MENTAL HEALTH

Project description: Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood. Despite these facts, not much effort has been invested to insure mental health and to different degrees a good number of people are not mental healthily as an impact of various factors. This project is organized in collaboration with the local authorities to provide an opportunity to increase awareness on the causes, effects and management of mental health. Project Activities: Participants will be involved in series of activities leading to exploration, understanding, challenge and act on issues around mental health in the community. These will include; field visits to mental health facilities and service providers, Workshops, debates, arts/music, sports bonanza/Tournaments, etc. Participants will participate as well in painting/renovation of the health facility in the community. Study part: Participants of this project will have an opportunity to experience life with local communities in Dodoma Municipality. Various Discussions and educational visits will be organized involving participants of the project, community members and visited places. The major topic will be Mental Health. Please bring information from your home community for sharing.