Community Outreach
Beyond Four Walls (B4W)
Going Beyond the Four Walls of educational institutions, students are sensitised to the issues and challenges related to mental health. Their understanding of the needs of persons living with mental illnesses (PMIs) and their families are realised only through interacting with them. Training them to become mental health ambassadors and creating community awareness strengthens the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP)., Traditional floor games are effectively used for communicating different aspects of mental health, symptoms, causes and treatment of common mental illnesses and myths and misconceptions.
Training youth to become Mental Health Ambassadors
Mental Health Awareness Project in Lucknow & Barabanki
In collaboration with NGO Muskaan and BBD University Lucknow, a project was started in 2022 for preparing youth as mental health advocates by conducting a training for the students and faculty. The scope of this project was expanded in March 2023 to include local level partners from Yuvak Mahila Mangal Dal in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. Partners included Department of Development Communication & Extension, Lady Irwin College (University of Delhi), RAHAT Charitable and Medical Research Trust (Delhi) and TaraSri Foundation.
Mental Health Awareness session at Fostima Business School (Delhi)
A series of mental health awareness sessions were conducted in Fostima Business School for MBA students in January 2023 using innovative floor games. The students were given knowledge about different aspects of mental health;, symptoms, causes, and treatment of common mental illnesses; and myths and misconceptions. As a result of these awareness sessions, some of the students reached-out and took the help of our Counsellors to sort out early stages of withdrawal and Depression.
