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19/08/2025

We have got people making Impact. Those who see those struggling with their mental health. Those who support the vulnerable in our communities.

They are heros who are authentically sharing their expertise and experiences to improve & increase access to mental health services.
You know them. They touch and transform lives in the mental health space.
Keep nominating below are some of the KMHAWARDS 2025 Nominees;
Use link below to nominate;
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With the Keturah Mental Health Awards platform Heart2Heart Chat Mental Health Program and Ministry of Health- Uganda Mental Health Division, Divine Touch Confectionery and Bakery, Crown Beverages Limited, Esther's Ventures and COPE Uganda bring you this engagement.
We will celebrate the KMHAWARDS 2025 Finlaists at a Dinner Gala on October 10th 2025.
On World Mental Health day from 4pm our theme is Father Effect and Mental health.

15/08/2025

Father Effect and Mental health. This is our theme this year for the 4th Keturah Mental health Awards.
We acknowledge fathers' Mental Health is important and we see the ripple Effect of Families and everyone around them.

Book your ticket in advance as we prepare to celebrate the winners this year.
Details in the poster. An e- card will be sent on receipt of payment.
Details in the poster! Take advantage of the early bird offer.

15/08/2025

Unveiling our JUDGES for the 4th Keturah Mental health Awards 2025.
When the nominations end we have a team of seasoned individuals with a wealth of experience to support the process of choosing the winners of the KMHAWARDS.
Meantime continue nominating, use the link below;
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The Keturah Mental Health Awards Powered by Heart2Heart Chat Mental Health Program and Ministry of Health- Uganda Mental Health Division; partners; Crown Beverages Limited, COPE Uganda, Divine Touch Confectionery and Bakery and Esther's Ventures and Vision Group.

Our dynamic and professional panel of judges is as follows;

Elizabeth Okello, President of Uganda Counselling Association honours the KETURAH MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS judging process with her wealth of professionalism in psychology.

Daniel Drileba Dratibi he is a voice in this generation committed to creating mental health awareness. He was winner for the Grassroot Impact Mental Health in 2022. He is the Founder of Voice of restoration International.
Christine Ombima (Miloyo) is a voice in Kenya enriching the space with the power of Lived Experience. She is the Founder of for Mental Health, where people with lived experience get to share experiences and get Peer support to live purposefully.

Miiro Micheal bring to the table a unique lense of disability Inclusion.
Dr. Annette Kirabira, ED of Rahab brings a touch of humanity through counselling psychology.

Dr.Rosco Kasujja, comes a wealth experience as a clinical Psychologist at Makerere University .
Don Zane Muwanguzi is a young man whose expertise emphasises interventions for Youth mental health. He was winner Youth Impact Mental Health Award 2023.
The theme is 'Father Effect and Mental health '.

05/08/2025

HEART2HEART CHAT MHP & MINISTRY OF HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION ANNOUNCING the Call for the KETURAH MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS 2025.
Use the link below to Nominate Now;

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Keep the nominations coming through. These are the categories up for grabs;
■ Leadership through Lived Experience Mental Health Award
■ Grassroot Impact Mental Health Award
■ Youth Impact Mental Health Award
■ Special Impact Mental Health Award
■ Media Impact Mental Health Award
■ School Impact Mental Health Award
■ Workplace Impact Mental health Award
■ Media Impact Mental Health Award
■ Caregiver Impact Mental Health Award
■ Disability Inclusion Impact Mental Health Award
■ Outstanding Impact Mental Health Award of the year.
We will celebrate the winners on October 10th 2025; World Mental Health day.
Deadline for Nominations is September 7th 2025.

26/07/2025

ANNOUNCING CALL FOR NOMINATIONS OF THE 4TH KETURAH MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS 2025. This initiative is powered by Heart2Heart Chat MHP and Ministry of Health; Mental Health Division and partners, Esther's Ventures, Divine Touch Confectionery and Bakery, Crown Beverages Limited, COPE Uganda, Vision Group among others.
The theme is Father Effect and Mental health.

Use the link below to nominate organisations and individuals making and transforming lives in the mental health space.

