Our Projects
PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID (PFA) TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS
At Idimma Health Initiative, we launched the Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training for Police Officers in Kaduna State to equip them with skills to recognize and respond to psychological distress.
This program addresses two key challenges: improving community mental health support and helping officers manage burnout, PTSD, and emotional fatigue caused by repeated exposure to crises.
The training focused on teaching PFA principles: Look for signs of distress, Listen empathetically, and Link individuals to professional care. Through interactive exercises and role-playing, police officers gained practical tools to identify trauma, de-escalate crises, and refer individuals to mental health services. Officers also learned stress management techniques to better cope with their daily realities, ensuring a healthier and more resilient force.
This initiative marks a critical step in fostering a compassionate and mental health-sensitive approach within law enforcement. Moving forward, we plan to expand this training to more officers across Nigeria, building stronger bridges between mental health professionals, law enforcement, and communities.
Our organisation believe mental health support is integral to public safety and community well-being. We invite partners and sponsors to collaborate with us in scaling this impact. Together, we can create healthier, more supportive communities.
For partnerships or sponsorships, please contact us at info@idimma.org.
POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION PROJECT
At Idimma, we kicked start our Postpartum Depression Project (PPD), a silent crisis affecting 15–30% of Nigerian mothers—by combating stigma, raising awareness, and improving access to care. PPD disrupts maternal well-being, infant development, and family bonding, yet remains overlooked due to cultural misconceptions and limited resources.
Our community outreach programs are designed to increase awareness, empower families, and connect those in need to mental health resources. Through engaging discussions, we educate mothers and their families on recognizing PPD symptoms, distinguishing them from typical postpartum changes, and accessing support. By creating safe spaces for open conversations, we also work to break the stigma surrounding maternal mental health.
As part of our approach, we train midwives and other community health workers to serve as lay counselors who can identify, support, and refer women struggling with PPD. This task-sharing model ensures sustainability by equipping trusted community members to offer timely psychological first aid and bridge the gap in mental health care.
The impact of these initiatives is significant. Women are empowered with knowledge, families are better equipped to provide support, and communities gain essential tools to promote maternal well-being. However, much work remains.
Moving forward, we aim to expand our reach, train more lay counselors, and scale programs that integrate mental health care into maternal health systems across Nigeria. At Idimma Health Initiative, we believe that every mother deserves access to quality mental health support, and every child deserves a healthy start to life.
We invite partners, sponsors, and supporters to join us in this mission to improve maternal mental health outcomes. For partnership inquiries, please contact us at info@idimma.org.
LAY COUNSELLING SKILLS MODEL
Through our Lay counseling program, we trained 23 teachers from IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) Camp Schools in Abuja. This was aimed at equipping them with the mental health first aid skills to provide psychosocial support to their students, who are survivors of terrorism in Nigeria. By training teachers, they can easily identify early warning signs of mental distress in their students and make referrals for specialized care when they notice severe cases.
Find out more about our Lay counselor workshops via our Instagram page.
STRONG VOICES RADIO DRAMA SEASON 1
We conducted a 3-day Script development workshop with content creators, a scriptwriter, a drama producer, a psychologist, a counselor, and persons with lived experience of mental health conditions. We created 6 episodes based on real-life experiences that Nigerians face and how it affects their mental health.
The Strong Voices Radio Drama launched on 27th December 2022 in Abuja. It will be airing twice weekly on Kiss 99.9 FM (Tuesdays at 11:45 am) and Kapital FM 92.9 (Fridays at 10 am). Follow us on Instagram by clicking here and Facebook by clicking here to participate in weekly quizzes about the drama and stand a chance to win recharge cards.
The Strong Voices Radio Drama is created to give a voice to the struggles of the average Nigerian and the social issues that threaten their mental well-being. Join us weekly for new episodes touching on different issues.
STRONG VOICES RADIO DRAMA SEASON 2
We are excited to announce the launch of the second season of “The Strong Voice,” a compelling mental health radio drama designed to reach underserved communities.
This initiative aims to raise awareness about mental health issues through powerful storytelling and encourage help-seeking behavior via the national emergency mental helpline (112), run by @_sunshineseries in the FCT.
Building on the success of Season 1, Season 2 will delve into crucial topics such as Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, women’s and girls’ rights, and mental health. To broaden our reach, this season will be produced in both English and Hausa.
We are proud to collaborate with Shades of Us to bring this project to life and are grateful for the support from the Nigerian Women Trust Fund.
Stay tuned as we share our journey and work towards creating a significant impact through this initiative. Listen to The Strong Voices Season 2 on Spotify for empowering stories. Link to Listen
THE RAI PROGRAM
With the support of the U.S. Consulate General, Idimma and CSG launched a ground-breaking program to train media reporters/ journalists on mental health, hoping to position them as both a part of the solution and as mitigators of problems resulting from sensationalized media coverage of suicide and other traumatic experiences.
The first cohort trained 40 Journalists from 3 states in Nigeria, with the project’s initial three-day capacity-building program hosted in Lagos. The residential workshop gave participants an understanding of the value of safe and ethical reporting in reducing suicide and protecting trauma survivors, a basic understanding of mental health, trauma, and self-care techniques to manage secondary trauma they experience from their work.
The RAI Program is designed to raise a generation of Trauma-informed journalists across Africa through its carefully designed curriculum and mentorship model.
Watch our Founder, Aisha Bubah talk about the RAI program as interviewed by TVC News Channel. Click here to watch.