GCRF_NF178 Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) at home: online psychosocial support through the arts in Rwanda
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Lincoln
Department Name: School of Fine and Performing Arts
Abstract
During COVID-19 lockdown the Rwandan government initiated strict measures to prevent movement outside the home. Restrictions due to the pandemic increased risks of gender-based violence, teenage pregnancy and school drop-out. Previous studies reported that 26.1% of the population were estimated to have symptoms related to posttraumatic stress disorder (Munyandamutsa et al. 2009); whereas recent studies have reported similar prevalence (RMHS, 2018) and genocide survivor organizations have reported an increase in mental distress during the lockdown. Deteriorating economic conditions pose a significant risk to young people's mental health, which could be further entrenched should further waves of the pandemic occur. Specifically, within Rwanda, there are no current initiatives to provide psychosocial support at home (including referral systems for those in need of more specialist intervention) or building two-way communication and synergies between formal and informal education structures (i.e. schools and community-based groups) to enable learning and social networking during social distancing.
MAP at home examines the potential for providing mental health support and community engagement in Rwanda through interactive online platforms, participatory arts workshops, and communications between young people, educators, cultural artists and psychosocial workers across the five provinces of Rwanda: Rwamagana District (Eastern Province); Rubavu District (Western Province); Gicumbi District (Northern Province); Huye District (Southern Province); and Kicukiru District (Kigali Province). MAP at home will research the prevention of, response to and awareness of mental health and promotion of psychosocial well-being among youth, families, and community members through an innovative arts-based, culturally-informed approach, responsive to the needs of participants.
MAP at home will generate knowledge on how to reach, engage and equip young people and caregivers with tools for psychosocial wellbeing through the development of a psychosocial module, online and participatory workshops (subject to COVID-19 guidance and social distancing measures), and integration of psychosocial workers. MAP will partner with community-based mental health provider Uyisenga Ni Imanzi, research organisation Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP), national cultural organisation Rwanda Arts Council, and government mental health providers Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Mental Health Division and National Rehabilitation Services to coproduce the design, implementation and dissemination of research from a local to national level. UNESCO serves as a project partner to align national to international policy implementation concerning youth policy and mental health. The project will respond to the following research questions in relation to COVID-19:
*How can arts-based approaches be translated to online platforms to enhance psychosocial well-being?
*What lessons can be learnt from the provision of online arts programmes for psychosocial well-being, especially regarding building resilience (individual and systemic) against future outbreaks or crises?
*How might MAP at home advance digital innovation in the design and delivery of mental health provision and response services in Rwanda?
MAP at home examines the potential for providing mental health support and community engagement in Rwanda through interactive online platforms, participatory arts workshops, and communications between young people, educators, cultural artists and psychosocial workers across the five provinces of Rwanda: Rwamagana District (Eastern Province); Rubavu District (Western Province); Gicumbi District (Northern Province); Huye District (Southern Province); and Kicukiru District (Kigali Province). MAP at home will research the prevention of, response to and awareness of mental health and promotion of psychosocial well-being among youth, families, and community members through an innovative arts-based, culturally-informed approach, responsive to the needs of participants.
MAP at home will generate knowledge on how to reach, engage and equip young people and caregivers with tools for psychosocial wellbeing through the development of a psychosocial module, online and participatory workshops (subject to COVID-19 guidance and social distancing measures), and integration of psychosocial workers. MAP will partner with community-based mental health provider Uyisenga Ni Imanzi, research organisation Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP), national cultural organisation Rwanda Arts Council, and government mental health providers Rwanda Biomedical Centre/Mental Health Division and National Rehabilitation Services to coproduce the design, implementation and dissemination of research from a local to national level. UNESCO serves as a project partner to align national to international policy implementation concerning youth policy and mental health. The project will respond to the following research questions in relation to COVID-19:
*How can arts-based approaches be translated to online platforms to enhance psychosocial well-being?
*What lessons can be learnt from the provision of online arts programmes for psychosocial well-being, especially regarding building resilience (individual and systemic) against future outbreaks or crises?
*How might MAP at home advance digital innovation in the design and delivery of mental health provision and response services in Rwanda?
Organisations
- University of Lincoln (Lead Research Organisation)
- ikibondo primary school (Collaboration)
- Rubavu Technical College (RTC) TVET (Collaboration)
- National Rehabilitation Service (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Rwanda Biomedical Center (Collaboration)
- Rwamagana Leaders’ School (Collaboration)
- GS Masaka (Collaboration)
- Mukono Health Centre (Collaboration)
- GS Gishihe (Collaboration)
- Gisenyi District Hospital (Collaboration)
- College Inyemeramihigo (Collaboration)
- Sovu Health Centre (Collaboration)
- Sana Initiative (Collaboration)
- Gisenyi Adventist Secondary School (GASS) (Collaboration)
- Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO (CNRU) (Collaboration)
- Nyakiriba Health Center (Collaboration)
- Umubano Academy (Collaboration)
- Westlock Healthcare Centre (Collaboration)
- Rwanda Education Board (Collaboration)
- Kicukiro Health Centre (Collaboration)
- Rwanda Arts Council (RAC) (Collaboration)
- Friends of the Children International School (Collaboration)
- Bushara Health Centre (Collaboration)
- Rwamagana Healthcare Centre (Collaboration)
- Buhaza Primary School (Collaboration)
- Murambi Health Centre (Collaboration)
- KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- Mukura Health Centre (Collaboration)
- EAR Byumba (Collaboration)
- University of Rwanda (Collaboration)
- International Institute for Child Rights and Development (Collaboration)
- Agricultural and Veterinary School (EAV) Kabutare (Collaboration)
- Ruhunda Healthcare Centre (Collaboration)
- KIBALI TVET SCHOOL (Collaboration)
- Rango Healthcare Centre (Collaboration)
- GS Munyiginya School (Collaboration)
- Petit Seminaire Rwesero (Collaboration)
- GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil (Collaboration)
- G.S.O. Butare (Official school group of Butare) (Collaboration)
- EP Meshero (Collaboration)
- Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (Collaboration)
- Centre de Santé de Gatenga (Collaboration)
- Manyagiro Health Centre (Collaboration)
- Gicumbi District Hospital (Collaboration)
- Masaka Hospital, Rwanda (Collaboration)
- Rwamagana Provincial Hospital (Collaboration)
- Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (Collaboration)
- GS Remera Protestant (Collaboration)
- Kabutare District Hospital (Collaboration)
- School Du Lac Muhazi (Collaboration)
- Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda (Collaboration)
- GS Amahoro (Collaboration)
- Rwanda Arts Council (Project Partner)
- Rwanda Biomedical Centre (Project Partner)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Project Partner)
Publications
Elliott, M.
(2020)
MAP at Home - Literature Review
Uwihoreye, C.
(2020)
Safeguarding Toolkit
Uwihoreye, C.
(2020)
Kinyarwandan Terms in Mental Health - Workshop Report
Breed, A. And Uwihoreye, C.
(2020)
MAP at Home Curriculum - Unit 1: Trust
Breed, A. & Uwihoreye, C.
(2021)
MAP at Home Curriculum: Unit 3 - Deep Listening
Breed A
(2021)
Blog: Online Psychosocial Support through the arts in Rwanda
Breed A
(2021)
MAP at Home Psychosocial Manual (2021)
Breed, A. & Uwihoreye, C.
(2021)
MAP at Home Curriculum: Unit 2 - Sharing Stories
Uwihoreye C
(2021)
Blog: Experiencing Emotions - Reflections on Unit 1 Workshops
Breed A
(2021)
MAP at Home Online Curriculum
Ndushabandi E
(2021)
Blog: Making Meaning in Psychosocial Training
Pells K
(2022)
'No-One Can Tell a Story Better than the One Who Lived It': Reworking Constructions of Childhood and Trauma Through the Arts in Rwanda.
in Culture, medicine and psychiatry
Breed A
(2022)
Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) at Home: Digital art-based mental health provision in response to COVID-19
in Journal of Applied Arts & Health
Breed, A.
