The issue of mental health is one of the most significant and underinvested nonprofit causes in South Sudan today. Thankfully, there are a few charity organisations in the country that work to enhance patients’ psychological well-being.
- Médecins Sans Frontières offers medical, psychosocial, and compound-related assistance to persons with mental illness.
- UNICEF implements child protection and mental health programs in South Sudan.
Top Mental Health Charities in South Sudan
Here are some key mental health charities to support in South Sudan:
1. International Medical Corps (IMC)
The International Medical Corps began operations in South Sudan in the year 2013. Its services include Mental Health and Primary Care Services that act as MH PS. The IMC empowers local health members with the needed skills and knowledge to handle persons affected by such health complications. Essentially, the training is conducted by locals to make it sustainable.
2. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders.
Médecins Sans Frontières offers medical, psychosocial, and compound-related assistance to persons with mental illness connected to conflict and displacement. The various services of therapy or treatment include trauma recovery therapy, PTSD recovery, and Counseling for sexual assault victims. Médecins Sans Frontières’ engagement incorporates mental health into their operations as the organisation takes the responsibility to perform medical tasks in the country.
3. UNICEF South Sudan
Child protection and psychological well-being services in South Sudan are implemented by UNICEF. The organisation is devoted to the psychological well-being of children and adolescents through safety, counselling, and psychoeducation. Thus, UNICEF’s efforts are to strengthen coping and psychological preparedness within a young population suffering from the consequences of armed conflict and forced migration.
4. World Vision South Sudan
Mental health and psychosocial support are components of the different humanitarian response efforts of World Vision. By and large, community-based psychosocial support focuses on the needy and most affected populations such as children, women, and persons with disabilities. Their programs endeavour to improve the psychological well-being of people and the resultant impact on the health of the community.
5. HealthNet TPO
HealthNet TPO mostly works in the area of mental health and psychosocial support and operates in fragile situations and conflict-affected countries including South Sudan. The objectives of their programs are to support the capacity of local health systems and facilitate communities’ preparedness. HealthNet TPO educates health professionals and community workers on effective ways to deal with psychological well-being.
Conclusion
Supporting mental health organisations can make a difference in the psychological well-being of South Sudan citizens. Likewise, donations provide assistance for needed services, build capacity for the region’s health workforce, and guarantee the delivery of psychological well-being services to needy people thereby creating a stronger society.
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