Pressure
Pressure in achieving financial stability to manage payment of bills and basic regular costs like rent and food, and associated fear of homelessness and familial food insecurities.
Mental Health Support
Recognising & Managing Stress & Anxiety
Focus on Mental Health for Diasporans
Your support can empower a young person to build confidence and resilience in their new community.
Leaving one’s own country and migrating to a new one is a stressful experience. Needless to say, when this is compounded by challenges like limited access to services, restricted access to employment and social participation opportunities due to the inability to communicate clearly in destination local languages, the stress can become anxiety and depression, which are conditions that constitute mental illness.
Factors that increase the risk of mental illness in diasporans include:
Having someone listen to my story and understand what I was going through made all the difference in how I saw myself.
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Mental Health Crisis
Short-Term Supported Living
When diasporans experience a breakdown in mental health, we offer temporary supported living support, free of charge, during the time of contacting mainstream mental health services for formal assessment and potential treatment planning. During the period that people will be using our supported mental health crisis supported living services, we assist them by making referrals to mainstream services and providing information materials like leaflets and brochures to sign-post them to service providers as necessary.
How We Help:
Mental Health Workshops
We provide monthly workshops for diasporans to discuss their experiences around anxiety and depression and explore ways of accessing mainstream health support services. These are facilitated online and offline, as may be required at any time.
Sign Posting to Services
Diaspora outreach takes an active role in helping diasporans to secure stable homes and adequate food, which reassures them and reduces the likelihood of stress and anxiety. We provide a telephone and online chat helpline through which website links and contact details of helpful organisations and council departments are provided to enquirers. We also provide hands-on support with filling out application forms and making follow-up telephone calls and writing follow-up emails to find out about application progress on behalf of diasporans.