Fill your heart with gratitude! ✨

Join us in creating a gratitude wall at home. This #MentalHealthMonth , practice writing down one thing you’re grateful for each day and pin it up. What are you grateful for today? Share below! 😊

💡 How can we help youth become more financially literate?

Earlier this month, we co-hosted a financial education workshop with Shamiri Institute featuring practical insights from Julian Jamison, Margaret Miller, Miriam Bruhn, & Meghan Mahoney.

Here is a highlight from the webinar! ⬇

“I won't wait for people who hurt me to come and pick me up…”
The 1st episode of our #StepInMyShoe series is out!
We would like to appreciate Wangechi, for her bravery and vulnerability in sharing her experience with us.
🎥 Watch the full video on our YouTube channel!

The Agency Fund is a Funder-Doer, but what does that mean?

In this video, Edmund discusses how we're able to provide financial capital and hands-on involvement, which includes technical expertise.

Learn how we supported Shamiri Institute in building a Digital Hub and our plans to…

Hiring alert! 😉

If you are a psychologist/counselor with 4 or more years of clinical experience working with adolescents and supervising counselors in a mental health setting, It's time to join us.

⏳ Apply before April 26th

🔗 Link: bit.ly/3JE3CEl

We are scaling through other Doers 📈

On our mission to serve 100,000 youths this year, we have partnered with 8 incredible 'Doers' across 6 counties in Kenya.

Read the full story: bit.ly/3JeEgfT

Our team, Tom L. Osborn , Katherine Venturo-Conerly & Rahim Daya will be at the #SkollWorldForum this week (April 9–12) in Oxford, UK. Reach out to connect, learn about the work we do, and explore collaborations.

This month, #AsktheExpert is back with a deep dive into #Anxiety !
What is Anxiety? Coping mechanisms and how to help a loved one.

📺Watch the full video here youtu.be/8R7rhiU4B0s?si…

💬Share with a friend 😊

At The Agency Fund, we're keen on interventions that foster collaboration among implementers to scale impact.

That's why we're especially excited that Shamiri Institute, StrongMinds, Friendship Bench, and Ubuntu Center For Peace are launching the Coalition for Scaling Mental Health

#Scaling

🇰🇪 Shamiri Institute is designing an evidence-based mental health protocol for low-income youths in Kenya.
📹 Tom L. Osborn shares how with FID Shamiri is building 'the framework and foundation for scaling to serve a million young people in the next 3 years'.
➡️youtube.com/watch?v=OVvVe6…

🌟 Exciting news! 🌟
#Shamiri is proud to join the Coalition for Scaling #MentalHealth as a founding member! Together, we're committed to closing the mental health treatment gap!

Learn more: bit.ly/3TLTxKb
Join the Coalition: bit.ly/4akp5xl

Current mood: ready for #ShamiriFellows 🥁

Are you aged between 18-22 years and based in #Nairobi , #Kiambu or #Kajiado County?
We are looking for you!

Apply before 22nd Mar 2024
shamiri.applytojob.com/apply

Shining light on the amazing women of Shamiri! #happywomensday 🤗❤️

Seriously though?!🙄 Mental health struggles don’t discriminate by age! #shamiri #mentalhealthisforeveryone

Read our grantee Shamiri Institute’s recent paper in Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry to learn about their character-strength program in Kenyan schools: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

➡️ Find out how they rolled out the program and created buy-in from all stakeholders.

Big cheers to our Co-Founder and Scientific Director, Katherine Venturo-Conerly , on winning the US #NationalInstituteofMentalHealth Visionary Innovators Shaping Tomorrow's Advancements (Global Mental Health VISTA) award!
Congratulations, Katherine! (Wohoo) 🎉