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Our Work

Ember selects community-based mental health initiatives from around the globe to mentor and fund over a period of 12-24 months. We work together to build their capacity and sustainability, overcome challenges and help them reach their potential.

Ember continues to support and work with…

Huertomanías

Huertomanías

Ecuador

Huertomanías is a collective of people living with severe mental disorders, predominantly schizophrenia, whose mission is to achieve financial and social autonomy through livelihoods projects, such as gardening.
Burans

Burans

India

Burans works with disadvantaged communities in Uttarakhand, North India, to promote mental health and wellbeing by building on their strengths and resources.
Community-Based Mental Health Project (CBMHP)

Community-Based Mental Health Project (CBMHP)

Afghanistan

CBMHP is a volunteer-driven system of outreach, home visits, training and referrals to raise awareness and meet mental health needs at community level.
Centre for Mental Health and Counselling Nepal

Centre for Mental Health and Counselling Nepal

Nepal

CMC-Nepal works in collaboration with government, NGOs and community-based organisations to train and supervise health and lay workings in providing psychosocial support.
Mental Health Service Users Association (MHSUA)

Mental Health Service Users Association (MHSUA)

Ethiopia

MHSUA is an association of people with severe mental disorders advocating for their voices to be taken into account in the design and implementation of mental health policy and services in Ethiopia.
Mental Health and Wellbeing on Campus (MH+WB)

Mental Health and Wellbeing on Campus (MH+WB)

Kenya

The mission of MH+WB is to improve the mental health and wellbeing of university students and create a more supportive institutional environment as they navigate the stresses of their studies.
Open Hands

Open Hands

Botswana

Open Hands is a user-led project that supports and advocates for the mental health needs of LGBTI+ communities in Botswana.
Green String Network

Green String Network

East Africa

Green String Network is a social movement that works with communities to heal social and collective traumas.
Society for Pre and Post Natal Services (SPANS)

Society for Pre and Post Natal Services (SPANS)

Zimbabwe

SPANS provides mental health support to new mothers and fathers to promote good mental health across the life cycle.
Punto de Encuentro

Punto de Encuentro

Argentina

Punto de Encuentro’s mission is to strengthen the psychological, economic, and social autonomy of women and young people affected by gender-based violence.
Quan Tam Network

Quan Tam Network

Vietnam

Quan Tam Network is a community support programme that aims to improve the quality of life for people living with severe mental disorders and their carers.
Children, Adolescent and Family Services (CAFS)

Children, Adolescent and Family Services (CAFS)

Sri Lanka

CAFS is a social enterprise that provides psychosocial services to families and young people experiencing mental distress in a non-clinical setting where they feel at home.
PDO Kenya

PDO Kenya

Kenya

PDO Kenya is a user-led organisation dedicated to making mental health care more accessible, through service provision, advocacy and education.
PHOLA

PHOLA

South Africa

PHOLA works with marginalised communities, including people living with HIV and survivors of domestic violence, to address the negative mental health impacts of trauma, violence, abuse and poverty.
FaNs for Kids

FaNs for Kids

Pakistan

Family Networks (FaNs) for Kids trains, organises and empowers family members of children with developmental disorders to provide better care for their children, and become stigma-busting advocates in their communities.
Buena Semilla

Buena Semilla

Guatemala

Buena Semilla nurtures the health, wellbeing and self-determination of Indigenous and other marginalised communities in Guatemala.