(2023)
Article
in Sharing and listening to stories for peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda
Title | AMATSIKO (Curiosity) |
Description | AMATSIKO (Curiosity) is a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants. The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The poem is a creative response to the theme of curiosity that was discussed during workshops. The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. A small excerpt of the poem has been translated from Kinyarwanda and is below: There is an introduction I started It contains various verbs I ask people in big groups And in small groups In-depth explanation Of the words that are familiar In many different languages Yet you find that we only superficially know them Some of them are unfathomable Others you find them contradictory Others tend to "gusopana" While others that seems foreign Harihw'inshoza natangije Irimo inshinga zinyuranye Mbariza abantu muruhame No mu matsinda mato mato Ubusobanuro bw'imbitse Bw'amagambo asanzwe aziranyweho Mu ndimi nyinshi zinyuranye Ariko ugasanga tubizi uko Bimwe ugasanga bififitse Ibindi ugasanga binyuranye Ibindi bikenda gusopana N'ibindi bisa ninifefeko |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | AMATSIKO (Curiosity) by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information.The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/map-at-home/psychosocial-training/ |
Title | Agahinda gasaze (Depression) |
Description | Agahinda gasaze (Depression) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically depression. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Agahinda gasaze (Depression) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Amatsiko |
Description | It's a poem written by combining some of the obtained definition of depression, anxiety and trauma |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | It facilitate reflection of metal health conditions and raises awareness among participants and the community. |
Title | Anatsiko |
Description | It's a poem written by combining some of the obtained definitions of the concept, depression, anxiety and trauma |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Thanks to the poem, a contextualised meaning of the complex concepts in mental health could be socialised. |
Title | Family Conflict - Buhaza |
Description | A image of two people, one talking to another one with harsh words while the other covers their eyes. The image was produced during the last workshops of GS Buhaza MAP club, it was a session with teachers, students, local leaders and other students. It was presented on 17th May 2022 at the Groupe Scolaire Buhaza in the Rubavu District by the club with aim of addressing family conflict by clarifying that harsh/Quarrels in families affects children psychological wellness. For that reason, parents should learn how to handle issues in a peaceful manner to build the future free from trauma of their children. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The image have contributed to the communication between students, teacher and parents. Through it parents became aware of the way in which verbal violence affects children's emotional life. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/files/2022/08/Buhaza-1.jpeg |
Title | IHURIZO (A Problem) |
Description | IHURIZO (A Problem) is a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants. The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The poem was a creative response to MAP at Home's exercises I Love Being Me, When My Heart Was Open and Garden of Hope. The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | IHURIZO (A Problem) MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2020. The poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | IMBATA (Addict): To Define Addiction |
Description | IMBATA (Addict): To Define Addiction was a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants.The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The poem was a creative response to MAP at Home participants raising issues of addiction, its relation to mental health and defining the term in Kinyarwanda. The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | IMBATA (Addict): To Define Addiction by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information.The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | IMPINDUKA (Change) |
Description | IMPINDUKA (Change) is a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants. The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The poem is a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms in relation to recovery from mental health issues. The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | IMPINDUKA (Change) by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ibiyobyabwenge Turyirinde - Remera Protestant School |
Description | This comic book shows two causes of child mental health problems: alcoholism and domestic violence and it proposes a way to fight against the issue. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | This outcome has been used to raise awareness among parents in the region about the problems young people identified and to establish dialogue about the solutions proposed by young people themselves. The comic was presented on 14th May 2022 by Human with Humanity club/Kicukiro district/ GS remera Protestant within their concluding workshops. It is among other comic produced to be tangible tools to increase the awareness of children mental health causes. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/r-protestant-3/ |
Title | Ihungabana (Trauma) |
Description | Ihungabana (Trauma) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically trauma. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ihungabana (Trauma) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2021. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ihungabana - Signs of Mental health problems - Kibondo |
Description | An image of a crying person with some words written on the drawing. The image was produced by Beza club at the Ikibondo primary school in Huye District, it was in the preparation workshop on 15th May 2022, the group was displaying the causal agents of trauma among children, signs and how these signs could be addressed. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The image explained more about children trauma and contain a message for the prevention of such catastrophic issues. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/kibondo-19/ |
Title | Ihurizo |
Description | A poem illustrating the concept of mental health problem |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Raise mental health awareness, encourage discussion and reflection |
Title | Ihurizo |
Description | Poem explaining the concept of mental health problem |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The poem combined definition of the mental health problem to enhance it's understanding |
Title | Ikikango (Panic Attacks) |
Description | Ikikango (Panic Attacks) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically panic attacks. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ikikango (Panic attacks) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2021. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Imbata |
Description | A poem sumarising indicators of addiction |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Through the poem, strong indicators of addiction are portrayed and disseminated |
Title | Imbata |
Description | A poem summarizing the indicator of addiction |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Raising mental health awareness and fostering expression |
Title | Impact of Family Conflict on Children Mental Health - Remera Protestant School |
Description | Image of parents involved in a physical fight where children are witnessing, crying and calling for help. It was presented during the presentation of findings on 14th May 2022 by Human and Humanity club at the Groupe Scolaire Remera Protestant at the Kicukiro District. The image was created through story sharing workshops before the big event day, so students found the situations at home that have been impacted their colleagues. From there, they expressed they wanted the teacher and leaders to invest more in the resolution of family conflict issues. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | It displays the effects of parental conflict on children's mental health. Family conflict has been mentioned by students as an emergency issues to many community leaders. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/r-protestant-1/ |
Title | Impinduka |
Description | Poem, displaying the concept and behaviours and indicators of addiction. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The poem demonstrated and explained addiction behaviours in the particular cultural context, the path for recovery and the effort that one has to put into it. |
Title | Impinduka |
Description | Poem, displaying the concept, behaviours and indicators of addiction. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Facilitate elicitation/articulation by participants and raise awareness |
Title | Injana mu muryango or umuryango utekanye (Family Wellbeing; Harmony in the Family) |
Description | Injana mu muryango or umuryango utekanye (Family Wellbeing; Harmony in the Family) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically family wellbeing and family harmony. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Injana mu muryango or umuryango utekanye (Family wellbeing, harmony in the family) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Inshuti Nyanshuti (Dear Friend) - Remera Protestant School |
Description | It is a comic-type drawing made by young people at Remera Protestant School to illustrate their view on mental health issues. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The comic aims to raise awareness on providing support to people struggling with mental health issues by being supportive, comforting and share some time with them The comic was used as a result of awareness method, as it was aimed by Human and Humanity club. In the concluding workshop that place on 14th May 2022, club members used the comic to teach their fellow colleagues, teachers, parents and local leaders that it only takes attention and observation (as represented in the song) to identify children struggling with depression and to make them feel cared for and have a sense of belonging. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/inshuti-nyanshuti/ |
Title | Intugunda mu muryango (Family Conflict) |
Description | Intugunda mu muryango (Family Conflict) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically family conflict The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Intugunda mu muryango (Family Conflict) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | MAP Ningirakmaro (MAP is important) |
Description | MAP Ningirakmaro (MAP is important) was composed by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka. The song is two to three minutes in duration and is an artistic interpretation of preliminary research findings from the MAP at Home Project. The genre of the song is a combination between traditional and contemporary Rwandan music. The song was developed from Alexandre's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The song specifically focuses on the importance of MAP at Home during the Covid 19 project and its aim to provide psychosocial support to young people during lockdown. The song is a solo composition and uses improvised lyrics and the traditional Umuduri instrument. The songs will be professionally recorded in collaboration with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi and utilised in MAP at Home workshops. The song will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Ningirakmaro (MAP is important) by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka was shared at MAP at Home training workshops in February. The song enabled new participants to understand the context of MAP at Home and realise the potential artistic outcomes of the project. The song will be recorded professionally in March 2021 and will be disseminated via MAP social media channels and in-country networks. This will enable national recognition of MAP cultural artists, specifically the work of Alexandre Iteriteka and his associated band - Umuduri Band. |
Title | MAP at Home: Unit 1 - Trust |
Description | 'MAP at Home: Unit 1 - Trust' is the introductory unit for the MAP at Home module and was developed by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The unit has been informed by respective expertise in drama (Breed) and psychosocial practice (Uwihoreye). The unit consists of seven exercises that will be delivered via the Zoom platform. The exercises consist of warm up games, guided meditation, drawing, poetry and drama exercises. These exercises are discussed within the artistic and creative products section. The unit specifically focuses on elements of trust due to existing research that demonstrates the need for development of social trust in Rwanda due to the legacy of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. This first unit will be delivered to all 100+ MAP at Home participants by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (March 2021). The unit is the first instalment in 12 units that will form the MAP at Home module. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The training of MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers was undertaken in February 2021. 'Unit 1-Trust' has enabled MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers to develop online facilitation skills. The Unit is also publicly available via the MAP at Home website and can be used by practitioners and educators in Rwanda. |
URL | https://modules.lincoln.ac.uk/map/ |
Title | MAP ni iyacyu ( MAP is ours) |
Description | MAP ni iyacyu ( MAP is ours) was composed by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka and lead performed of the Umuduri Band. The song is 2-3 minutes in duration and is an artistic interpretation of preliminary research findings from the MAP at Home project. The genre of the song is a combination between traditional and contemporary Rwandan music. The song was developed from Alexandre's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The song specifically focuses on the ethics of MAP at Home in relation to co-production and youth ownership in MAP projects. The song is a solo composition and uses improvised lyrics and the traditional Umuduri instrument. The songs will be professionally recorded in collaboration with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi and utilised in MAP at Home workshops. The song will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP ni iyacyu ( MAP is ours) by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka was shared at MAP at Home training workshops in February 2021. The song provided key project context for MAP at Home participants. The song will be recorded professionally in March 2021 and will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists, specifically the work of Alexandre Iteriteka and the Umuduri Band. |
