Mental Wellness Champions is a training program that increases the ability of youth to maintain their own mental wellness as well as advocate for the mental wellness of their peers. Using a positive youth development framework, MWC emphasizes principles, supports, and opportunities that maximize engagement, mitigate mental health and wellness challenges and support healing for vulnerable youth, their peers, and the community. Youth are regarded as community assets, change agents, and influencers who have the power to improve mental wellness.
Reduces stigma of mental health and wellness. Participants become committed to and responsible for their own mental wellness and healing journey so that they are better prepared to guide the healing of others.
No Stipend is offered at the moment.
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To inspire, educate,
and mobilize young people to
build a healthier future for
themselves, their families,
and their communities.
