Sangath, a Goa-based NGO, has been implementing the Chetana Community Wellness Programme in Canacona since January this year. This programme is one of the many initiatives launched by Sangath to commemorate twenty years of service in health care. Chetana is an effort to make basic mental healthcare available at the doorstep or closer to homes of people.
As a part of this program, Sangath is organizing a life skills building workshop – Towards a Bright Future for young people on March 23 and 24 at Avem, Cotigao. This workshop is open to young men and women in the age group of 18-30 years. It will cover communications skills, time management and money management skills, problem solving, emotional wellness and such other life skills that are useful to young people, through fun and games. Yogesh Gaikwad, Nasik and Ajit Joshi, Mumbai along with Sachin Shinde and Shreyas Kamat of Sangath will conduct various sessions of the workshop.
The workshop will be conducted in Marathi and Konkani. Lunch and refreshments will be served on both days. There are only twenty five seats available and prior registration is mandatory.
Sangath has been working in the field of child development, adolescent health and mental health since 1996. Its focus has been concentrated on the process of task-sharing, that is empowering the community with skills to provide quality and supervised care to people who experience mental health problems. This philosophy allows a greater number of people to access mental health treatments which have strong scientific evidence.
Over the last 20 years, Sangath has expanded to five sites all over India and has a 250+ strong team. Sangath has developed and delivered treatments for child development, adolescent and youth health, adult mental health and and care of the elderly. Sangath has received the award for Creative and Effective institutions from John T and Catherine D Macarthur Foundation as well as has been listed as India’s 4th leading Public Health Research Institute. The co-founder of Sangath, Dr Vikram Patel has been listed among 100 most influential people in the world by the TIME magazine owing to his pioneering work in improving access to mental healthcare in low resource settings. Recently Sangath was honoured as Public Health Champions by the World Health Organization.
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