Community REcovery Achieved Through Entrepreneurism

24/11/2017

You can now donate to CREATE Kenya directly from the CREATE website!! Visit www.createkenya.com and click on the DONATE tab for more details!!

People with serious mental illness living in low income contexts often lack opportunities for meaningful employment and psychosocial support – key factors to recovery. CREATE will address this gap by developing a locally-viable social business model that employs and supports the overall functioning…

09/11/2017

Global MINDS @ Western is doing some amazing work for CREATE Kenya! Check out this update on the CREATE Kenya website, and be sure to read the Global MINDS inaugural newsletter for more details!

During the May 2017 Global MINDS Summer Institute in Machakos, Kenya, highly qualified students from Kenya and Canada formed international teams and are working to tackle challenges identified by Kenyan partners. Two of the four student teams are addressing challenges identified by CREATE Kenya:...

06/11/2017

Check out the AWESOME work done by Team Watetezi (a.k.a. Team Advocate) from the Global MINDS @ Western 2017 Summer Institute to help PSR Toolkit Graduates be their own mental health advocates and change-makers for other people with serious mental illness in Kenya!

At the Global MINDS 2017 Summer Institute, one student team was tasked with leveraging CREATE's initial work to build mental health awareness and address stigma and social exclusion for people with serious mental illness (PWSMI) in Kenya. Team Watetezi* immediately rose to this challenge. Since...

31/10/2017

Check out what's new with CREATE Kenya!

The Chiefs of Machakos Town and Mutituni, Kenya, have graciously agreed to let Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) groups and Global MINDS meetings take place at their community Barazas. CREATE Kenya is grateful to have the support of the Chiefs and we look forward to further developing this...

14/06/2017

The PSR Toolkit has Expanded into Hospital Settings!

The CREATE team is evaluating the impacts of implementing the PSR Toolkit in hospital settings in Kenya! Currently, the PSR Toolkit is being delivered to patients and their families at the Level 5 District Hospital and the Mutituni Level 3 Health Centre in Machakos. This research can build capacity within Kenyan mental healthcare providers and educators in recovery-oriented psychosocial rehabilitation content, processes and skills, where little to no such capacity currently exists. This work can also guide further revisions to the PSR Toolkit to further improve its future effectiveness.

14/06/2017

Global MINDS @ Western is an interdisciplinary initiative of Western University, Canada focused on innovating for low resource settings in low and middle income countries (LMIC) (e.g., East Africa region) and for marginalized communities within Canada.

Through annual Summer Institutes, Global MINDS @ Western brings together Western University students and students from low to middle income countries (LMIC) to form solution-focused teams to tackle a local mental health system challenge.

The first Summer Institute took place in Machakos, Kenya from May 21- June 3, 2017, and the focus included developing solutions to leverage CREATE, such as:
1) How to continue building mental health awareness and addressing stigma and social exclusion for people with serious mental illness in the community?

2)How to maximize the social/health impact for people with serious mental illness now that CREATE is officially recognized as an work integration social enterprise employing people with disabilities?

Stay tuned for the proposed solutions to these challenges!
And check out the video below to see highlights from the Summer Institute!

Global MINDS @ Western is an Interdisciplinary Development Initiative of Western University, Canada with the objective of using social innovation approaches ...

30/09/2016

CREATE's Go Fund Me Campaign has raised $4236!!! Only $1764 to raise until we reach our $6000 goal! Thank you to everyone for your generous donations.

15/07/2016

Check out CREATE's Go Fund Me Campaign for more information on how you can help support this wonderful project!

https://www.gofundme.com/2edhuhzw?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=email&utm_content=campaign_link_t&utm_campaign=welcome

CREATE is a new initiative that promotes the recovery and community integration of some of our world's most vulnerable and marginalized citizens: people living with serious forms of mental illness in developing countries. People experiencing mental illness in low and middle income countries, l...

29/06/2016

A busy summer for Dr. Regina Casey as she presents CREATE at the PSR/RPS National Conference in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada shortly after returning from Kenya!

22/06/2016

Another successful PSR Toolkit Training session with the staff from Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital! Once again a big thank you to Angelica for leading a session and sharing her invaluable insights!

14/06/2016

Thank you to everyone who came to the Toolkit training in Machakos yesterday!
Also, special thanks to Charles and Angelica for each giving a session and providing us with your insights!

09/06/2016

Wonderful visit to Machakos yesterday! Great to see everyone at Point-Tech