Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Project

Our Mental Health Work With Children and Adolescents

The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Project began in 2018. It aims to create sustainable improvement in mental health and full inclusion in community life for children with psycho-social disabilities (CPSD).

High numbers of children with psycho-social disabilities experience barriers to integrating into family and community life. The barriers are due to the stigma attached to psycho-social disabilities, a lack of infrastructure, and community members lacking awareness about children with psycho-social disabilities.

By providing training for family and community members, as well as access to mobile clinics and information on services available, we aim to ensure children with psycho-social disability will receive more support from their families and communities, as well as have increased access to appropriate services. Our hope is that this increased support will lead to an improvement in their functional mental health, as well as increased inclusion into their schools and community life.

We also provide training for health professionals; develop materials to help the integration of children with psycho-social disabilities; advocate for policy changes that will support further integration of CPSDs into their schools and communities; and work with other NGOs and government workers in the area to help children with psycho-social disabilities integrate.

Curious about our work in Mental Health? Read more here.