Mental Health and Wellness in Educational Settings
We work with universities, secondary and primary schools, and education-focused organizations to integrate mental health support into learning environments. Our services are designed to promote psychological well-being, boost academic success, and equip young people with emotional resilience.
Key program components include:
- Individual and group counselling for students and faculty
- Capacity-building workshops for school counselors and educators
- Wellness campaigns and awareness events
- Youth-led peer support initiatives and mental health clubs
- Transition support at key academic stages
Our approach encourages co-creation with educational partners, ensuring that interventions are context-specific, sustainable, and aligned with each institution’s realities. A detailed menu of services is available here for interested institutions.
Compassion Assessments and Planning
- Institutional Compassionate Assessment tools
- Institutional climate monitoring
- Resource accessibility mapping
- Planning tools for mental health integration
- Access and belonging assessments
Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement & Co-Creation
- Safe spaces for marginalized voices
- Community-based participatory planning
- Co-creation labs
- Community of lived experience
- Inclusive advisory forums
- Stakeholder dialogue forums
Wellness
Integration Services
- Institutional engagement and intervention planning
- Institutional peer/wellness programs support
- Integration of wellness into orientations and performance
- Parental Integration in mental health services
- Advocacy for policy integration
- Staff wellness support structures
- Stigma reduction integration in institutional policies
Direct Mental Health and Counseling Services
- One-on-one therapy and counseling (online/in-person)
- Group therapy (online) for themed sessions
- Service guidelines and assessments
- Crisis intervention and Referral support
- Safeguarding and privacy procedures
Professional Development & Clinical Supervision
- Supervision scheduling and Implementation
- Traumatic information training
- Staff wellness and burnout prevention support
- Certified Mental Health Working Groups
Compassion Assessments and Planning
- Mental health awareness campaigns
- Structured peer support groups
- Wellness-in-Action Challenges
- Alumni mentorship events
- WhatsApp-based awareness sessions
- Regional Peer Support Symposium
Stigma Reduction & Inclusion Initiatives
- Anti-stigma campaigns and storytelling events
- Inclusion awareness workshops
- Safe expression spaces
- Social contact activities
- Advocacy tools for systemic change
- Afrocentric Training for Clinicians
Knowledge Generation, Research & Learning
- Developing Knowledge resources
- Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
- Institutional-wide research on mental health trends
- Data-driven outcome tracking
- Comparative & longitudinal studies
- Knowledge dissemination workshops
Mental Health Literacy & Thematic Workshops
- Mental health and wellbeing workshops and Training
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) assessments and analysis
- Afrocentric Supplement
For nearly four years, the Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Solid Minds Counselling Clinic, has been driving a transformative effort to strengthen mental health and wellness among Mastercard Foundation Scholars, Alumni, and Partner Organizations within universities implementing the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program worldwide.
This initiative aims to strengthen university partners’ capacity in mental health and wellness, reduce stigma, improve access to mental health services, and enhance scholar well-being.
Through this partnership, Solid Minds works alongside university partners to strengthen institutional capacity, increase access to mental health services, and foster environments where stigma is replaced by empathy, inclusion, and understanding. At its heart, this initiative helps ensure that mental health becomes an integrated part of the academic journey—not a separate concern.
As the collaboration has expanded, it now spans a global network of 36 Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program partner universities, including:
- 24 institutions across Africa
- 4 in Europe, 4 in Canada, 2 in the USA
- 1 in Central America (Costa Rica) and 1 in the Middle East
Partner Institutions on the Continent Coming Together
This initiative is further strengthened by key technical partners, including Light for the World (LFTW) and World University Service of Canada (WUSC) who bring essential expertise in inclusion, accessibility, and systemic impact.
Together, we are co-creating programs that equip institutions to:
- Improve scholar access to high-quality mental health services
- Build the capacity of staff and faculty in mental health support
- Train and mentor scholar peer leaders and mental health champions
- Demystify and normalize mental health conversations through campus-wide campaigns
- Develop inclusive, youth-friendly approaches that respond to scholars’ real-life challenges
Explore Resources to Strengthen Scholar Support
As part of this initiative, Solid Minds has developed a growing library of tools, guides, and multimedia resources for partner institutions. A few highlights include:
These and many other resources are available to help institutions take meaningful steps toward more inclusive, responsive, and supportive learning environments.
Visit our Resources Page to explore more →
In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation and its global network of institutions, Solid Minds is contributing to a shared vision: redefining what scholar success looks like by placing mental well-being at the center of the educational experience.