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Onz Mental Health-Venture Uganda

Venture in knowledge publications for skills enhancement

Online platform using diverse superheroes & comic books for mental health & social emotional learning in schools & community. This is an educational program combining diverse comic books that encourage students to be heroes with curricula that uplifts them by centering equity-based social emotional learning (SEL) L.I.T is an acronym for the program's three lesson categories:learn,inquire,transform

Overview

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Web presence

2018

Established

-

Children

1

Countries
Target group
All
Updated
June 2022
The "Every Student Succeeds Act" federally mandated that schools create conditions where Social Emotional wellness can thrive.Each year through the tittle 1,program,schools spend over $10 billion .

About the innovation

Why did you create this innovation?

When was 14yrs old,I attempted to end my own life.Racism & bullying from my teachers & peers made me doubt my life's value.Im my hardest times,the only thing that saved me were comic books.Seeing stories of underdogs heroes fighting their insecurities made me feel like I could too.Years later I met Aisha who had the same psychological mental torture.It taught me that this problem was institutional

What does your innovation look like in practice?

Our project places students interests,agency and identify the center of their educational journey.Since our comics feature diverse characters,and our curriculum focuses on agency and equity,our programs create a direct path from students well being to academic outcomes.
We have combined equity based SEL programming with culturally relevant literacy curricula which helps students grow from learners
Since our comics feature diverse characters,and our curriculum focuses on agency,and equity,our program creates a direct path from student wellbeing to academic outcomes.
In a survey 90% of Genz students said they wanted to do something to change the world.Our program makes the classroom the path to reach that outcome.
Onz Mental health has combined equity SEL programming with culturally relevant curricula that helps students grow from learners to leaders.

How has it been spreading?

Our initiative has served over 900 Ugandan students,with over 90% of them showing improvement in mental health , literacy,and digital citizenship.As we support student mental health,we focus on programming they doesn't just teach students how to regulate their emotions ,but direct address institutions of oppression and it's impact on student emotional wellbeing.
By working with our team of equity trained curriculum designers,we are blazing the trail for this new form of student support that is long overdue.Eveb though the average young person engages with social media over 10 hours a day,70% of students lack the civic reasoning rewired to be digital citizens.So we incorporate lessons and activities that help them to have a health relationship with platforms like Instagram.

If I want to try it, what should I do?

You can contact waiswa Ronald (waiswaroni@gmail.com) or reach out to Kiyimba Ronald( jkiyimmba@gmail.com).
We shall be glad to contact us to know more about us

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