Title | MUHOZA mu Mage |
Description | A theatre piece based on a true story |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The play is about children rape (sexual abused) by the teacher and the fact that parents forced her not to denounce the abuser, it has been always impacting her psychological life. It was also with the aim of awakening parents towards child rights and impact of sexual abuse on victims. |
Title | Mbaye Uwande - Violation of Children's Rights - Kibondo |
Description | A drawing of a child with his two parents. Neither the mother or father want to take responsibility for the the child, so he is left sitting alone and depressed. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | It shows, how children might develop mental health problems due to the parents' negligence. It has been useful to invite the community to fight against child neglect to foster children's mental wellness. Among the main objective of Beza Club of Ikibondo primary school was to identify the root cause of children mental health issues, the image was produced within the rehearsal workshop to show how children rejection and violation of rights impacts children psychological wellness. The image was a result of story sharing between schooling and non-schooling students on 15th May 2022 at Ikibondo primary school/Beza Club/ Huye district. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/kibondo-20/ |
Title | Mbera Incuti (Be my Friend) |
Description | A group song, performed by young participants in Groupe Scolaire Remera Protestant to deliver a message of peace building through friendship. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | It explains how friendship and empathy among children can save many desperate children struggling with mental health problems, in this performance, teachers, parents and decision makers had the opportunity to listen to young people's voices. |
URL | https://youtu.be/gAnI8QTJhck |
Title | Mental Health Problem Tree - Kibondo |
Description | A problem tree, done with the student groups in Kibondo (Rwanda) to show and raise awareness about mental health problems among young people |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The identification of problems through the elaboration of the problem tree has contributed to the understanding of the root causes of children mental health problems among students, teachers and local leaders and parents. Problem tree was among tools used by Beza club/Huye district/Ikibondo primary to dig for causes of children mental health, the tree was produced by non-schooling and schooling children on 15th May 2022 rehearsal workshop. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/kibondo-13/ |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - A Time When My Heart Was Open |
Description | A Time when My Heart Was Open is a psychosocial exercise that was introduced to MAP at Home by Chaste Uwihoreye. The exercise is a meditated exercise led by a psychosocial worker. The exercise requires a young person to recall a personal memory of a significant life event. The exercise is personal and not shared with the group. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate MAP themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - Big Wind Blows |
Description | Big Wind Blows is an introductory drama exercise that forms part of the MAP at Home's first module unit on 'Trust'. Big Wind Blows is a high energy exercise that enables participants to share personal experiences and develop a group identity. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
URL | https://modules.lincoln.ac.uk/map/lessons/unit-1-trust/ |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - Emotion Circle |
Description | Emotion Circle is a drama exercise that enables young people to demonstrate and physicalise emotions using their bodies. The exercise was introduced to MAP at Home by Ananda Breed. The exercise requires young people to develop embodied understanding of emotions and why certain emotions may be felt or expressed at different times. The exercise has been used within MAP at Home to develop discussions around personal emotions. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - Garden of Hope |
Description | Garden of Hope is a Rwandan psychosocial exercise that was introduced to MAP at Home by Uwihoreye and his practice with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi. The exercise utilises drawing as an art form and invites participants to draw a garden based on personal hopes and aspirations for the future. The drawing can be shared with the group. This encourages discussion on the realisation of personal ambitions. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate MAP themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform including the use of whiteboard. This adaptation of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - I Love Being Me |
Description | I Love Being Me is a Rwandan psychosocial exercise that was introduced to the MAP at Home module by Chaste Uwihoreye. The exercise aims to provide young people with a reflective space to appreciate their skills and personal qualities. Drawing is the central component of the exercise and young people are encouraged to draw their favourite personal attributes. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate MAP themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the exercise was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
URL | https://modules.lincoln.ac.uk/map/lessons/unit-1-trust/ |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - Musical Dialogue |
Description | Musical Dialogue is a drama exercise that was introduced to MAP at Home from the pre-existing MAP Methodology. The exercise requires participants to dance and move to music that is played by the facilitator. Whilst in movement, participants are required to find a partner and develop mirrored exercises until the music stops. Participants are then asked to share personal stories with one another based on a theme introduced by the facilitator. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. This adaptation of the exercise has enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP): Psychosocial Module Exercise - Three Image Story |
Description | Three Image Story is a drama exercise that was introduced to MAP at Home from the pre-existing MAP Methodology. The exercise requires participants to work in pairs and share personal experiences. The participant who has listened to their partner's story creates three physical images with their body to retell the story they have just heard. The exercise enables a starting point for discussion on personal experiences as well as introducing participants to physical techniques in storytelling. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. This adaptation of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP):Psychosocial Module Exercise - Role on the Wall |
Description | Role on the Wall is an evaluation exercise that can be used in drama and psychosocial settings. The exercise was developed from the pre-existing MAP Methodology. The exercise requires participants to draw the outline of a body. This drawing is used to establish internal and external feelings during the workshop. The exercise can also be used to discuss and internal and external feelings in relation to personal experiences. The exercise was adapted by Breed and Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and facilitate delivery on the Zoom platform. This adaptation of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye between September and December 2020. The exercise has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners and all feedback to the exercise has been actioned by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers have been trained in the delivery of the exercise. The training of the exercise has developed online facilitation skills for MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers. The exercise will be delivered by MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers for MAP at Home participants in March 2021. |
Title | Mobile Arts for Peace waje hageze (Mobile Arts for Peace has arrived) |
Description | Mobile Arts for Peace waje hageze (Mobile Arts for Peace has arrived) was composed by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka and lead performer of the Umuduri Band. The song is 2-3 minutes in duration and is an artistic interpretation of preliminary research findings from the MAP at Home Project. The genre of the song is a combination between traditional and contemporary Rwandan music. The song was developed from Alexandre's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The song specifically focuses on the ethics of MAP at Home and its aims to empower young people and to generate arts-based dialogue with adults and policymakers. The song is a solo composition and uses improvised lyrics and the traditional Umuduri instrument. The songs will be professionally recorded in collaboration with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi and utilised in MAP at Home workshops. The song will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Mobile Arts for Peace waje hageze (Mobile Arts for Peace has arrived) by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka was shared at MAP at Home training workshops in February 2021. The song provided a key project context for MAP at Home participants. The song will be recorded professionally in March 2021 and will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists, specifically the work of Alexandre Iteriteka and the Umuduri band. |
Title | Mudaheranwa |
Description | A song epitomising the idea of resilience |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The song explained the indicators of recovery from addiction and mental health issues in someone's process |
Title | Mudaheranwa |
Description | A song that illustrates the concept and indicators of resilience |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Facilitate understanding of mental health concepts and encourage participants to talk about it |
Title | Ndashinjagiranshira |
Description | A song featuring the idea of family conflict. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The song have impacted the understanding of family conflict through the role pray and singing |
Title | Nwimakaza Umuco Wumwana Nubusa - Impact of Bullying on Children's Mental Health - Remera Protestant School |
Description | A drawn story/comic of family conflict and its impact on children's wellness. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | A comic which explains how children are bullied and physically abused at school, but subsequently received comfort from an adult and healed. This has been used to raise awareness of the role of adults in addressing conflict at school The image was presented by Human and Humanity/Kicukiro district/ Gs Remera protestant with in the concluding workshop on 14th May 2022 to fight students-to-student or teacher-to-student bullying and stigmatization and identify its with alarming behaviours. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/r-protestant-2/ |
Title | Problem Tree - Group Scolaire NDC |
Description | It is a problem tree on which students at Group Scolaire NDC identified the main issues they face as young people and develop ways to address them |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | This problem tree will lead the elaboration of future art and policy outputs that will inform policy/making. The tree was used for the purpose of increasing the awareness of mental health problems among students with the aim of addressing and reducing the mentioned causes. It was produced by Ihozo club/ Gicumbi district/GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil during rehearsal workshop on 7th May 2022. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/gs-ndc-1/ |
Title | Sign of Mental Health Problems - Buhaza |
Description | An image of an overwhelmed person, with both hand on their cheeks and with a posture expressing the many thoughts going though their head. It was used on 17th May 2022, in the concluding workshop of Gs Buhaza club/Rubavu district, to increase the awareness of mental health issues among students in order to make parents, teachers and local leaders more engaged and paying more attention to alarming signs like loneliness and loss of interest and others. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | The image has been used to explain to parents in participating institutions how mental health problems impact children and their performance in school. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/files/2022/08/Buhaza-4-e1660042193291.jpeg |
Title | Song Twite K'ubuzima Bwo Mu Twe |
Description | It is a children song composed by young people in Groupe Scholaire Buhaza, Rubavu District in Rwanda. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | This song invites parents and teachers to be more friendly to them as it will help them to be comfortable. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/song-twite-kubuzima-bwo-mu-twe/ |
Title | UBUZIMA (Life): To Define Mental Health |
Description | UBUZIMA (Life): To Define Mental Health is a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants. The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The poem offers a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms. The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | UBUZIMA (Life): To Define Mental Health by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants during community pilot workshops in January 2021. The poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | URUMURI (Light) |
Description | URUMURI (Light) is a poem written by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille with MAP at Home participants. The poem was developed from Mbabazi's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The poem offers a reflection on someone healed from mental health problems (mental health wellness). The poem will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | URUMURI (Light) by MAP Cultural Artist Mbabazi Achille song has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the poem has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The poem will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ububata (Addiction) |
Description | Ububata (Addiction) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically addiction and its relation to mental health. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ububata (Addiction) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2021. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ubufasha ku buzima bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Support) |
Description | Ubufasha ku buzima bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Support) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation during the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically mental health support. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ubufasha ku buzima bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Support) MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ubuzima bwiza bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Wellness) |
