@TomLeeOsborn, our Founder and CEO, was the Chief Guest at NACADA's Substance Use Prevention Summit at Bomas of Kenya. 🎊 In recognition of the impact mental health issues have on contributing to substance abuse among youth, NACADA brought on Shamiri as a key ally & partner.
Tom emphasized the importance of developing narratives that are not just for but driven by young people. #Shamiri has been able to achieve this through: 2/
🔹 Our tiered caregiving model is a for-youth, by-youth where lay providers aged 18-22 aka #ShamiriFellows; work with Clinical Supervisors to deliver the intervention 3/
🔹 The peer-to-peer approach has been effective in delivering our Shamiri Program to high-school students fostering trust, understanding and relatability among participants. 4/
We thank the officers and community workers at #NACADA for recognising the importance of #mentalhealth in battling #substanceabuse and recognising Shamiri's role in this effort.