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We have 10categories up for grabs. These include;
■ Leadership through Lived Experience Mental Health Award; the individual should be using their mental health story to transforming lives in the mental health space by also influencing policy change, Advocacy and awareness raising.

■ Youth Impact Mental Health Award- the individual should be 18years to 30years transforming lives in this space with a special focus on young people.

■ Grassroot Impact Mental Health Award- Organisation or individual operating at Grassroot level transforming lives in the mental health space.

■ Caregiver Impact Mental Health Award - Individual using their caregiver story to educate, inform and create awareness within community to transform lives.

■ Workplace Impact Mental health Award- Organisation or individual operating within Workplaces to support mental health of human resource while impacting lives.

■ Media Impact Mental Health Award- Organization or individual utilising either multimedia or traditional Media to focus on mental health while creating outstanding impact on lives in community.

■ Special Impact Mental Health Award- Individual does not necessarily have to be a mental health specialist but uses their influential position to create awareness/programming focusing on boosting transforming lives in the mental health space.
■ School Impact Mental Health Award- Organisations/individuals doing mental health School programming that is improving lives of our young people will promoting healthy coping methods.

■Disability Inclusion Impact Mental Health Award- Individual with a pyschosocial or physical disability influencing lives /organisation impacting lives within the space.

■Outstanding Impact Mental Health Award of the year- Individual making outstanding impact in the mental health space with a special focus on the theme of this year ' Father Effect and Mental health Award. '

Nominations are still opened. Nominate Now. Nominations close on September 7th 2025.




Mama FM 101.7 Angela Nsimbi Uganda Media Women's Association African Christian Authors Book Award - ACABA Ministry of Health- Uganda Naffe Tusobola Foundation Ameria Momo Masiko Carol Kasujja Adii Catherine Kasozi Opondo Peer Nation

13/07/2025

ANNOUNCING the 4th Keturah Mental health Awards 2025. This is when we get to nominate those transforming lives in the mental health space. Last year we celebarted Grace Obalim of TPO for the Special Impact Mental Health Award and Faith Agumya for the Leadership through lived experience. Below is the sneek peak of what occurred at Protea Hotel where Bishop Michael David Kyazze was our guest of honour.
Our theme was "Family Centered Mental Health Care and Support.
Use this link to Nominate our nominees for 2025; https://share.google/PQQLBBsneWXPcERzC

08/07/2025

ANNOUNCING Call for the 4th Keturah Mental Health Awards 🇺🇬 nominations powered by Heart2Heart Chat Mental Health Program and Ministry of Health- Uganda Mental Health Division and our partners; Vision Group Uganda Esther's Ventures, COPE Uganda, Divine Touch Confectionery and Bakery, Crown Beverages Limited. Our theme this year is 'Father Effect and mental health.'
Nominations close on September 7th 2025.

The Keturah Mental Health Awards initiative has grown to include 10 categories this year. These are;
■ Leadership through Lived Experience Mental Health Award: nominate an individual using their mental health story to transform lives.
■ Caregiver Impact Mental Health Award; an individual using their experience as caregiver to create a support system of awareness and advocacy to transform lives.
■ Youth Impact Mental Health Award; the individual should be between 18years and 30years.
■ Disability Inclusion Impact Mental Health Award; the nominee should be a person with a physical or psychosocial disability individual/organisation impacting lives in the mental health space.
■ Grassroot Impact Mental Health Award; the transforming of lives should be ar Grassroot level ■ Special Impact Mental Health Award; nominee maybe an individual transforming lives in thhee Mental Health space despite not being a mental health specialist.
■ School Impact Mental Health Award; nominee transforming lives in school communities.
■ Workplace Impact Mental health Award -nominee impacting lives in the work space.
■ Media Impact Mental Health Award- Nominee using media to educate & transform lives in the mental health space.
■ Outstanding Impact Mental Health Award of the year.
Use this link below to nominate that individual or organisation transforming lives in the mental health space.
https://share.google/PQQLBBsneWXPcERzC
Uganda Media Women's Association Peer Nation Mama Tendo Foundation Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Ameria Momo Masiko Naffe Tusobola Foundation Catherine Kasozi Opondo Commonwealth PAssociation Uganda Carol Kasujja Adii Cradle Sports Mama FM 101.7 Makerere University African Christian Authors Book Award - ACABA Angela Nsimbi

24/06/2025

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24/06/2025

🎉 We’re Almost Full! 🎉

Dont miss an opportunity to attend the Parenting Symposium & Children’s Book Launch happening on 4th July at Kololo Independence Grounds!

