Orygen Global updates

Orygen Global updates

Blog | Module 6: After advocacy, creating sustainable change

Throughout our fellowship with Orygen we had remarkable sessions discussing life post-advocacy and tools for measuring the impact of advocacy work alongside some much-needed self-care post advocacy.

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Blog | Module 4: Doing advocacy part 1: public speaking, policy and fundraising

Module four focused on the different ways we can use words and stories for societal change, such as through public speaking and fundraising.

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Blog | Module 3: developing your proposal for change, making a difference

Imagine waking up every day in a conservative country, where your entire community, family and the media imposes the belief that only deranged people have mental illness.

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Blog | Module 2: Safety in advocacy and sharing your personal mental health story

Module two of the Orygen Youth Mental Health Advocacy Fellowship focused on effective ways of sharing our stories to advance our advocacy efforts.

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BLOG | MODULE 1: DEFINING MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, ADVOCACY AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Module one of the Orygen Global Youth Mental Health Advocacy Fellowship taught us how to best prepare ourselves to lead our advocacy ambitions effectively.

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Ganizo, IN partnership WITH Orygen Global, PROMOTES MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY IN ZAMBIA

Ganizo, a public benefit organisation in Zambia provides mental and brain health awareness, fundraising support and multicultural training focused on youth mental health literacy and services.   

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ORYGEN GLOBAL CONVENES ASEAN ORGANISATIONS TO PROMOTE MENTAL HEALTH

Orygen Global assembled a civil society cooperation event on behalf of the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with mental health organisations across the Association of South East Asian Nations.

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Youth Mental Health Advocacy Fellowship CONCLUDES

Orygen Global celebrated the completion of the inaugural Youth Mental Health Advocacy Fellowship program at the end of November.

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ORYGEN GLOBAL FORMALLY LAUNCHES

COVID-19 has presented a unique opportunity to prioritise youth mental health and build momentum in ensuring it’s on the international agenda. 

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CONNECTING THE DOTS FILM PREMIERE

Orygen Global is thrilled and honoured to host a free online screening of Connecting the Dots by award winning Canadian director, Noemi Weis on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 8.00pm AEST.

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WAVES FOR CHANGE – SOUTH AFRICA, AN ORYGEN GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

Orygen Global has begun working with Waves for Change (W4C), a community-based organisation providing evidence-based surf therapy for young people in South Africa.

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Youth mental health advocacy fellowship

The Orygen Global youth mental health advocacy fellowships includes 12 fellows from 12 different countries with personal lived experience in mental-ill health.

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