The Zambia YMCA Mental Health Programme is all about giving young people the tools they need to understand, manage, and speak up for mental well-being in their schools and communities.

Through fun sessions, peer support groups, and safe spaces to chat, participants have picked up skills to break the stigma around mental health and promote healing where it's really needed.

We just celebrated a big milestone with the graduation of our latest group! They’re now part of a growing movement of youth champions pushing for mental health awareness all over Zambia.
Together, we’re building a future where mental health is understood, supported, and prioritized.

This strategic plan provides the basis for the implementation of our mandate from 2020 to 2023, and is meant to give our volunteers and staff direction in their work as well as guide the operations of Zambia YMCA during the next four years.

Together with other operational plans, this strategic plan will give the much-needed direction for our members of the board, staff and volunteers to use in monitoring and managing Zambia YMCAs operational performance. We also intend to use it as a means to communicate our focus areas for the stated period as well as for lobbying for support from prospective donors and partners. It is our belief that this plan will also help us in allocating resources to activities that will effectively contribute to our vision, which is the development and empowerment of young people in Zambia.