Register NOW to reserve your invitation card and secure your spot at this unforgettable event.

✅ Powerful parenting insights
✅ High-profile networking
✅ Great food, entertainment, and exhibitors

📢 Don’t wait — act NOW! Tap the link to register on the list of attendees.
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10/06/2025

We at Heart2Heart Chat MHP are big on strong healthy families & good mental wellbeing.
Reading sharpens one's Cognitive abilities thus boosting mental wellbeing. Here is to announce the big launch of children's books written by Mama Tendo Foundation Catherine N. Ruhweza.

She is a voice that cannot be ignored in the Parenting spaces. She is still impacting and transforming lives through her literature that is bible inspired.
This is to welcome you to the awesome booklaunch which has doubled up as a Parenting Symposium at Kololo Airstrip where the First Lady Janet Museveni will grace the occasion as Guest of Honour.

Don't forget to be part of this if you are also a baker. It's a great opportunity to showcase your skills...
July 4th, 2025; save the date. Details on poster.

Mama FM 101.7 Angela Nsimbi Ameria Momo Masiko Makerere University Vision Group Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Michael Kimuli Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda

26/05/2025

The must attend 4th National Mental Health Conference is on starting tomorrow.
The theme is , 'Building Resilient Communities ' the future of mental health in Uganda.
This conference brings together stakeholders from different parts of the world when information, experiences and research on mental health is shared to help improve the mental health landscape in Uganda.

Last year was impactful with COPE Uganda which uses the approach of involving the church in bringing mental health solutions in the community Michael David Kyazze It is still a time of learning for all of us.
With our National referral hospital Butabika with still 550bed capacity yet at any one time admitting more than double its bed capacity, there yet more to be done.

With new approaches of community based mental health interventions, there is an outcry to address the Mental health question in Uganda.
Plan to be part of the change makers. Join us at Africana Hotel starting tomorrow.
Angela Nsimbi Ministry of Health- Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports Uganda Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development Makerere University Naffe Tusobola Foundation Ameria Momo Masiko Cradle Sports Mama FM 101.7 African Christian Authors Book Award - ACABA Peer Nation Michael Kimuli

19/05/2025

The Fatherhood Symposium drew beautiful and unique experiences in one room. The theme was; 'Fatherhood and it's effects on mental health.'
The Assistant Comissioner for the Mental health Division and substance abuse control Dr. Hafsa Lukwata represented the Minister of State for Primary Health care Honourable Margaret Muhanga. Ministry of Health- Uganda who was Guest of Honour.
The event was graced by our Keynote Speaker Stephen Langa CEO of FamilyLife NETWORK and his lovely wife Beatrice. When a couple is still married for 40years and still counting we cannot but pay attention when they share gems of positive fatherhood.

Our partners Uganda Media Women's Association Mama FM 101.7 Crown Beverages Limited Cradle Sports supported us MY STORY Heart2Heart Chat Mental Health Program to bring you the first Fatherhood Symposium.

Zinhle Ramashala from South Africa and Karen Andrew from United Kingdom honoured our invitation as they shared their experiences.
George Kalule challenged us as parents to rethink parenting so as to support the Youth and children enjoy better mental health while we also take care of ours.

This event attracted stakeholders from Namutumba in Eastern Uganda, Bulenga, Wakiso, UK & SA.

Highlights;
■ Fathers there is help for your Mental Health from health center 3, reach out.
■ Fathers ought to also love their wives to improve the family's mental health.
■ A mentally healthy father is available to their family.
■ Uganda has 60psychiatrists now including those who has recently graduated.
■ Stakeholders committed to take this mental health conversation on Fatherhood to their communities as well.
■ Who cares for the carer? Religious leaders observed that it is crucial that they learn to also prioritise their families before reaching out to the community for a balanced approach.
■ Good mental health starts with you. Do not shy away from selfcare. Even men need selfcare!