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UCP US Board Restructuring
UCP US Board Restructuring

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
A Board Member's Reflection
A Board Member's Reflection

“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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
Collaboration with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Caucus
Collaboration with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Caucus

Our collaboration with the APA Global Mental Health and Psychiatry Caucus began in May 2024 to foster knowledge exchange.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
Strategic Collaborations
Strategic Collaborations

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
Research Progress and Publications
Research Progress and Publications

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
A growing team
A growing team

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
Program Expansion Update
Program Expansion Update

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
The impact of our programs over the past year
The impact of our programs over the past year

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaMarch 28, 2025
Launching a Coalition for Scaling Mental Health
Launching a Coalition for Scaling Mental Health

The Mental Health coalition was launched in Oxford on April 12th at the Skoll World Forum.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaApril 12, 2024
Building New Partnerships
Building New Partnerships

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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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaApril 10, 2024
Rebuilding Ubuntu to improve trauma healing, mental health and wellbeing in a traumatized society
Rebuilding Ubuntu to improve trauma healing, mental health and wellbeing in a traumatized society

While the Western individualistic treatment modalities seem to be overwhelmed by the mental health crisis, the Ubuntu approach may be a viable complementary alternative.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaApril 10, 2024
Strengthening Our Team
Strengthening Our Team

This is the Ubuntu Center Implementation Team composed of 6 professionals including the driver. The additional 3 are intern clinical psychologists.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaAugust 31, 2023
Building more rigorous evidence: a big step on the path to scaling up
Building more rigorous evidence: a big step on the path to scaling up

Our community-based social healing model has been piloted and iterated on in the Southern Provinces’ communities of Rwanda, with encouraging results.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaAugust 31, 2023
Celebrating the Healing Journey with High School Students
Celebrating the Healing Journey with High School Students

On July 13th, 2023, at the Kagugu Catholic High School in Kigali, over 900 high school students including 150 School Healing Assistants (SHAs), celebrated a 10 week-long healing journey.

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Jean Bosco NiyonzimaAugust 31, 2023
 

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