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Les candidatures sont ouvertes : Financement des innovations en matière de santé mentale des jeunes
Nous finançons des idées audacieuses qui s'attaquent aux facteurs précoces des problèmes de santé mentale des jeunes dans 12 pays : Colombie, Équateur, Ghana, Inde, Indonésie, Maroc, Pakistan, Roumanie, Sénégal, Sierra Leone, Tanzanie,...
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In India, the National Crimes Records Bureau reported that “family problems” were the leading cause of suicide among 2,556 children under 18 in 2022. Most stakeholders consulted in India’s landscape analysis agreed that challenges within the family, such as conflict, hostile environments, low interactions, and a lack of perceived support, are key drivers of mental health issues among Indian youth, including anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, self-harm, and suicide.
Mental health programming in India often overlooks the vital role of parental involvement, despite its potential to improve young people’s wellbeing. Strengthening policy support to endorse approaches that enhance family functioning presents a key opportunity to scale and sustain mental health innovations.

What we’re funding in India:
Proof-of-concept funding:
Proof-of-concept (POC) funding up to $250,000 CAD will be awarded to early-stage projects that can implement, test and refine solutions to country-specific personal, social, and/or environmental factors impacting young people’s mental health and wellbeing in one of the 12 countries.
In India, we’re funding POC ideas to strengthen family functioning. These innovation solutions will focus on addressing parent-child communication and parents’ perceptions of mental health with a goal of improving parent-youth relationships.
Transition-to-scale funding:
Transition-to-scale (TTS) funding between $300,000 CAD and $1,500,000 CAD will be awarded to support tested mental health promotion and prevention approaches that align with country-specific priorities along their scaling journey to help catalyze their sustainability and impact.
In India, we’re funding TTS approaches to strengthen family functioning. These innovation solutions will focus on addressing parent-child communication and parents’ perceptions of mental health with a goal of improving parent-youth relationships.
Ecosystem catalyst funding:
Ecosystem catalyst (EC) funding between $200,000 CAD and $300,000 CAD will be awarded to organizations that can address priority barriers to scale, such as legislation, evidence, coordination, and mobilize demand to help mental health initiatives succeed and grow in one of 12 priority countries.
In India, we’re funding EC proposals that can enhance multi-sectoral coordination to champion family-related interventions at both national and state levels. The focus will be on increasing action on this important issue, including efforts to augment domestic funding.
Funded Innovations

Gratitude, Kindness, Hope: Scaling family based youth mental health interventions through India’s school system
Organisation de mise en œuvre : citiesRISE
Type de projet : Démonstration de principe
Location: Chennai, Inde
Domaine(s) thématique(s): Arts, Games
Status: Funded

QUTWE: Queer-affirmative Unicorns Transforming Well-being Ecosystem
Organisation de mise en œuvre : Restless Development
Type de projet : Démonstration de principe
Lieu : Dakshinpuri, Delhi, Inde
Domaine(s) thématique(s): Peer-based
Status: Funded