Description | Ubuzima bwiza bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Wellness) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically mental health wellness. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ubuzima bwiza bwo mu mutwe (Mental Health Wellness) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2021. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Ubuzima bwo mu mutwe buhungabanye (Mental Health Problem) |
Description | Ubuzima bwo mu mutwe buhungabanye (Mental Health Problem) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically the term m mental health problem. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Ubuzima bwo mu mutwe buhungabanye (Mental Health Problem) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January. The development of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Umucakara |
Description | A song describing the indicators of addiction |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Raise mental health awareness and encourage reflection and discussion |
Title | Umucakara |
Description | A song that summarize the indicators of addiction |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Through the song performance, indicators of addiction are explained and illustrated |
Title | Umuntu wakize (Recovery) |
Description | Umuntu wakize (a recovering person) is a drawing developed by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu with MAP at Home participants. The drawing was developed from Byabagabo's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November 2020 and training workshops in December 2020. The drawing was a creative response to MAP at Home's approach to defining Kinyarwandan mental health terms, specifically individual recovery. The drawing will be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Artwork |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Umuntu wakize (a recovering person) by MAP Cultural Artist Byabagabo Habibu has been shared with stakeholders and project participants at community pilot workshops in January 2021. The creation of the drawing has provided creative ways to disseminate MAP at Home information. The drawing will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This promotion will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists. |
Title | Umuvugo (Poem): Humura nturi wenyine (Take Comfort, You are not Alone) |
Description | A poem |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | It is a poem establishing the relationship between children pain and abuse in family, stigmatization and abandonment. It also aims to raise awareness about helping children with mental health issues. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/humura-nturi-wenyine/ |
Title | Unit 2 - Sharing Stories |
Description | 'MAP at Home: Unit 2 - sharing stories' is the second unit for the MAP at Home module and was developed by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The unit has been informed by respective expertise in drama (Breed) and psychosocial practice (Uwihoreye). The unit consists of seven exercises that will be delivered via the Zoom platform. The exercises consist of warm up games, guided meditation, drawing, poetry and drama exercises. These exercises are discussed within the artistic and creative products section. The unit specifically focuses on elements of sharing stories due to existing research that demonstrates the need for collective social healing as a mental health approach in Rwanda. This unit was delivered to all 100+ MAP at Home participants by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (May 2021). |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of Unit 2 in May. |
Title | Unit 3 - Deep Listening |
Description | 'MAP at Home: Unit 2 - Deep Listening' is the introductory unit for the MAP at Home module and was developed by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The unit has been informed by respective expertise in drama (Breed) and psychosocial practice (Uwihoreye). The unit consists of seven exercises that will be delivered via the Zoom platform. The exercises consist of warm up games, guided meditation, drawing, poetry and drama exercises. These exercises are discussed within the artistic and creative products section. The unit specifically focuses on elements of listening and was informed by Uwihoreye's research in narrative therapy. This unit will be delivered to all 100+ MAP at Home participants by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (March 2021). |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | All MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of this unit. |
Title | Unit 3 exercise - Sankarewa |
Description | Sankarewa is an introductory drama exercise that forms part of MAP at Home's third module 'deep listening'. Sankarewa is a collective exercise that enables participants to develop observation skills. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in May 2021. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Trainers and Psychososical workers were trained in the delivery of this exercise. This training included online facilitation skills and adaptation of exercises for digital engagement. |
Title | Unit 3 exercise: Fluid Sculpture |
Description | Fluid Sculpture is a drama exercise that forms part of MAP at Home's third module 'deep listening'. Fluid Sculpture is a collective exercise that involves sharing of stories and enabling participants to artistically respond to stories of fellow participants. This exercise is a playback theatre exercise.. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in May 2021. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of this exercise. The training included online facilitation and the adaptation of exercises for socially distanced contexts. |
Title | Unit 3 exercise: Nkwihoreze |
Description | Nkwihoreze is a psychosocial exercise that forms part of MAP at Home's third module 'deep listening'. Nkwihoreze is a collective exercise that requires participants to act perform choral singing as a means to offer support to fellow participants. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in May 2021. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP master trainers and psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of this exercise. The training included the introduction of online facilitation and the adaptation of exercise for socially distanced contexts. |
Title | Unit 3 exercise: Talking stick |
Description | Talking Stick is an evaluation exercise that forms part of MAP at Home's third module 'deep listening'. Talking stick is a collective exercise that enables participants to express responses to the workshop and activities. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in May 2021. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers were trained in the facilitation of this exercise. This included digital facilitation skills and adaptation of exercises for socially distanced contexts. |
Title | Unit 3 exercise: Umbrella |
Description | Sankarewa is a psychosocial exercise that forms part of MAP at Home's third module 'deep listening'. Umbrella is a collective exercise that enables participants to express personal challenges and what services or individuals offer support. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in May 2021. The Unit has been shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Master trainers and Psychosocial Workers were trained in the delivery of this exercise. The training included facilitating on digital platforms and the adaptation of exercises for socially distanced contexts. |
Title | Unit 4 - Family and community engagement |
Description | MAP at Home unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement is the introductory unit for the MAP at Home module and was developed by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The unit has been informed by respective expertise in drama (Breed) and psychosocial practice (Uwihoreye). The unit consists of five exercises that will be delivered via the Zoom platform. The exercises consist of warm up games, guided meditation, drawing, poetry and drama exercises. These exercises are discussed within the artistic and creative products section. The unit specifically focuses on community development and was informed by Uwihoreye's research in narrative therapy. This unit will be delivered to all 100+ MAP at Home participants by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (July 2021). |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | All MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of this unit. |
Title | Unit 4 exercise - Team of Life |
Description | Team of life is a creative activity that forms part of the unit 4 module. Team of life is a collective exercise that enables participants to express community based problems and discuss potential solutions. The exercise was adapted by Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye to incorporate psychosocial themes and make adaptations for delivery on the Zoom platform. The development of the exercise enabled the MAP at Home team to develop ways of delivery that will be accessible for participants who are engaging via mobile phones and other digital devices. The exercise was developed through a range of co-creation workshops with Breed and Uwihoreye in June 2021. The Unit was shared with the MAP at Home Team and partners. All feedback to the Unit was actioned and integrated into the module by Breed and Uwihoreye. |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers were trained in the facilitation of this exercise. This included digital facilitation skills and adaptation of exercises for socially distanced contexts. |
Title | Unit 5 - Give and Take |
Description | 'MAP at Home: Unit 5 - Give and Take' is the introductory unit for the MAP at Home module and was developed by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The unit has been informed by respective expertise in drama (Breed) and psychosocial practice (Uwihoreye). The unit consists of seven exercises that will be delivered via the Zoom platform. The exercises consist of warm up games, guided meditation, drawing, poetry and drama exercises. These exercises are discussed within the artistic and creative products section. The unit specifically focuses on elements of evaluating the MAP art Home project. This unit will be delivered to all 100+ MAP at Home participants by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (August 2021). |
Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | All MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers were trained in the delivery of this unit. |
Title | Urumuri |
Description | A poem explaining the concept of mental health support |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | Raising mental health awareness and encouraging discussion |
Title | Urumuri |
Description | Poem, explaining the concept of mental health support |
Type Of Art | Creative Writing |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | The poem combined definition of the mental health support concept to enhance it's understanding |
Title | We Need Peace - Remera Protestant School |
Description | The image aims to depict how desperate people living through conflict yearns for peace. It was presented by Human and Humanity club in the Kicukiro district Groupe Scolaire. It was an educating tool, where it has been used to better increase the awareness of how a peaceful environment is fundamental for development in many areas of life: in the class, at schools, home and in the villages, and how it could could contribute to the better physical and psychological development of children. |
Type Of Art | Image |
Year Produced | 2022 |
Impact | This drawing is aimed to raise awareness of young people's views on conflicts and generate compassion among other participants in the project. |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/r-protestant-5/ |
Title | ibyiza bya MAP ( The good of MAP) |
Description | ibyiza bya MAP (The good of MAP) was composed by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka and lead performed of the Umuduri Band. The song is 2-3 minutes in duration and is an artistic interpretation of preliminary research findings from the MAP at Home Project. The genre of the song is a combination between traditional and contemporary Rwandan music. The song was developed from Alexandre's participation in the MAP at Home stakeholders meeting in November and training workshops in December 2020. The song specifically focuses on the ethics of MAP at Home and its aim to empower young people and create social impact on issues effecting young people. The song is a solo composition and uses improvised lyrics and the traditional Umuduri instrument. The songs will be professionally recorded in collaboration with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi and utilised in MAP at Home workshops. The song will also be hosted on the MAP at Home website, online psychosocial module and shared with partners including the Rwanda Arts Council. |
Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | ibyiza bya MAP ( The good of MAP) by MAP Cultural Artist Alexandre Iteriteka was shared at MAP at Home training workshops in February 2021. The song provided key project context for MAP at Home participants. The song will be recorded professionally in March 2021 and will be disseminated through MAP social media channels (including Facebook) and through in-country networks. This will facilitate national recognition of MAP cultural artists, specifically the work of Alexandre Iteriteka and the Umuduri Band. |
