Mental Health support for violence survivors

by Voice for Humanity Uganda
Mental Health support for violence survivors
Mental Health support for violence survivors
Mental Health support for violence survivors
Mental Health support for violence survivors

Summary

Psychosocial support is critical in building emotional resilience of women and girls survivors of gender based violence. This project will provide group based trauma sensitive Mindfulness practices that help survivors develop better copying mechanisms including reductions in sexual difficulty, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress while helping the survivors become less likely to rely on strategies like avoidance and more able to pay attention.

$3,303
total raised
27
donors
0
monthly donors
4
years

Challenge

6 in every 10 South Sudanese refugee women and girls at Adjumani have experienced some form of violence including rape, torture and other forms of sexual violence. This has exposed them to a higher risk of experiencing a range of mental health conditions including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and thoughts of suicide.

Solution

The project will facilitate 8 days Trauma sensitive Mindfulness practices to 500 targeted women and girls divided into groups of 10 at a time. This will be facilitated over one months period consisting of 2 classes/sessions per week.

Long-Term Impact

We hope to Improve the overall mental and physical health among refugee women and girls by reducing on the cases of Trauma induced mental illnesses.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Organization Information

Voice for Humanity Uganda

Location: Kampala - Uganda
Facebook: Facebook Page
Twitter: @vfhuga
Project Leader:
David Elungat
Kampala , Uganda

Funded Project!

Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.
   

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