue the incredible work of expanding healthcare resources and awareness for Nepal’s children and young people!

Dhanyabad!

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Nov 23, 2023
Ankur Counseling Center promotes mental health

By Nepal Youth Foundation | Project Leader

In July, Ankur Counseling Center launched a community mental health program in collaboration with the Lalitpur Metropolitan City, Ward 22, Bungamati. The new program aims to increase access to mental health and raise mental health awareness in communities to address the rising mental health crisis in the country, where suicide is the leading cause of death.

Here a glimpse of the impact of this project since July:

Counseling and Therapy

Ankur Counseling Center conducted 441 counseling sessions (individual and group sessions) for children and youth from NYF’s children’s homes and other childcare homes, NYF scholarship students, vocational education trainees, and other community clients.
The counseling sessions used appropriate psychological interventions such as counseling skills, sand play therapy, expressive art technique, clay work, story-telling, cognitive behavior techniques, and non-directive play therapies. The group sessions were specifically focused on expressing feelings, self-esteem, teamwork, and cooperation.
Likewise, 5 house visits were made by the counselors to Olgapuri Children’s Village. The house visits involved psychological observation of children, group work with the children, and meeting with house parents regarding children’s issues.
Ankur Counseling Center conducted 15 sessions of training and orientation for 201 people on various topics related to psychology and life skills in this reporting period. The participants were mainly adolescents, youth, and staff from NYF programs and other organizations. The trainings were provided in the following topics: Bullying, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Communication skills, Goal Setting & Decision Making, Creative Movement Therapy (CMT) and Peer Counseling Training.
Additionally, the Ankur Counseling Center celebrated World Mental Health Day on October 10th by organizing a community awareness event at a local school in Bungamati, Chunikhel. We were especially excited about the local government’s collaboration to make this event a success! The event was themed, “Mental Health is a Universal Human Right”, and was attended by students, teachers, and government representatives. The day was filled with interactive presentations, an art competition, speeches, and activities to uplift the inroads made within schools as well as to educate students on the mental health resources available to them through the Ankur Counseling Center.

We’re so amazed by the dedicated team of counselors and therapists who add the holistic pillar of mental health to so many of our programs!

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Jul 28, 2023
397 Counseling Sessions Completed - Dhanyabad!

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