Nivishe Mental Health Fellowship Cohort 7 – YOA

Deadline: September 18, 2026

Applications are open for the Nivishe Mental Health Fellowship Cohort 7. The Nivishe Mental Health Fellowship is a prestigious 12-week digital fellowship for rising and established changemakers who need to transfer past consciousness and achieve a deeper understanding of psychological well being from each African and international views. Through classes led by psychological well being specialists, practitioners, researchers, and leaders, fellows discover subjects starting from neighborhood psychological well being and lived expertise to neuropsychology, serving to them perceive how the mind, thoughts, atmosphere, and society affect wellbeing.

This shouldn’t be a fellowship the place you merely study psychological well being, it’s a house the place you learn to act on it. Grounded in African realities, the fellowship creates alternatives to interact with numerous views, strengthen management expertise, construct significant networks, and develop sensible approaches to addressing psychological well being challenges inside your personal neighborhood.

The fellowship concludes with a Community Impact Capstone Project, the place fellows flip studying into motion by designing and implementing an initiative that reaches neighborhood members immediately. Previous fellows have led neighborhood dialogues, radio applications, consciousness campaigns, faculty interventions, and outreach actions. They imagine information ought to create a ripple impact, empowering one fellow to affect a whole lot of others and contribute to lasting change.

Eligibility

They are in search of passionate people who:

• Are dedicated to eliminating psychological well being disparities and selling psychological effectively-being of their communities.
• Are 18 years and above. While the fellowship is primarily aimed toward younger leaders aged 18-35, candidates above 35 with a robust monitor file of neighborhood management, advocacy, or social impression are strongly inspired to apply. 
• Are engaged in or desirous about psychological well being, neighborhood improvement, advocacy, training, healthcare, analysis, humanitarian work, or associated fields. 
• Hold or aspire to management positions and have the power to affect optimistic change inside their communities or establishments.
• Value range, inclusion, and studying from totally different views and lived experiences.
• Have entry to a pc and dependable web connection and might actively take part in digital classes. 
• Can design and implement a Community Impact Capstone Project that applies fellowship studying to profit their neighborhood.

Selection Criteria

Applications shall be assessed based mostly on:

• Leadership Potential and Community Impact: Demonstrated management expertise, initiative, and dedication to creating optimistic change.
• Commitment to Mental Health Advancement: Clear curiosity in selling psychological well being, effectively-being, or associated social points.
• Availability and Engagement: Ability to actively take part in all fellowship classes, collaborative actions, and assignments.
• Lived Experience and Personal Motivation: They acknowledge the worth of lived expertise and welcome candidates whose private journeys inform their dedication to psychological well being advocacy and methods change.
• Diversity and Inclusion: They intention to construct a cohort representing numerous identities, geographies, cultures, professions, and lived experiences.
• Community Impact Capstone Proposal: Strength and feasibility of the proposed Community Impact Capstone Project, together with the potential to achieve and positively affect a minimal of 200 neighborhood members.

Application

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For extra data, go to Nivishe Mental Health Fellowship.