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Addressing mental issues
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The project location is the region from Rosarito to Ensenada to Valle de Guadalupe and surrounding rural, agricultural areas of Baja California.
This project will train youth, teachers, parents, and seniors to recognize the early signs of mental health illness, provide a safe space to those suffering, and direct them to the resources needed to help with their struggles so they don't take extreme measures. This program will initially be offered to the high schools in the Ensenada, Baja California and then to D.I.F., the regional family service organizations and other appropriate governmental and NGOs in the community.
In Mexico, "stigma", as it relates to autism and mental health, is a very serious issue. "Stigma" is prevalent everywhere but is especially prevalent and thrives in rural communities. However, because if its nature, quantifying "stigma" is difficult. Due to "stigma", it is not uncommon for rural, poorly educated families to "hide" their "defective" family member.
PROJECT SCOPE:
To strengthen the social and emotional skills in all age groups. This will be a starting point to reduce lack of self-esteem, confidence, depression, use of drugs and lack of empathy. This will result in early intervention to alleviate illiteracy, decrease student dropout rate and reduce the suicide rate at all age groups.
PROJECT PARTNERS:
CECYTE School System
School Mentoring Programs
Ensenada Family Services
Senior Centers
Vocational training organizations
Assisted Living Facilities
Vocational training organizations
Assisted Living Facilities
Private Nutritional and Hygiene Partners
BENEFICIARIES:
The beneficiaries will be, first, the families that are burdened with a family member suffering from autism, depression, or other mental deficiency condition or diseases. The Second beneficiary will be the afflicted person. Effective outreach programs for the purpose of finding, evaluating, referring those afflicted persons for proper diagnosis and treatment are lacking, especially in rural areas
Victims of human trafficking, especially domestic minor sex trafficking, often suffer severe, physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of their traffickers. They frequently have histories of emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuse prior to being trafficked which compounds the mental health impacts.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Local mental health organizations.
Youth organizations to work with seniors in the community
Hospital Mental Health Units
Local Rotary Clubs support of Early Act, Interact and Rotaract
SUSTAINABILITY:
- Key is to partner with the schools
- Training and Distribution of manuals
- Train the trainers with community representation who will contribute their knowledge, experience, and diversity of culture
- Develop training material
- Subsidize computer tablets and wifi service for needy students
- Student assistance to Seniors in the use of the internet for medical and social media
- Assist in establishing social fellowship programs of common interest
FUNDING:
- Educational materials - $10k
- Purchase of office material - $2k
- Purchase of Educational support equipment - projectors, screens, monitors $6k
- computer tablets, laptops and desktops -$15k
- Professional assistance in training the trainer - $10k
- Social Interaction equipment equipment for both youth and seniors (games, art supplies, musical instruments, etc) - $12k
- Skills-building equipment for youth and self-sufficiency equipment for seniors - $12k
- Promotional Media Costs to reduce the stigma and increase awareness, making it easier for people to seek help early before problems worsen. - $15k
- Mobile Resource Van to bring services and resources into our isolated communities. - $57,480
- Contigency funding 18% - $25,000
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