My Nonprofit Reviews

One of the things I love about Tutapona is their clear mission and vision. They exist to bring emotional healing to war affected people through mental health support. In order to fulfill this mission they work with people who have been displaced by some of the biggest and most violent conflicts on the planet including the conflict in South Sudan, Syria, and the Eastern DRC. These populations have very limited access to mental health support services, and Tutapona exists to meet that need.

I also love the range of targeted and contextualized programs that they offer to war affected people. These include, a long-standing adult group therapy program, their specialized individual support sessions, a more recent children's program called Heroes Journey and a newly developed program for people struggling with addiction, called Healthy Habits. Each of these evidence-based programs is facilitated by trained local staff in the languages of the program participants.

Finally, in a field where it can be hard to measure impact, I love Tutapona's strong focus on program monitoring and evaluation. They have adopted pre and post program self-report measurement tools to assess the impact of the program in the lives of participants in domains of wellbeing and trauma symptomatology. The results indicate significant, positive change. I find this so encouraging- that people who have been forced to flee from their homes because of war and conflict can start their journey of emotional healing as a result of these targeted and contextualized mental health programs.

Tutapona has my full backing and support!