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Category: Peer-based

Fight against Kush and substance abuse in Sierra Leone

Proof-of-Concept Sierra LeoneSubstance UsePeer-basedStatus: Funded

Advocacy for Youth Mental Health and Empowerment (AYMHE) is implementing a community and peer-based mental health awareness, and substance use prevention model in schools and community centers across Sierra Leone....View

It takes a village: empowering Freetown slum communities to prevent Kush use and promote wellbeing among addicted youth

Proof-of-Concept Sierra LeoneSubstance UseArts Peer-based SportsStatus: Funded

Led by Global Youth Network in partnership with YAMA and ARMeD Victims SL, this initiative aims to address widespread Kush use in four slum communities of Freetown, Sierra Leone, through...View

Brave Heart Intervention: Preventing Substance Use Disorders among Young People in Sierra Leone

Transition-to-Scale Sierra LeoneSubstance UseDigital Peer-basedStatus: Funded

The Brave Heart Intervention (BHI), launched by the Slum and Rural Health Initiative (SRHIN) in 2021, aims to tackle mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) challenges among youth aged...View

QUTWE: Queer-affirmative Unicorns Transforming Well-being Ecosystem

Proof-of-Concept IndiaFamily FunctioningPeer-basedStatus: Funded

The QUTWE project aims to strengthen parent-child relationships among LGBTQIA+ youth (ages 16–24) and their parents/caregivers through Youth Resource Centers (YRCs) that provide youth-led, community-based, and non-judgmental safe spaces in...View

Reducing Bullying Behaviour and Victimization Among Young People

Proof-of-Concept GhanaBullying School EnvironmentsPeer-based StorytellingStatus: Funded

Inspire to Act's Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) program is tailored to young people's needs, cultural norms, and lived experiences and will engage youth aged 10–24 across junior and senior...View

Learning by doing: A peer-led mental health education programme in Ghanaian senior high schools

Proof-of-Concept GhanaBullying School EnvironmentsPeer-basedStatus: Funded

Learning by Doing is a peer-led program that promotes antibullying education and mental health awareness in 12 senior high schools across six regions of Ghana: Northern, Bono East, Ashanti, Accra,...View
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