Gede implemented Mental Health Anti-stigma Project in partnership with Time to Change Global (TTCG), a 2-year Project that ended in 2020. The project was first of its kind in Nigeria where a combination of physical and online social contact events were designed to address mental health stigma across different target populations. In addition to the social contact events, there was a campaign called, “It Could Be You, Please Be More Kind,” and a toolkit was designed based off of the experience of people with lived experience of mental health problems.

The impacts of the Project spanned beyond the Project life cycle and its successes are yielding supports in other mental health interventions across the states. It is based on this that Christian Blind Mission (CBM), UK visited Gede to explore the relevance of the approach used and to debrief on ways to improve in subsequent designs.

Interviews with Project staff and trained Champions (people with lived experience) were carried out and documented for future project design. The project reached over 3 million people through virtual and physical social contact events with Champions.

The Project was funded by MINDS UK and TTCG.