G-3323

Mental Health Project

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Project Description

Region: Africa

Country: Uganda

Location: Kampala

Total Budget: $198,816

Area of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment



PROJECT CONCEPT

Region: Africa

Country: Uganda

Location: Kampala City

Total Budget: $ 198,816

Areas of Focus: Disease Prevention and Treatment.

Mental Health Project

Club: Rotary Club of Kampala-Naalya

Project Name: Mental-Health Support for Adolescents in Ghetto

Communities (MSAG) Project.

Area of focus: - Disease Prevention and Treatment.

Project Location: - Kampala City Ghetto Communities (Acholi Quarters, Katwe, Kiwunya, Katanga and Kisenyi), Uganda

Project duration: - 2 Years (2024 - 2026)

Project Description:

Problem Statement

Globally, mental health problems are a leading cause of disability among young people, affecting one in seven 10-19-year-olds and constituting 13% of the global burden of disease in this age group. Adolescents with mental health conditions face various challenges, including social exclusion, discrimination, stigma hindering help-seeking, educational difficulties, risk-taking behaviors, physical health issues, and human rights violations. Protecting adolescents, promoting socio-emotional learning, ensuring access to mental health care, and addressing stigma are crucial for their well-being.

In Uganda, where 57% of the population is under 15 years old, adolescents bear a disproportionately high burden of mental health challenges (UBOS, 2022). A study among secondary school students revealed depression rates at 21% and anxiety at 26.6%, with higher rates in females (29.7%) (Silje Akselberg Iversen etal, 2021). Despite the rising burden, affordable and youth-friendly mental health services are scarce due low investment in mental services and facilities, to stigma and a lack of mental health promotion. Existing services struggle to offer quality care; hindered by a shortage of skilled health workers and teachers. Uganda has only 53 psychiatrists, approximately one psychiatrist per 1 million population. These psychiatrists are mostly located in urban centres and are employed as university lecturers and researchers, leaving few to serve as clinicians. (Lancet, 2021)

Adolescents in Ghetto communities may face additional challenges, including violence and adverse childhood experiences. Limited research exists on how these factors influence mental health in urban poor settings, necessitating an examination of the associations between violence, adverse life events, and self-reported depression in Kampala's Ghetto communities. Adolescents living with HIV must cope with biological, treatment-related, and psychological challenges thus, affecting their mental health depressingly. Skills to support children with mental health challenges are deficient in schools and communities. Teachers, counsellors and nurses lack the necessary knowledge and skills, resulting in inadequate support, and many children with behavioral problems are excluded from the education system.

Therefore, this project aims to address these gaps in the educational, health, and social sectors to mitigate the impact of mental health challenges among adolescents in Ghetto communities in Kampala City. There are various partners implementing mental health interventions in Kampala City. However, coordination is lacking. In addition, this project aims to collaborate with Kampala Capital City Authority to enhance coordination among partners implementing mental health interventions in the city.

Project objectives

1. Increase access to mental health and psychosocial support services by adolescents aged (12-17) years in the five (5) selected Ghetto Communities in Kampala

2. Strengthen the capacity of teachers and health workers in identifying and managing mental health and psychosocial challenges among adolescents aged 12-17 years

3. Strengthen partnerships and collaboration among key actors for the delivery of holistic mental health services to the Adolescents in schools and Ghetto communities in Kampala.

Project Beneficiaries

a. Primary beneficiaries: 3,000 (1800 female and 1200 male) adolescents living in Ghettoes in Kampala City

b. Secondary beneficiaries: teachers, health workers, parents, local leaders and general community in the selected Ghetto Communities of Kampala Capital City

Project Outcomes

(i) Increased access to mental health and psychosocial support adolescents aged (12-17) years in the selected five (5) Ghetto Communities in Kampala

(ii) Strengthened capacity of teachers and health workers in identifying and managing mental health and psychosocial challenges aged 12-17 years

(iii) Strengthened planning, partnerships and collaboration among key actors for coordinated delivery of holistic mental health services to the Adolescents in the Ghetto communities in Kampala

Project Activities

In order to achieve the intended objectives and outcomes of the project, the Rotary Club of Kampala-Naalya and partners will adopt innovative approaches to implement targeted activities in a synergistic manner to enhance the results. Key activities will include:

i. Conduct quarterly 10 integrated mental health service outreach camps in the selected schools and Ghetto Communities in Kampala city.

ii. Conduct mental health education, screening, counselling and referrals

iii. Train community health workers (VHTs), teachers and resource persons in the selected Ghetto Communities and provide them with mental health toolkits and IEC materials for community mobilisation and sensitisation.

iv. Organise meetings with media houses and mass media influencers to build their knowledge and skills in promotion and reporting on mental health

v. Provide toll-free line for online and reinforced learning.

vi. Integrate other health services for adolescents such as vaccination, STIs treatment and HIV/SRHR education.

vii. Establish and support referral linkages with mental health services for adolescents in the selected Ghetto communities.

viii. Support formation and functionality of peer support groups

ix. Support establishment of mental health spaces in the community health facilities and schools

Estimated Budget

Total - US$ 198,816

Cash Contribution from Rotary Club of Kampala Naalya - US$ 5,000

DDF from District 9213

Amount Needed - US$ 191,816

Primary Host Partner

District: 9213

Rotary Club of: Kampala Naalya

1st Primary Contact: Dr. John Mugisa MD, MPH

Email: john.mugisa64@gmail.com, mugisa.john@yhaoo.com

2nd Primary Contact:

1. Charles Owek, MPH

Email: meno85charles@gmail.com, menocharles@yahoo.com

2. James Nsereko

Email: nsereko66james@yahoo.com

Primary International Partner

To be determined

Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Primary Host Partner

District: 9213

Rotary Club of: Kampala Naalya

Primary Contact: John Mugisa

Email: john.mugisa64@gmail.com

Primary International Partner

District: 5340

Rotary Club of: Carlsbad Hi-Noon

Primary Contact: Bob Stonebrook

Email: bob@aesynergy.com

Project Status

Need $147,816
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Project listed for the 2024-25 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing

Existing Contributions Towards This Project

Date

Cash

DDF

Total

Kampala Naalya (9213)

20-Feb-24

$50,000

$0

$50,000

Carlsbad Hi-Noon (5340)

16-May-24

$1,000

$0

$1,000

Remaining Amount to Raise

Additional Club Contribution (Needed) - Add a contribution

$147,816

-

$147,816

Amount Requested from The Rotary Foundation

-

$0

$0

Total

$198,816

Note: as of July 1, 2015 there is a 5% additional support fee for cash contributions. This fee does not appear in the financials above because it does not apply if the funds are sent directly to the project account (without going through TRF, and therefore without Paul Harris credit). Clubs sending their cash contribution to TRF must be aware they will have to send an additional 5%.

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History Log Entries

20-Feb-24

System Entry

System Entry: Creation of project page.

16-May-24

System Entry

System Entry: Pledge of $1,000 by Bob Stonebrook of the Rotary Club of Carlsbad Hi-Noon, District 5340.

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