This year, we trained 190 new Community Healing Assistants (CHAs), equipping them with trauma-informed knowledge, breath–body–mind healing skills, and ongoing psychosocial support.
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As demonstrated through powerful testimonies shared during our graduation ceremonies, healing manifests in diverse and measurable ways. Within our circles, transformation is reflected not only in data, but in deeply human and practical outcomes.
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Following the success of our cluster randomized controlled trial demonstrating the effectiveness of Ubuntu-based community healing on mental health and social cohesion, we are advancing the next frontier of innovation: the development and validation of a culturally grounded Ubuntu Measurement Scale.
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The pilot integration of our Community-Based Social Healing (CBSH) model into Rwanda’s primary health care system has officially begun at Mpanga and Mahama Health Centers in Kirehe District. This milestone marks the transition from community innovation to systems integration.
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This past year, our program expanded its reach, supporting over 9,700 new people affected by trauma and psychosocial distress.
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How group processes can serve as emotional containers in contexts of collective trauma.
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Our ED carried Rwanda’s Ubuntu Healing model to the global stage, presenting at the Boston Trauma Conference, the LA Psychiatric Summit, and the Global Hearth Summit in Slovenia.
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From leadership growth to community collaboration, Ubuntu Center for Peace is deepening roots to expand impact nationwide.
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In the past few months, over 6,799 participants across three Rwandan districts graduated from our program, moving from trauma to healing, resilience, and renewed hope.
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Our trial shows Ubuntu Healing significantly improves Ubuntu, mental health, wellbeing, resilience, social capital, and reduces intimate partner violence.
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To enhance governance and support Ubuntu Center for Peace's transition to its next phase of growth, the UCP US Board has elected a new Executive Committee.
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“I have been honored to join the Ubuntu Center for Peace in witnessing healing circles in both Kamonyi and Kirehe Districts of Rwanda.”
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Our collaboration with the APA Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Caucus began in May 2024 to foster knowledge exchange.
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We incorporated WHO/UNICEF’s EQUIP (Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support project) competencies in the Ubuntu Center for Peace CHAs training and supervisory system to enhance service quality.
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Our work on the Ubuntu-driven approach was featured in the Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review and our RCT protocol has been published in Springer Nature.
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To support the program’s expansion, Ubuntu Center for Peace has strengthened its team, increasing the number of clinical psychologists from three to eight.
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In 2024-2025, we are expanding our impact even further! We have trained 182 new CHAs, who will serve over 8,600 new beneficiaries, and 460 additional students have joined our school-based healing program.
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In the past year, our trained Community Healing Assistants and School Healing Assistants have made significant strides in facilitating mental health recovery across communities and schools.
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The Mental Health coalition was launched in Oxford on April 12th at the Skoll World Forum.
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Ubuntu Center works with strategic partners including the government institutions, academic, church institutions, and other like-minded organizations, to name but a few, to advance its mission.
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