Safe corner
To provide accessible and student-friendly mental health support within schools, Psychiki Ygeia Foundation Uganda (PYFU) has established designated meeting spaces known as Safe Corners. These
School outreaches
We create awareness of mental health well-being among secondary school youth and staff through Education, counseling services, and advocacy.
Our school outreach focuses on empowering youth and young adults in secondary schools with knowledge and skills about mental health and wellbeing. A team of mental health champions is assigned a school where he/she mentors students on mental health knowledge and well-being issues. This is to ensure that students learn and develop in an informed environment about their mental health well-being, be in a position to support those in need of mental health support, and be mental health champions in their immediate communities.
Some of the activities done in school include starting up mental health clubs, conducting drama skits with themes of mental health, creating awareness, designing a speaking compound on issues related to mental health, and setting up a counseling/listening corner for students (safe corner).
Key areas of focus
Mental health clubs
As part of our mission to raise mental health awareness and reduce stigma among young people, we focus on establishing Mental Health Clubs in secondary
Teacher Trainings
This initiative is designed to equip teachers with comprehensive mental health knowledge and practical skills to support both their students and themselves. In many schools,
Camp Objectives
- To equip students with mental health knowledge, how to use it to care for themselves, and also to become a person of influence to their peers and the community on mental health and wellbeing issues.
- To expose the young people to individuals who have overcome mental health challenges; so the students can learn from them as they make lifetime decisions.
- To empower the students with leadership skills and knowledge of reproductive health to influence their mental health and well-being as they transition into adulthood.
What We Do
We create and build communities of mental health champions by empowering individuals in their immediate communities to fight mental illness stigma.
We create an environment where people live free from mental health stigma and can freely seek health services.