Daisy Rosales: Building Community-Owned Mental Health

Jan 16, 2021 Posted by: Elias Ross Trupin Daisy Rosales,  SDG3,  USA

Daisy: Here in the US, one in five people faces mental illness at any given time. But in contexts where even more lives are affected by poverty, violence, and a lack of social services, that number is estimated to double. These communities tend to have the least access to quality mental health prevention or care, and its adverse effects can be devastating. Brio works to increase access to contextualized mental health support through design and collaboration with local leaders and organizations.

Megha Desai: Elevating Menstruation for 1.4 Million People

Jan 16, 2021 Posted by: Elias Ross Trupin India,  Megha Desai,  SDG3,  USA

Megha: Thank YOU, Spiffy. The Desai Foundation empowers women and girls through community programs to elevate health, livelihood, and menstrual health. We cultivate dignity so people can dream beyond their circumstances. We believe in holistic community development to uplift everyone in the community. We focus on both India and the United States. 

Pallavi Khare: Unlearning Mental Health One Fact at a Time

Jan 12, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha India,  Pallavi Khare,  SDG3,  USA

Pallavi: India faces a high burden of adolescent mental health issues- 1 in 5 adolescents in India suffer from mental morbidity. Anxiety and fear for the future have increased significantly during COVID-19. Depression-related illnesses peak in adolescence, just as gender norms are being consolidated. Indian adolescents face high gender discrimination (40% of adolescents girls in India drop out of school) and have problematic gender attitudes (42% of adolescent boys agree to violence being a medium of control).