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S3 Episode 6: Life After Loss for Orphans in Africa

The majority of the world’s population lives in low-income countries with extremely limited access to mental health care. For example, Africa has just 1.4 mental health professionals for every 100,000 people.

For more than a decade, a multinational team of researchers has been exploring ways to help 50 million orphans in Africa who are grieving the loss of one or both parents. It’s important because being orphaned predicts problems like substance abuse, dropping out of school, and risky sexual behavior.

Sanford School @ Duke · Life After Loss for Orphans in Africa

With a new, five-year $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health, a team led by professors Kathryn Whetten at Duke and Shannon Dorsey at the University of Washington is testing a novel new approach.

Their strategy? Train local people with no mental health background to conduct Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT).

This episode was recorded on location in Bungoma, Kenya.

Counselors in training: Community members gathered to learn the Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TFCBT) techniques.

 

Two people smiling at the camera
Cyrilla Amana is ACE africa’s Research Director. Andrew Watakila is one of the newly trained lay counselors.
Little girl stands in front of a bright yellow school sign.
Lutungu RC Primary School in Bungoma is participating in the project.
Man stands holding a certificate in front of a blackboard.
Jeremiah Simiyu is head teacher for one of the schools where the team is implementing the new trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Note on translated interviews: In the interest of brevity, some portions of interviews conducted in Swahili were condensed or presented in a different order.

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