Description | MAP at Home researched the prevention of, response to, and awareness of mental health and promotion of psychosocial well-being among youth, families, and community members through an innovative art-based, culturally informed approach, responsive to the needs of participants. It aimed to examine the potential for providing mental health support and community engagement in Rwanda through interactive online platforms, participatory art workshops, and communications between young people, educators, cultural artists and psychosocial workers across the five provinces of Rwanda: Rwamagana District (Eastern Province); Rubavu District (Western Province); Gicumbi District (Northern Province); Huye District (Southern Province); and Kicukiru District (Kigali Province). The project delivered over 30 workshops between November 2020 - August 2021 that included 16 parents, 21 health professionals, 23 health facilities, 33 students, 34 community health workers, 36 teachers, and 56 schools with an overall participant base of 108 research participants who engaged in monthly online workshops. Additional training provided to 46 hospitals, 74 health centres, and 3 rehabilitation service centres reached an additional 4,000 research beneficiaries. Concerning the need for MAP at Home, there is limited uptake of mental health services in Rwanda. Although most of the population are aware of where they could seek support for mental health (61.7 per cent), only 5.3 per cent reported having utilized existing mental health services. The most common reason given for not seeking mental health support was that the individual did not know that mental health was a problem that required medical treatment (40.5 per cent). Other reasons given for not seeking support were lack of money (39.6 per cent), inability to get to the location of services (32.5 per cent), and fear of being stigmatized (27.1 per cent). The approach of MAP at Home was to engage a therapeutic model of design and delivery to include professional psychosocial care alongside community-based considerations of well-being through peer-to-peer mechanisms and to train mental health providers. Additionally, these workshops were designed to train facilitators in the MAP at Home model and to assign and support the face-to-face group sessions within their respective communities, as well as link mental health service users with mental health services at health centres and district hospitals and to increase the awareness of mental health issues in the community. The MAP at Home project enabled an online space as an external and social platform to integrate Kinyarwanda proverbs and Rwandan cultural healing practices to address mental health during the time of COVID-19. Art-based approaches enabled a 'deeper understanding of participants' social lives and cultural practices and the context and complexity of their experiences' (Goopy and Kassan 2019: 1) during the pandemic to inform mental health provision and to consider more inclusive and culturally informed mental health provision practices more generally. • New research methods and tools: MAP at Home created a psychosocial module that was used to deliver the online workshops between November 2020 - August 2021 consisting of 5 units including 1) Emotion; 2) Sharing Stories; 3) Active Listening & Deep Stories; 4) Family & Community Engagement, and 5) Give & Take. Additionally, MAP at Home created an online curriculum for individuals to engage with the learning materials through asynchronous methods. The online curriculum was delivered in 15 schools for over 600 students using smart screens between January - March 2022 (https://modules.lincoln.ac.uk/map/). • New research networks, collaborations or partnerships: MAP at Home initially partnered with one district hospital and two health centres in each district. However, due to the ability of MAP at Home to address an existing need for psychosocial support, there was an increased demand for services. By March 2022, MAP at Home delivered training for mental health professionals from 46 hospitals, 74 health centres and 56 schools. Beyond the online workshops and school-based MAP at Home clubs that delivered the online curriculum, MAP at Home increased uptake of mental health services via 1318 face-to-face sessions between clients and mental health service providers in connection to MAP at Home. The National Rehabilitation Service integrated MAP at Home into 3 centres that served 400 clients. MAP at Home served over 4,000 research beneficiaries. • New research capabilities or specialist skills: MAP at Home trained research beneficiaries who were at a low level of digital literacy to use digital methods through a series of workshops and provision of smartphones (online workshops) and smart screens (online curriculum in schools). Through a series of co-production workshops with research beneficiaries including psychosocial workers, young people and educators, the psychosocial module was developed to deliver arts-based workshops via Zoom. Researchers used LearnDash via the online curriculum and WhatsApp via the online workshops to collect data such as drawings, poems, songs, films, and images that were shared by research beneficiaries in response to research tasks and creative prompts. • New knowledge generated: 1) Importance of framing mental health within the Rwandan context of community-based healing practices vs the dominant Western concepts of mental health and psychiatric care in Rwanda, i.e. decolonization of mental health provision. 2) Ownership of MAP at Home techniques by research participants who co-produced and applied the MAP at Home materials with their peers and community members who suffered psychological pain related to varied past experiences (1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi) and current (COVID-19 lockdown) events, i.e. de-mystification of mental health provision. 3) Use of arts-based approaches and online platforms enabled greater access to mental health provision, particularly for those living in remote areas or whose lifestyle and responsibilities might not enable them to travel to health centres (ex: young mothers). In a participatory action research (PAR) project conducted with the MAP youth trainers who also served as co-researchers, the young trainers made observations that participants were able to share deep and personal stories (when this is not customary to Rwandan culture). They commented on the importance of the durational and hybrid nature of MAP at Home that focused on the monthly delivery of workshops alongside the face-to-face sessions with psychosocial workers. MAP at Home enabled a safe, inclusive, and culturally-informed approach to mental health provision during the pandemic that reduced stigma and enhanced access to mental health services that can be recommended for future outbreaks. |
Exploitation Route | MAP at Home research impacts was identified to address the need for decentralisation of mental health care and integration of community-based approaches; sensitising mental health issues, fighting stigma and developing human resources. Concerning the key findings above, the MAP at Home project has addressed the integration of community-based healing approaches and the training of trainers and psychosocial workers. In this way, the workshops and training have enabled knowledge transfer between MAP trainers and psychosocial workers for the provision of mental health support through arts-based methods. The online monthly workshops will be facilitated by teams that incorporate MAP trainers and psychosocial workers working in tandem. The development of digital literacy has enabled wider community engagement through e-clinics and online psychosocial support. The model developed by MAP at Home has been heralded by the Rwanda Basic Education Board and Rwandan Biomedical Centre as an effective mechanism to administer mental health support to Schools and their prospective communities. In addition, hard to reach research participants have been selected through the National Rehabilitation Services; particularly former drug users and street-connected youth. As stakeholders in the MAP at Home project, there are ongoing discussions concerning the integration of the MAP at Home methodology into the national remit of both organisations. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/map-at-home/ |
Description | Findings have been used to inform the 'Mental Health in Schools' programme and the 'scaling up' of the project has been considerable due to the close partnership with leading mental health organisations and schools in Rwanda including the Rwanda Biomedical Centre. Additionally, findings have informed the development of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme in partnership with the University of Rwanda focused on the MAP at Home methodology that trained mental health professionals from 46 district and province level hospitals. Due to the demand for MAP at Home, we received additional requests for training healthcare professionals. MAP at Home provided two workshops in each of the five districts to train a total of 130 mental health professionals. MAP at Home aimed to increase uptake of mental health services. There were a total of 1318 face-to-face sessions between clients and mental health service providers in connection to MAP at Home. During the online workshops, The National Rehabilitation Service has integrated MAP at Home into three centres that served 400 clients. Over 74 health centres, 5 district hospitals, 1 provincial hospital and 56 schools were trained in the MAP at Home approach and disseminated the methodology through workshops and clubs via a 'train the trainer' model with an average of 38 participants per health centre and school with a total of over 4,600 participants served. Additional requests to integrate MAP at Home into 3 prisons and to streamline the methodology into the current mental health care system will reach an estimated 10,000. Lessons learned: 1) Importance of framing mental health within the Rwandan context of community-based healing practices vs the dominant Western concepts of mental health and psychiatric care in Rwanda, i.e. decolonization of mental health provision. 2) Ownership of MAP at Home techniques by research participants who co-produced and applied the MAP at Home materials with their peers and community members who suffered psychological pain related to varied past experiences (1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi) and current (COVID-19 lockdown) events, i.e. de-mystification of mental health provision. 3) Use of arts-based approaches and online platforms enabled greater access to mental health provision, particularly for those living in remote areas or whose lifestyle and responsibilities might not enable them to travel to health centres (ex: young mothers). In a participatory action research (PAR) project conducted with the MAP youth trainers who also served as co-researchers, the young trainers made observations that participants were able to share deep and personal stories (when this is not customary to Rwandan culture). They commented on the importance of the durational and hybrid nature of MAP at Home that focused on the monthly delivery of workshops alongside the face-to-face sessions with psychosocial workers. MAP at Home enabled a safe, inclusive, and culturally-informed approach to mental health provision during the pandemic that reduced stigma and enhanced access to mental health services that can be recommended for future outbreaks. Dissemination of the project has focussed on traditional and digital platforms to inform and influence the Rwandan community; we have developed and published a dedicated project webpage. The MAP at Home website has an average of 1145 visitors per month. The project broadcasts on traditional media outlets and collaborates with local TV and radio through MAP partners including the IRDP and Kwetu Film Centre. The Kwetu Film Centre also acts as an advisor for disseminating outputs and resources and promoting the MAP at Home project at national, regional and local levels. MAP at Home has developed diagnostic arts-based tools informed by Rwandan culture and Kinyarwanda concepts. This framework has also informed monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) tools that have been created with MAP at Home stakeholders including Rwanda Biomedical Centre, National Rehabilitation Services, mental health provider users, and MAP trainers. The employment of Kinyarwanda terminologies has enabled widespread participant engagement and knowledge production based on an indigenous and decolonial research methodology approach. A representative from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre stated: 'As we care for those with a variety of mental health problems, this training has helped us to see what we can do to improve our daily lives and to try to explain to our clients the problems they face in Kinyarwanda.' This key development has foregrounded Rwandan healing practices in MAP at Home and by focusing on new perspectives offered by Kinyarwanda concepts, the project will generate new opportunities for learning from cultural and community knowledge in Rwanda that can enhance quality of life and mental wellbeing. Stories of Change: Case Study: 1 'I lost my parents when I was young and that left me traumatised. Growing up I never liked being alone. I would feel at ease and happy when I was surrounded by people. When Covid 19 was first detected in Rwanda, I was afraid because the news kept on reporting about people dying around the world due to the virus. However, I always felt comfort with the people around me. Things took a turn for the worse for me mentally when the Rwandan government declared a nationwide lockdown and instructed us to stay at home and avoid meeting with people unnecessarily in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To me, this time was extremely hard, I felt alone, isolated, and hopeless; it took me back to the time I lost my parents. When MAP at Home came, it was very much needed for me. I made friends who I could relate to and connect with, whether it was during the online sessions or our WhatsApp group. I also learned about the mental health professionals around my area who could support me whenever I felt traumatized. The MAP at Home project also helped me learn how to express my emotions. It was not easy at first. I was a bit scared of sharing my story online to strangers but through support from the MAP at Home participants and facilitators I felt heard. One instance I can remember is when I was sharing my story during an online session, the exercise that I was participating in was called "when my heart was open". I felt very emotional about sharing what I had been through and my heart was heavy with sadness. However, seeing the participants actively listen to me and singing kwihoreze (let me support you) afterwards made me feel so much better. I am thankful for the project because at a time I was feeling hopeless and isolated, the project allowed me to meet new people online to socialise and to be happy.' - Female community participant, 25 years old, Kicukiro, Rwanda Case Study: 2 'As a clinical psychologist and a MAP at Home facilitator the benefits of the MAP at Home project for me are countless. First as a facilitator, I gained leadership skills through facilitating some of the online sessions. I learned how to work with different people, as well as how to work with my fellow facilitators. Second, since the purpose of the project was about mental health wellbeing, personally I felt happy and relaxed mentally while I was participating in some of the MAP at Home exercises. I also felt great joy when I saw how the participants were opening up and enjoying the exercises. Additionally, through exercises such Umbrella (umutaka w'ibibazo) I learned that no matter the problem, they can always be a solution if we work together and support each other. Lastly, the MAP at Home project helped me as a clinical psychologist because I gained knowledge. An example I would share is before I used to encounter patients who had difficulty expressing themselves; it was a challenge for me because I did not want the session with the patient to go like an interview (question and answer). However, through the MAP at Home project I learned various exercises that would allow the patient the ability to express themselves freely without harming them.' -Male clinical psychologist, 32 years old, Rwamagana, Rwanda |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
