Akili bora , Afya bora
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Akili bora , Afya bora 〰️
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Our Vision
Our vision is to build a society that values and prioritizes mental wellbeing and safeguarding practice, ensuring every individual and community can thrive with dignity, respect, and access to the support they need.
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Our Mission
Pamoja Mental Health & Safeguarding Network empowers organisations with the skills and knowledge to promote mental well-being, prevent harm, and develop effective safeguarding practices, building resilience across schools, workplaces, healthcare, and civil society.
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Together, we create environments where individuals can flourish and communities can thrive.
Who We Are
Pamoja Mental Health & Safeguarding Network was founded to address the urgent need for mental health and safeguarding support in communities where stigma, silence, and systemic barriers have long prevented access to care.
The vision for Pamoja was inspired by lived experience. Its founder, Faith, combined her professional expertise as a mental health nurse and safeguarding specialist with personal experiences of bereavement, migration, and domestic abuse. These shaped her conviction that care must be compassionate, culturally sensitive, and trauma informed.
Faith recognised the gap in healthcare systems in her home country of Kenya, where person-centred, safeguarding integrated support was often missing and created Pamoja to fill this gap.From the outset, Pamoja has been guided by a team led by experienced mental health nurses, grounding its work in frontline realities.
Today, Pamoja is now a multicultural, multidisciplinary team of: specialist nurses, safeguarding practitioners, counsellors, occupational therapists, and mental health advocates with backgrounds in; the National Health Service UK, community health services, schools, social care, and grassroots organisations.
Together, they bridge clinical expertise with safeguarding strategies that are both evidence-based and culturally relevant.
Our Values
Integrity
Acting with honesty, transparency, and accountability in everything we do
Safety & Protection
Ensuring safety and wellbeing through supportive environments and robust safeguarding practices
Respect & Dignity
Valuing each person’s uniqueness, upholding human rights, and treating all with compassion and fairness
Community & Collaboration
Building inclusive communities that foster belonging, collaboration, and mutual support, making mental healthcare accessible for all
Empathy & Care
Listening deeply and responding with understanding, compassion, and kindness
Empowerment & Prevention
Supporting people to make choices, build resilience, and take ownership of their recovery and growth
Pamoja Services
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Awareness & Prevention
Wellbeing Assessment & Tembea Plan
Challenging Stigma
Suicide Prevention & Tembea Crisis Plan
Recognizing Trauma & Adverse Childhood
Alcohol & Substance misuse
Gambling Addiction
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Pamoja Workshops
First Aid for Mental Health training
Safeguarding & Policy Integration
Consent & Confidentiality
Trauma Informed Practice
Forensic Mental Health Care
Medication Management
Neurodiversity and Identity
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Well Being
Burn Out Prevention & Self-care
Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice
Team Building
Stress & Time Management
Community Empowerment
Eco Therapy
