Introducing our new, funded program:
University Mental Health Fellowship
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About the fellowship:
The GenMH University Mental Health Fellowship, launched in Summer 2023 and was a 6 month funded opportunity for undergraduate/bachelors students.
It was aimed at university students who had identified a mental health need on their campus and had a program they wanted to launch to address that need. The Fellowship saw successful applicants participate in a number of workshops and mentoring sessions tailored to support and empower them to design, implement, and evaluate their own mental health project.
Over the course of the fellowship, our 2023 fellows attended workshops led by experts from the field and were paired with a specific mentor for one-to-one guidance.
Fellows also had the opportunity to feed into the design of this funded, multi-stage fellowship. We wanted to ensure that our very first fellowship was not a top-down program, but a participatory and co-designed fellowship run by young people, for young people.
2025 Fellowship
Applications are not yet open for our second fellowship. Follow us on social media to stay tuned for the launch!
Meet our 2023 Fellows:
Our 2023 Fellows
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Ally ZlatarList Item 1
Ally Zlatar is an artist and activist. She is the founder of The Starving Artist; an artist initiative that utilizes creative voices as a way to create advocacy and systemic reform. She also founded The Starving Artist Scholarship Fund which helps people access inpatient treatment for eating disorders. Her "This Body of Mine" campaign explores migrant experiences through creative voices and has helped support individuals and artists from refugee-seeking backgrounds globally.
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Gakii MwithaliList Item 2
Gakii Mwithali is an undergraduate student at Egerton University, Kenya studying Medicine. She is a Kenya Sign Language Interpreter and the Founder of Growing Up and Liking It (GULI) Organization. Having had a lived mental health experience, she started the organization to ensure that Youths with lived Experience are understood, supported and incorporated. The organization also ensures that youths have access to affordable student friendly Mental Health services.
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Molly OgbodumList Item 3
Molly Ogbodum has a multidisciplinary background in Public Health, Mental Health, Research, Communications and community development with research publications in international peer-reviewed journals as well as presentations at scientific conferences. As a Mental Health and Psychology enthusiast, she joined Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) to address the mental health challenges of People Who Use Drugs by providing care and support. As an astute leader, she led her local chapter (University of Calabar, Chapter) as the Vice President elect and more recently advanced as Vice Chair, Board of Directors, SSDP International, given her track record in community development and advocacy.
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Angela NambiroList Item 4
Angela is a mental health advocate who has initiated various mental health projects and works with various organizations over the years as a student at Moi University, Kenya. As an actress, she incorporates art as part of her mental health projects on campus.
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Aanika Garre
Aanika Garre is a senior at the University of Cincinnati, studying Marketing, Information Systems, and Business Analytics, along with a Psychology minor. Aanika currently works at P&G as a Product Management Intern, and also participates in a lot of mental health advocacy work on campus.