Description | Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme for MAP at Home |
Geographic Reach | Africa |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Impact | Reach of impact included the training of mental health professionals from all of the primary hospitals across Rwanda. Validation from the leading mental health and education institutions in Rwanda to incorporate MAP at Home into mental health programmes. |
Description | Building Cultures of Peace in Rwanda Schools - An inter-disciplinary network of research, policy and practice |
Amount | ÂŁ151,827 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/T00469X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2019 |
End | 03/2022 |
Description | Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (TESF) |
Amount | ÂŁ30,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Bristol |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2021 |
End | 08/2022 |
Title | Interim survey - MAP Trainer and Psychosocial worker |
Description | Online interim surveys were developed by the MAP at Home team in line with Theory of Change and agreed indicators for MAP trainers and Psychosocial Workers. The survey asks select questions relating to three themes: online engagement, the impact of COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing, and perspectives on the MAP at Home project. The surveys will be online and distributed via the JISC online surveys tool. These surveys will act as a monitoring tool for the project. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | No identifiable impact as of yet. |
Title | MAP at Home - Online Curriculum |
Description | An online curriculum has been developed as a part of the MAP at Home project. The online curriculum is hosted by a CampusPress website and provides an opportunity for young people to access online arts and psychosocial exercises developed by the MAP at Home team. The exercises provide a step by step instruction and the option to upload any materials that young people develop. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | No impact identified yet. |
Title | MAP at Home - Theory of Change |
Description | Between September and November 2020, the MAP at Home team created a Theory of Change which mapped key goals for MAP at Home project activities, as well as assessing entry points and opportunities for change, key barriers to change, and key steps for fulfilling change. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The Theory of Change model presented a framework for the MAP at Home Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. |
Title | Participant interim survey |
Description | Interim surveys were developed by the MAP at Home team in line with Theory of Change and agreed indicators for MAP at Home participants. The survey is based on a wellbeing questionnaire developed by Co-Investigator Chaste Uwihoreye. The surveys are based on the following themes: mental health wellbeing and perspectives on digital engagement and psychosocial support. The surveys will be paper based and distributed by MAP psychosocial workers. These surveys are similar to the pre-project survey that was originally developed and will be utilised as a monitoring tool. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The survey will be significant in monitoring the developments of the project in line with the project indicators. |
Title | Participatory Action Research Toolkit |
Description | Developed by MAP at Home Co-Investigator Dr Kirrily Pells, the participatory action research toolkit provides an introduction to Participatory Action Research and associated approaches that community participants can utilise as co-researchers on MAP at Home. The toolkit includes activities such as journalling, identifying the role of the researcher and developing research questions. The toolkit is informed by PAR ethics and disciplines which form part of the wider research methodology of MAP at Home. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | No notable impact at this stage of the project. |
Title | Pre-project survey - Participants (MAP at Home; Rwanda) |
Description | Surveys were developed by the MAP at Home team in line with Theory of Change and agreed indicators for MAP at Home participants. The survey is based on a wellbeing questionnaire developed by Co-Investigator Chaste Uwihoreye. The surveys are based on the following themes: mental health wellbeing and perspectives on digital engagement and psychosocial support. The surveys will be paper based and distributed by MAP psychosocial workers. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | No identifiable impact as of yet. |
Title | Pre-project surveys - MAP Trainers and Psychosocial Workers |
Description | Online surveys were developed by the MAP at Home team in line with Theory of Change and agreed indicators for MAP trainers and Psychosocial Workers. The survey asks select questions relating to three themes: online engagement, the impact of COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing, and perspectives on the MAP at Home project. The surveys will be online and distributed via the JISC online surveys tool. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | No identifiable impact as of yet. |
Title | Rwandan Proverbs |
Description | Developed by Co-Investigator Chaste Uwihoreye; Rwandan proverbs have been utilised in workshops and trainings as a means to identify and discuss mental health concepts. The metaphorical nature of Kinyarwanda and Kinyarwandan proverbs enables dense psychosocial concepts to become accessible in community contexts and enables discussion and debate. |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2020 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The use of proverbs has made community engagement more accessible and engaging for participants. The engagement from participants due to the use of proverbs has enabled indigenous research material that can be used for the development of social impact. |
Description | 5 District Hospitsals |
Organisation | Gisenyi District Hospital |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Trained their staff on the MAP at Home healing model |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of facilitators |
Impact | Providing facilitors (Mental health professionals to be trainied) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 5 District Hospitsals |
Organisation | Kabutare District Hospital |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Trained their staff on the MAP at Home healing model |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of facilitators |
Impact | Providing facilitors (Mental health professionals to be trainied) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 5 District Hospitsals |
Organisation | Masaka Hospital, Rwanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Trained their staff on the MAP at Home healing model |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of facilitators |
Impact | Providing facilitors (Mental health professionals to be trainied) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 5 District Hospitsals |
Organisation | Rwamagana Healthcare Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Trained their staff on the MAP at Home healing model |
Collaborator Contribution | Provision of facilitators |
Impact | Providing facilitors (Mental health professionals to be trainied) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | BETHSAIDA Healthcare Centre, Kicukiro District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Kicukiro Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Bushara Health Centre |
Organisation | Bushara Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The health centre identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The health centre helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Byahi Health Centre |
Organisation | King's College London |
Department | Brain Bank |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The health centre identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The health centre helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | COLLEGE INYEMERAMIHIGO in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | College Inyemeramihigo |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, COLLEGE INYEMERAMIHIGO in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. Collegè de Gisyeni is a very large school with an expansive campus near Gisyeni. The school has 755 students with 36 teachers. They have previously worked with the IRDP and a peace education project, which provides a good basis for this collaboration. The schools has a series of collaborators including Never Again Rwanda, Vision Jeunelle Nouvel Educate Exchange, IMF and VVPC (MINEDUC) which offers potential to expand the impact of MAP. The school currently teaches "Experience in Fine Arts" for 40 minutes per week and recommended that MAP works with Twizerana Itorero (National Ballet) while in the area, which offers potential for MAP to expand its network of cultural artists. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | EAR Byumba in Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | EAR Byumba |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Gicumbi district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, EAR Byumba in Gicumbi District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to find out how schools can integrate Map at Home using online platforms within their calendar and times when the workshops can happen. EAR Byumba has 292 students and 8 teachers from S1-S4. There are no NGO/CSO or peacebuilding projects at the school. The school reports a lack of resources, including library facilities and books, and a high student capacity which lead to an unfavourable school environment. The school reports that the arts are taught for 7 periods per week, each consisting of 40 minutes. Teaching challenges include inconsistent resources and materials. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | EAV Kabutare in Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Agricultural and Veterinary School (EAV) Kabutare |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Huye district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, EAV Kabutare in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. EAV Kabutare is a boarding school with 743 students. The school has a Never Again Rwanda club, a Rwanda Culture competition club and a traditional troupe. There are no formal art classes although teachers include elements of art and performance in their class curriculums, which offers a good platform for MAP. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | ENPD KARUBANDA in Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Huye district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, ENP KARUBANDA in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda (ENDP Karubanda) in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities for 64 female students alongside 4 male teachers and 3 female teachers every Wednesday from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | EP Meshero Rukomo in Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | EP Meshero |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Gicumbi district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, EP Meshero Rukomo in Gicumbi District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. EP Meshero Rukomo is located on the Rukomo roundabout on the way to Byumba. The primary school has 1,035 students and 18 teachers. School teachers note low parent engagement and unreliable payment of school fees. The school works with Save the Children, SOS (which supports mental health and school hygiene), Building Learning Foundations funded by UK AID (supporting the teaching of English and Maths) and Soma Umenye funded by US AID. The creative arts are taught for one period per week (40 minutes) by a teacher who has a passion for the arts as well as experience and necessary skills. The existing school partnerships offer an important opportunity to extend the engagement and impact of MAP. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda, Rwanda |
Organisation | Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. Ecole Notre Dame de la Providence Karubanda is located near the Huye Stadium in Huye. There are 600 students who attend the school and 28 teachers. The Headteacher is a trained counsellor and has hired school counsellors to support student mental health. The school works with nearby schools to run art programmes. Currently, the arts are not formally taught on the school curriculum and so there is considerable potential for MAP to influence teaching practices and integrate the arts into mental health support. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Friends of the Children International School (FCIS) in Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Friends of the Children International School |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rwamagana district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, FCIS integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for Master Trainers: 1,362,985 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GASS in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Gisenyi Adventist Secondary School (GASS) |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GASS in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GATENGA Healthcare Centre, Kicukiro district, Rwanda |
Organisation | Centre de Santé de Gatenga |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | GICUMBI District Hospital, Rwanda |
Organisation | Gicumbi District Hospital |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | GISENYI District Hospital, Rwanda |
Organisation | Gisenyi District Hospital |
