Our Programs

Creative, community-centred initiatives designed to make mental health accessible, relatable, and stigma-free.

Mental Health Research and Creative Engagement

Mental Health Education, Research and Capacity Building

Mental Health Education, Research and Capacity Building

Equips young people, student leaders, facilitators, and community partners with literacy and practical skills to understand mental health, support peers, and sustain safe spaces. Through participatory research, we identify community needs and inform our school club curricula, co-facilitation training, awareness workshops, and public storytelling. We follow a simple principle: learn today, support tomorrow. Our work builds confidence to recognize distress early, challenge stigma, and connect people to the help they need.

Organizational wellbeing

Workplace Wellness & Institutional Support

Workplace Wellness & Institutional Support

Our corporate resilience and thriving workplaces programmes help organizations build healthier, more supportive working environments. Through practical wellness conversations, mental health education, and institutional support, we equip teams and leaders to recognize stress, strengthen resilience, encourage help-seeking, and make wellbeing part of everyday organizational culture.

School & peer support

Youth Empowerment and Mental Health School Clubs

Youth Empowerment and Mental Health School Clubs

Youth Empowerment and Mental Health School Clubs create safe, student-led spaces where young people learn about mental health, support one another, and build everyday resilience. Rugare facilitators lead the clubs, while selected student leaders co-facilitate to strengthen peer ownership and learning. Through practical coping tools, self-care, early identification of mental health and substance use risks, and a culture of peer support, we help schools become more aware, responsive, and caring environments. Students who need more support are connected to psychosocial services and referral pathways for counselling, substance use prevention, and addiction support.

Psychosocial support

Psychosocial Services and Capacity Building

Psychosocial Services and Capacity Building

Psychosocial Services and Capacity Building provides safe, confidential, and professional care for people experiencing emotional distress, trauma, substance use challenges, and other mental health concerns. We offer flexible counselling services online and face-to-face, helping people access support in ways that feel secure, accessible, and empowering. Our service also acts as a referral pathway from school-based mental health clubs, ensuring continuity of care when young people need more structured or clinical support.

Community engagement

Community Outreach, Advocacy & Nature Wellness

Rugare community members taking part in an outdoor wellness event

We create safe, stigma-free spaces where communities can talk openly about mental health through outreach events, family days, school engagements, wellness walks, and advocacy campaigns. By bringing people together in community settings and green spaces, we make mental health support more visible, relatable, and connected to everyday life.

How we work

Additional Pillars of Our Work

These three pillars deepen our community response and strengthen the support ecosystem around young people in Malawi.

Community Outreach, Advocacy & Nature Wellness

We create safe, stigma-free spaces where communities can talk openly about mental health through outreach events, family days, school engagements, wellness walks, and advocacy campaigns that bring people together in healing, connection, and hope.

Community Storytelling

Through honest conversations, lived experiences, and digital storytelling, we help young people feel less alone. Our media work normalises mental health conversations and creates space for reflection, education, and collective healing.

Psychosocial Support & Referral Pathways

We offer confidential psychosocial support and care pathways that connect young people to professional help, trusted referrals, and safe spaces where they can be heard, supported, and guided toward recovery and resilience.

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