Exciting Partnership
We are honored to partner with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their Archewell Foundation to provide high-quality mental and menstrual health care to youth and teens across Nigeria.
Through this inspiring collaboration, girls and young women across Nigeria receive the specialized information and products at the menstrual health workshops we conduct. We also hold mental health workshops for teenage girls and boys throughout the country, providing them with information, skills, and coping mechanisms they need to thrive – mind, body & soul.
Menstrual Health
An estimated 37 million women and girls in Nigeria experience “period poverty”, meaning that they are unable to access or afford menstrual products like pads, tampons, and underwear.
Because of the material difficulties caused by period poverty and the deep stigma surrounding menstruation, millions of girls in the country miss school every month, crippling their educational advancement and deepening Nigeria’s already vast levels of gender inequality.
Mental Health
A strong stigma also surrounds mental health in Nigeria, which is critically neglected in the country.
The WHO estimates that only 3% of the government’s budget on health goes to mental health, and while up to one-third of Nigerians have mental health challenges, fewer than 500 mental health professionals serve the country’s 200 million plus citizens.
Nigeria’s youth in particular have little to no access to mental health support – something we are excited to change in partnership with the Archewell Foundation.
Menstrual Health
An estimated 37 million women and girls in Nigeria experience “period poverty”, meaning that they are unable to access or afford menstrual products like pads, tampons, and underwear.
Because of the material difficulties caused by period poverty and the deep stigma surrounding menstruation, millions of girls in the country miss school every month, crippling their educational advancement and deepening Nigeria’s already vast levels of gender inequality.
Mental Health
A strong stigma also surrounds mental health in Nigeria, which is critically neglected in the country.
The WHO estimates that only 3% of the government’s budget on health goes to mental health, and while up to one-third of Nigerians have mental health challenges, fewer than 500 mental health professionals serve the country’s 200 million plus citizens.
Nigeria’s youth in particular have little to no access to mental health support – something we are excited to change in partnership with the Archewell Foundation.