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The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute Announces Inaugural Communicator Fellow in Partnership With the Carter Center

Child Mind Intitute

Ndayiziga will take part in the Carter Centers Climate Change Mental Health Fellowship thanks to the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) as part of its Global Health Initiative (GHI). We are delighted to announce Mr. Avit Ndayiziga as our inaugural SNF Global Center Communicator Fellow.

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Addressing the Silent Mental Health Crisis of Children and Youth Around the World

Child Mind Intitute

The Current Landscape: A Need for Cultural Sensitivity Children and adolescents in LMICs face severe challenges that greatly affect their mental health, including high levels of poverty, exposure to child labor, violence, conflict, and limited access to education. Reliable data require reliable tools.

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From a Paranoid Schizophrenia Diagnosis to a Peer Researcher in Nigeria

Mad in America

We were living in poverty with my siblings and life was difficult. I always wanted and still want to help children and adolescents who are going through the things I went through when I was at their age. I have also learnt so many things about mental health and my hope for the future has increased.