RAGMHI works towards developing a shared vision among interested Rotarians worldwide for creating an environment that promotes positive mental health to help children, adults and families lead meaningful and productive lives. Its mission is to act as a worldwide resource for Rotarians in the field of mental health and mental illness to promote, protect, restore, and to help re-build the lost human capital to make a happier and healthier world.
 
ANNUAL MEETING: Hamburg, Germany                  
Sunday, June 2nd at 1:30 PM – 3 PM UTC+02
Meeting Room Osaka 2&3
Join us for our annual get-together to hear updates on current projects and share ideas on future partnerships.
We will also have a GoToMeeting link for our members who aren't in Hamburg with us this year. Send an email to Chair PDGBonnie Black at bonblack@yahoo.com to receive the secure link.
 
AREA of Focus:  DISEASE PREVENTION

Our health is everything. Yet 400 million people in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care. We believe good health care is everyone’s right...including mental health!

Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That’s why treating and preventing disease is so important to us. We lead efforts both large and small. We connect you with projects in underserved communities struggling with mental health care access happening in all parts of our world. We support community workers, peer leaders, clinicians, doctors, families, schools, workplaces, and governments working together to improve lives.

Under this Area of Focus, other Rotarians combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes,  polio while our Rotarian Action Group focuses on Mental Health. Prevention is important, which is why we also focus on mental health education and bringing people routine screenings.

 
Peer Leadership & Depression Prevention-Nigeria
Posted by Bob Anthony
Any Rotary club can replicate this successful mental health project, proven in the USA, Puerto Rico and India. This project is the first that was initiated with the help of the Rotarian Action Group on Mental Health Initiatives. Since its launch in Nigeria, the faculty from six schools have completed the training and one school has also trained teen mentors to co-facilitate the curriculum presentations to the students. Direct beneficiaries will be over 2,500 students in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools before September, 2019; to date, over 400 students have completed the core curriculum and also the PIP Problems-Ideas-Plans creative problem solving activity. Any community can implement without grant funding because both the training and materials are online  (BreakFreeFromDepression.org) without cost, provided by Boston Children’s Hospital.  The sustainable elements include a referral protocol, experienced trainers, and normalized conversations around mental health and wellness. This project included funding in order to also provide clinical care and further professional training. 
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Preventing Suicide in Lithuania
It began in 2015, when Vice-Chair of RAGMHI, Dr. Geetha Jayaram (RC Howard West), visited Dr. Vygintas Grini (RC Kaunas) in Lithuania to discuss the possibility of reducing the number of suicides in that country which has been approximately 9 times higher than other countries is the EU.  Dr. Jayaram spoke on, “The role of contemporary leader in the prevention of suicides” and agreed to help implement the project, provide consultations, and supervisions for project quality assurance for GG1743565.
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Retaining the girl-child in school
The Rotaract Club of Kampala International University champion for this project is Bombokka Mpanga Ivan (bombokkaivanm@gmail.com) and the population served are girls attending Public schools in Uganda. Menstruation is a normal occurrence in every pubescent school-going girl and is associated with a variety of issues ranging from its physical symptoms to psychological effects such as anxiety, depression and inherent psychosocial stress.
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Ramnathh Siddi Community Centre
Tutoring in Rural Villages: The Need
Many barriers can make it difficult to attend school for children in rural Karnataka, India. For those who do attend, many children cannot stay in school without some tutoring help.   This appears insurmountable to families that do not know how to access help.
 
Some children become agricultural workers at a very young age when the family has debt. Some children have health problems that interfere with their school attendance. Some simply need help to catch up to classmates.
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RAGMHI Executives & Directors
Chair
Bonnie Black
Vice-Chair
Geetha Jayaram
Secretary
Myca Haynes
Treasurer
Bob Anthony
Membership Director
Jeff Moat
Programs Director
Rita Aggarwal
Member at Large
Larry Kubiak
 
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