We’re excited to announce that our new mental health and well-being project in Adaklu District is officially underway. This month, our team is beginning community entry visits—meeting chiefs and elders across our 10 pilot communities—to introduce the project and co-plan first activities. In parallel, we’re meeting with leadership and counsellors at partner secondary schools to align on roles, schedule teacher sessions, and appoint a School Mental Health Ambassador in each school. Our staff have also started the WHO QualityRights online training to ground everything we do in human rights–based, recovery-oriented practice.
Our goal is simple and practical: reduce stigma, strengthen mental-health literacy, and make it easier for people—especially young people—to get help early. We’ll train one Mental Health Ambassador in each community and one in each school, equip them with easy-to-use materials (handouts, posters, and short Ewe-language infographics/videos), and blend in-person sessions with WhatsApp groups to keep momentum between meetings. Working closely with the Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service, we’ll map clear referral pathways so concerns can be identified and supported quickly. We’ll also track progress with attitudes and literacy tools over the year, and package what works into open resources that others can reuse.
Thank you to our community leaders, teachers, health partners, and youth champions. Follow us here for regular updates as activities roll out across Adaklu and Ho.