Mental Health NGOs in Africa
A country-by-country directory of active mental health NGOs across Africa, with links to their websites and social media profiles for easy access.
Benin
Association Saint-Camille de Lellis
Botswana
Valor Mental Health Foundation (VMHF)
Burkina Faso
Agir pour la Santé Mentale (ASM)
Burundi
Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Services (THARS)
Cameroon
Beacon of Light Association (BeLA)
FOMCAM Community and Mental Health Organization
Hadassah Foundation Cameroon
Hand on Heart
Mental Health Foundation Cameroon
Sembe
Eswatini
IMERSE (International Mental Health Resource Services)
Ethiopia
Alenelachehu Charitable Organization (ACO)
The Mental Health Service Users’ Association (MHSUA)
The Gambia
Supportive Activists’ Foundation (SAF Gambia)
Ghana
Care and Action for Mental Health in Africa (CAMHA)
Choose Life Ghana Foundation
Hay Foundation Africa
Tonny’s Shower Foundation
Kenya
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health (AFRIMEB)
BasicNeeds Basic Rights Kenya (BNBR)
East African Community Mental Health Network
Elim Trust
Nivishe Foundation
Normalize Therapy Africa
Safe Haven Wellness Group
Simply Connect Out of Africa
Malawi
Sorry, I’m Not Sorry
Synergy Save Africa SESA
Morocco
Afak Santé Mentale
Association Marocaine pour la Promotion de la Santé Mentale (AMPS)
Nigeria
Amaudo Itumbauzo
Anti-Suicide and Depression Squad (ASADS)
Asido Foundation
Blaze Health Foundation
Broken BUT Mendable Life Foundation
Dinma Amadi Mental Health Foundation
Drug Abuse and Mental Health Initiative-DAMI
Gede Foundation
Hay Foundation Africa
Hope Restoration and Health Initiative
Idimma
Mentally Aware Nigeria Initiative (MANI)
Mindful Wellbeing Foundation
Mind Innovation and Health Reform Africa (MIHRA)
Neem Foundation
Nigerian Mental Health (NMH)
OurBETALife
PAGE Africa
Psychebabble Foundation
She Writes Woman
Stilt Mental Health Initiative (Stilt NG)
The Community Minds Initiative
Unmask Initiative
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
Children In Need Organization (CINORG)
South Africa
Heal SA
Inala Mental Health Foundation
Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Alliance (SABDA)
South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG)
South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH)
Timely Interactions
Waves for Change
Tanzania
Empower Minds Tanzania
Mental Health Tanzania (MHT)
Tanzania Health and Medical Education Foundation (TAHMEF)
Women and Youth Development Solution WAYDS
Togo
Recherche Action Prévention Accompagnement des Addictions (RAPAA)
Uganda
Mental Health Uganda (MHU)
Peer Nation
Stress Clinic Uganda
TPO Uganda (Transcultural Psychosocial Organization)
YouBelong Uganda (YBU)
Zambia
RefuCare Zambia
The YANA Foundation (You Are Not Alone)
Zimbabwe
Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe National Association for Mental Health (ZIMNAMH)
Mental Health NGOs in Africa — researched and curated by My Mental Health and I.
Organisations verified for active web presence at the time of publication. Some details may have changed since.
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