Department | Mental Health Department |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | GISHARI Healthcare Centre, Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Westlock Healthcare Centre |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | GS AMAHORO in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Amahoro |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS AMAHORO in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to explore how schools can integrate MAP at Home using online platforms within their school calendar. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS BUHAZA in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Buhaza Primary School |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS BUHAZA in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. This school is located in Gisyeni town centre. There are 900 enrolled students. Teachers are unable to teach English. The school teaches dance for one hour each week and uses the arts in literature class. The school hosts clubs including dance and debate. The emphasis on arts and dialogue offer important contributions to MAP at Home and the foci on the arts for psychosocial wellbeing and peacebuilding. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS Gishihe in Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Gishihe |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Huye district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS Gishihe in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. GS Gishihe is located about 50 minutes from Huye. This school is remote and has 643 students, 23 teachers and is located in a small community. There are no existing NGO or peacebuilding projects in the area and students face significant challenges, including poverty and illiteracy. The school hosts 'Art, Sports and Music' for 40 minutes each week alongside a traditional dance troupe. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS Masaka in Kicukiro District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Masaka |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Kicukiro trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS Masaka in Kicukiro District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. GS Masaka is located in the middle of a field on top of a hill outside of Kigali in Masaka. There is no direct road to reach the school, but there are paths cars can use to access the school. The students live a minimum of twenty minutes walk to the school. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS Munyiginya in Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Munyiginya School |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Eastern Province trainers as Master Trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS Munyiginya integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP for Master Trainers: 1,362,985 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. The partnering school and Master Trainer has contributed to the evolution of MAP within the region of Rwamagana, Eastern Province through the weekly delivery of MAP activities both within the school curriculum and class instruction time alongside afterschool extra-curricular activities. Additionally, Eastern Province Master Trainers serve as the primary lead facilitators for the MAP at Home project. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil in Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Gicumbi district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil in Gicumbi District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. GS Notre Dame du Bon Conseil is a boarding school for girls that specialises in science and maths. The school has 720 students and 23 teachers. There is no formal teaching of the arts, but there are clubs that feature the arts, which offer an important opportunity for MAP to increase knowledge and skills within the school. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | GS Remera Protestant in Kicukiro District, Rwanda |
Organisation | GS Remera Protestant |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Kicukiro trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, GS Remera Protestant in Kicukiro District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. GS Remera Protestant school is located directly next to the Giporoso intersection on the road to Kabeza. There are 2500 enrolled students at the school. Groupe Scolaire Remera Protestant in Kicukiro district integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities for 29 male and 31 female students alongside 4 male teachers and 3 female teachers on a bi-weekly basis. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Groupe officiel Butare in Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | G.S.O. Butare (Official school group of Butare) |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Huye district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Groupe officiel Butare in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. Groupe officiel Butare is a boarding school with 1,127 students located near the Roman Catholic Church in Butare. The school has a large campus. School officials note significant issues with payment of school frees and note that poverty detrimentally influences school studies. There are limited materials for studying, including library books. The school hosts a debate club which, according to school officials, has enhanced conflict solving capacity at the school. The school also hosts an active traditional dance troupe with regular performances of drama and poetry. The debate club and dance troupe offers good potential to contribute to MAP's focus on arts and peacebuilding. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | IICRD International Institute for Child Rights and Development |
Organisation | International Institute for Child Rights and Development |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Map has worked collaboratively with the IICRD through an exchange of learnings of participatory arts-based practices. IICRD through their project You Create have developed a methodology to strengthen resilience and the psychosocial competencies of children and youth. Laura Lee the Director of IICRD also sits on the steering committee for MAP at Home |
Collaborator Contribution | The IIRCD through Laura Lee, will help provide strategic guidance to the MAP at home project as a member of the steering committee. |
Impact | Ongoing participatory arts-based practices support |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Ikibondo Primary School in Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | ikibondo primary school |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Huye district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Ikibondo Primary School in Huye District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. GS Tumba is located near the University of Rwanda. The school has 625 enrolled students with 416 primary school students. There are 21 primary teachers (3 female, 18 male). Music is taught for one hour per week and the school competes in singing and dancing competitions on a local level, which is an important opportunity to spread the impact of the MAP project. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Institute for Research and Dialogue for Peace |
Organisation | Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Provided the supervision as well as coaching sessions |
Collaborator Contribution | Provission of working setting (In health setting and schools and out of school) |
Impact | Facilitated the knowledge dissemination and the adoption of the model within health institutions and schools |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace |
Organisation | Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The Institute of Research and Dialogue (IRDP) is an independent think tank dedicate for dialogue and peace in Rwanda. IRDP is host for the MAP project in Rwanda. With this status it coordinates all MAP activities in Rwanda and guarantees their legitimacy. The MAP at Home project has worked collaboratively in the development of MAP at Home with IRDP. This has included the development of the psychosocial curriculum, the continued development of MAP clubs that are delivered in partnership with IRDP and continued participation for young people who engage with IRDP programmes. The development of MAP at Home has also had significant financial impact with the employment of two additional members of staff at IRDP and financial support provided for the administration team. |
Collaborator Contribution | IRDP has facilitated the engagement of teachers and young people in 5 districts: Rwamagana, Kicukiro, Gicumbi, Huye and Rubavu. It has also guaranteed that MAP at Home workshops will be delivered in 25 MAP clubs in 25 schools. This will lead to the training of 25 teachers in MAP at Home methodologies and online platforms which will subsequently lead to 500 children engaging with MAP at Home workshops and materials. Furthermore, the collaboration with IRDP is critical to ensuring that MAP at Home methods and findings are shared with the Rwanda Education Board (REB) with an aim to develop art-based psychosocial support in schools. |
Impact | The IRDP have supported the development of collaborations with the 25 schools identified in the MAP at Home project and the Rwanda Education Board. the engagement with schools has led to the training of 25 teachers in Zoom platforms and introductory sessions to the MAP at Home projects. These outcomes are listed in the engagement activities section and the collaboration and partnerships section. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary working across peacebuilding and arts practices. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | KABUTARE District Hospital, Rwanda |
Organisation | Kabutare District Hospital |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | KIGALI TVET SCHOOL in Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | KIBALI TVET SCHOOL |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Gicumbi district trainers as Master Trainers during the KIGALI TVET SCHOOL in Gicumbi District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. KIGALI TVET SCHOOL is located on the campus of the IPRC Kigali University. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Lycee Du Lac Muhazi/ASPEJ in Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | School Du Lac Muhazi |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Eastern Province trainers as Master Trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Lycee Du Lac Muhazi/ASPEJ integrates MAP into the curriculum for 300 male and 500 female students on a weekly basis. Also, through the implementation of an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities for 10 male and 25 female students alongside 1 male and 1 female teacher on a weekly basis. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for Master Trainers: 1,362,985 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. The partnering school and Master Trainer has contributed to the evolution of MAP within the region of Rwamagana, Eastern Province through the weekly delivery of MAP activities both within the school curriculum and class instruction time alongside afterschool extra-curricular activities. Additionally, Eastern Province Master Trainers serve as the primary lead facilitators for the MAP at Home project. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | MANYAGIRO Healthcare Centre, Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Manyagiro Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MASAKA District Hospital, Rwanda |
Organisation | Masaka Hospital, Rwanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MUKO Healthcare Centre, Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Mukono Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MUKONO Healthcare Centre, Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Mukono Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MUKURA Healthcare Centre, Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Mukura Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | MURAMBI Healthcare Centre, Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Murambi Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Masaka District Hospital |
Organisation | Masaka Hospital, Rwanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | NYAKIRIBA Health Centre |
Organisation | Nyakiriba Health Center |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The health centre identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The health centre helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | National Rehabilitation Service |
Organisation | National Rehabilitation Service |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The MAP at Home has collaborated with the Rwanda National Rehabilitation Service as a co-producer in the development and delivery of the project. The MAP at Home team have provided training and engagement for staff from the Rwanda National rehabilitation Service during the early stages of the project. This has included invitation to stakeholder meetings as well as training sessions and community pilot workshops. The MAP at Home Project has made financial contribution (£8,500) to the Rwanda National Rehabilitation Service to support the development of 27 psychologists for the duration of the projects. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Rwanda National Rehabilitation Service has been present at all stakeholder meetings and workshops. This has provided valuable insight to the development of the project, specifically the development of Kinyarwandan mental health terms. In addition, the Rwanda National Rehabilitation Services has provided services and support in each of the districts in which MAP at Home is operating including venue usage and specialist support from psychosocial workers. |
Impact | The outputs related to the collaboration have included the development of Kinyarwandan terms in Mental health, the establishment of collaborations with relevant district hospitals and community health centres. These can be seen in the collaborations and partnerships and publications section. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary working across psychosocial and arts practices. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | National Rehabilitation Services (Rehabilitation Centres) |
Organisation | National Rehabilitation Service |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Trained their staff on mental health |
Collaborator Contribution | Help in the elaboration and construction of mental health- related concepts vis-a-vis the local context |
Impact | Facilitated participants followup and support through online (Zoom workshops) |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Petit Seminaire Rwesero in Gicumbi District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Petit Seminaire Rwesero |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Gicumbi district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Petit Seminaire Rwesero in Gicumbi District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. This is a boarding school for boys located in a remote area. There are 388 students and 17 teachers. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | RANGO Healthcare Centre, Huye District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rango Healthcare Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | RTC TVET in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rubavu Technical College (RTC) TVET |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, RTC TVET in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | RTVET in Rubavu District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rubavu Technical College (RTC) TVET |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Rubavu district trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, RTVET in Rubavu District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to explore how schools can integrate MAP at Home using online platforms within their school calendar. RTVET in Rubavu District has 743 students. There are no formal art classes, although teachers include elements of art and performance in their class curriculums, which demonstrates the need and potential for MAP. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | RUHUNDA Healthcare Centre, Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Ruhunda Healthcare Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | RWAMAGANA District Hospital, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rwamagana Provincial Hospital |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The District hospital identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The District hospital helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | RWAMAGANA Healthcare Centre, Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rwamagana Healthcare Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the training of community health centre psychosocial workers for District-level mental health provision. The role of the centres is to embed the learnings from MAP at Home into their practices and to disseminate to community members. This centre is connected to the District hospital which enables professional support for community members who require additional follow up and/or referrals. |
