Mental Health Education
Mental Health Education
Mental health affects the emotional, psychological and social well-being of participants,which affects how they think,feel and act and also helps determine how they handle stress,relate to others and to make healthy choices.Mental health education most especially enhances the mental attitudes and general welfare of participants who are mostly youth substance use/abuse victims,homeless, orphans,internally displaced and vulnerable as a result of the crisis in the Northwest region of Cameroon.Through such programs participants develop creative minds, dedicated in workshop sessions and ready for learning. It also help them to be able to cope with difficult times in their personal and professional lives.
To facilitate and strengthen resilience for participants to recover and adapt to the ills of the crisis in the Northwest region of Cameroon, we organized psycho social support and counseling sessions to restore social cohesion. It is vital for it addresses their emotions and problem solving opportunities to learn new skills , develop new talents,express thoughts and ideas in creative therapeutic ways. In severe circumstances, caused by substance use and depression, we link participants to hired psychiatric experts for intensive treatment and regular follow up.
Rehabilitation and Housing
According to the United Nation Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA), as of 26 October 2022, 1,067,722 individuals were displaced by the Anglophone crisis,including 562,807 internally displaced persons. Sixty percent are youths that have flee from surrounding villages as a result of constant attacks between separatist fighters and the state military.Most of this attacks have resulted to the burning down of villages,houses and killing of innocent civilians.As a consequence,over 400,000 youths have become homeless and lack affordable housing in the Northwest region of Cameroon.They seek shelter in abandoned and dilapidated buildings and street side bars.
Participant’s Rehabilitation Strategies:
-Participants will and choice to a detoxification process in severe drug use and alcohol cases, which is done by a hired rehabilitation specialist
-Recreational therapies such as creative art,games and sporting events.
-Provision of temporal affordable housing for participants during the 9month training program, particularly for the homeless,orphans and internally displaced youths(by the organization).
Our objective is to assist participants to achieve a high functional level,good health and well being during and after the 9month training and empowering program.