Collaborator Contribution | This health centre has provided a community hub in which local MAP Master Trainers and MAP Youth Trainers work alongside the psychosocial workers to deliver the workshops to their communities. |
Impact | Stakeholder workshops and online zoom training for psychosocial workers and participants. Disciplines involved: Performing Arts, Psychology, Area Studies and Health. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | Rwamagana Leaders' School in Rwamagana District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Rwamagana Leaders’ School |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Eastern Province trainers as Master Trainers. Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, Rwamagana Leaders' School integrates MAP into the curriculum for 236 male and 346 female students on a weekly basis. Also, through the implementation of an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities for 36 male and 50 female students alongside 4 male and 5 female teachers on a weekly basis. MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for Master Trainers: 1,362,985 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. The partnering school and Master Trainer has contributed to the evolution of MAP within the region of Rwamagana, Eastern Province through the weekly delivery of MAP activities both within the school curriculum and class instruction time alongside afterschool extra-curricular activities. Additionally, Eastern Province Master Trainers serve as the primary lead facilitators for the MAP at Home project. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Rwanda Arts Council |
Organisation | Rwanda Arts Council (RAC) |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The MAP at Home team have worked collaboratively with the Rwanda Arts Council in the development of the project and its design. MAP at Home has provided financial support to the Rwanda Arts Council to ensure inclusion of cultural artists in the MAP at Home project. The financial support provided to the Rwanda Arts Council was £2,000. Cultural artists have been in attendance for stakeholder meetings, training and workshops from November to the current date. The development of the MAP at Home curriculum has been shared with the Rwanda Arts Council as well as preliminary findings from the project, specifically the adaption of arts-based activities for online platforms. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Rwanda Arts Council has been an active partner and co-producer in the development of the MAP at Home project. This has included input into the design of the project, identification of cultural artists and signposting to relevant policy documentation. Rwanda Arts Council have contributed to the project by being attendance at stakeholder meetings and the preliminary training workshops. In addition, Rwanda Arts Council have acted as an advocate for MAP at Home by sharing preliminary findings with relevant national arts networks and sharing findings at a national policy level. |
Impact | The collaboration has led to multiple artistic outcomes as listed under the Creative Artistic Products section. These outcomes have included collaborating on the development of Unit 1 - Trust and the production of seven songs reflecting on the MAP process by a MAP Cultural Artist. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Rwanda Biomedical Center |
Organisation | Rwanda Biomedical Center |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has collaborated with the Rwanda Biomedical Center as a co-producer for the development and delivery of the project. The MAP at Home team have worked with staff at the Rwanda Biomedical Center to coordinate training and engagement activities during the early stages of the project. These activities have included invitations to stakeholder meetings as well as training sessions and community pilot workshops. The MAP at Home Project has made a financial contribution (£5,000) to the Rwanda Biomedical Center to ensure that specialist psychosocial support is provided to the project and to ensure sustainability of activities when the project terminates. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Rwanda Biomedical Center has been present at all stakeholder meetings and workshops. This has provided valuable insight to the development of the project, specifically the development of Kinyarwandan mental health terms. In addition to this, the Rwanda Biomedical Center has provided services and support in each of the districts that MAP at Home is operating in. |
Impact | The outputs related to the collaboration have included the development of Kinyarwandan terms in the field of mental health and the development of new collaborations with relevant district hospitals and community health centres. These can be seen in the collaborations and partnerships and publications section. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary working across psychosocial and arts practices. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Rwanda Biomedical Centre (All District Hospitals) |
Organisation | Rwanda Biomedical Center |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | Contributed to the definition of indicators of Mental Health problems and mental health wellness |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributed to the definition of indicators of Mental Health problems and mental health wellness |
Impact | Facilited healing group creation and falicilitation with regards to the contexualized arts based tools |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Rwanda Education Board (Through Schools) |
Organisation | Rwanda Education Board |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Contributed to the establishment of healing setting in their health setting and out of health setting (Schools and community) |
Collaborator Contribution | Worked together parterners in the restruction and setting of intervention Areas |
Impact | Facilited participants selections of the MAP at Home project |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO |
Organisation | Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO (CNRU) |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | The Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO is a key partner for MAP at Home and all preliminary findings from the project have been shared. The MAP at Home project has actively supported existing UNESCO clubs and young people who participate in associating programmes with the offer of participating in MAP at Home. The MAP at Home project has provided £1,000 to the Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO. This £1,000 has been used to facilitate the adoption of MAP at Home in existing UNESCO clubs and to support the development of UNESCO networking at national policy level. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO has been active in the development of the MAP at Home project. The Rwanda National Commission has been closely involved in developing networks for sharing preliminary findings and leading discussions at a national policy level. Other activities have included: raising awareness of the MAP at Home project at a national level with the Cultural Creative Industry think tank; providing support for the development of prospective national policy briefs; and developing links with governmental offices. The Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO has also agreed to support the MAP at Home bid to the British Academy's 2022 conference call. |
Impact | The Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO are active partners within the MAP at Home project and have engaged in stakeholder meetings and trainings that have taken place since the project commenced. The development of the Kinyarwandan mental health terms outlined in the publications section were informed by participation of the Rwanda National Commission for UNESCO. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary working across education and arts practices. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Sana Initiative |
Organisation | Sana Initiative |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | MAP has contributed to the integration of participatory arts-based practices in relation to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. In this way, enabling Sana Initiative to deliver mental health and wellbeing workshops throughout the 25 partnering schools. In particular, Sana Initiative has identified MAP exercises that support psychosocial wellbeing towards the development of MAP at Home. |
Collaborator Contribution | Sana Initiative will offer workshops and one-to-one support as needed and contracted. |
Impact | Ongoing psychosocial support; steering group membership. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Sovu Health Centre |
Organisation | Sovu Health Centre |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | MAP at Home has contributed to decentralising mental health provision by linking individuals to local healthcare centres and hospitals. Working with our psychosocial lead, Chaste Uwihoreye, and a team of psychosocial workers, MAP at Home has developed new practices to support people with mental health issues. The methodology has served to translate mental health terminologies into Kinyarwanda to demystify mental health within the Rwandan context and culture; in Kinyarwanda there is no direct translation for certain Western mental health conditions and terms. The translations have provided a context and understanding for professionals and community members; helping people better understand mental health from an indigenous approach. |
Collaborator Contribution | The Health Centre identified community participants to assist the research participant recruitment process. They have provided professional support with psychologists and nurses who are ready to intervene if a participant is going through severe mental health challenges. They have also provided a designated space where community members can come and participate in MAP at Home online activities. |
Impact | The health centre helped to identify and recruit community participants; providing us with the provision of additional professional support and space for patients to connect to online workshops as needed. |
Start Year | 2021 |
Description | UMUBANO ACADEMY in Kicukiro District, Rwanda |
Organisation | Umubano Academy |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The MAP project has provided ongoing training and support including site visits, sustainability training workshops, manuals and toolkits and professional development through the coaching of the Kicukiro trainers as Master Trainers during the delivery of the training of trainers . Due to the contributions made by the MAP research team, UMUBANO ACADEMY in Kicukiro District integrates MAP into an extra-curricular MAP club delivering MAP activities MAP has coordinated with the school to deliver new teaching methodology and relationship development with teachers as well as learners. Learners have become more involved in their different lessons. Contribution of MAP of participation fees for teachers: 492,768 RWF over 12 months. Ongoing training and inclusion in delivery of 12 online units related to the mental health provision through arts-based approaches; connecting young people, schools and communities to mental health service providers. Provision of mobile phones and data bundles. |
Collaborator Contribution | MAP workshops; In-kind support through the provision of space and facilitation for MAP Clubs. Expertise related to the adaptation of MAP at Home in relation to the regional contexts. Collection of data. Teachers are working alongside psychosocial workers to integrate MAP at Home using online platforms into teaching, and work is underway to develop a calendar of activities. UMUBANO ACADEMY is supported by project partner A Partner in Education. It is located in the valley between Niboye and Kabeza. |
Impact | MAP Clubs; informing the curriculum and mental health provision through informal mechanisms and coordination of youth engagement with MAP at Home through MAP workshops. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | University of Rwanda |
Organisation | University of Rwanda |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Provided the online and face to face healing modules (Set of arts based tools and how the are delivered session by session) |
Collaborator Contribution | Contributed to Participants selection as well as facilitators |
Impact | Facilitated in the knowledge dissemination to mental health professionals as well as teacher and students facilitators (School counsellors) Inventing healing tools Development of module Development, distribution of surveys Facilitating face to face and online healing sessions Developing training modules Knowledge dissemination through reports, webinar, and publication |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Uyisenga Ni Imanzi |
Organisation | Uyisenga Ni Imanzi |
Country | Rwanda |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Uyisenga Ni Imanzi is a key partner and co-investigator for the MAP at Home project in Rwanda. Uyisenga Ni Imanzi coordinates MAP at Home activities in Rwanda, specifically the co-ordination of workshops with young people who are service users of psychosocial support. The MAP at Home project has worked collaboratively to co-lead the development of the project with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi. This has included the development of the psychosocial curriculum and the continued delivery of MAP at Home community workshops. MAP at Home has enabled dissemination of blogposts, authored by the MAP at Home Co-Investigator at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi, regarding MAP at Home. MAP at Home has also had significant financial impact through the employment of psychosocial workers at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi for the duration of the project and continued training for project personnel. |
Collaborator Contribution | Uyisenga Ni Imanzi has acted as the lead partner for developing psychosocial components for the MAP at Home projects and developing collaborations with district hospitals and community health centres. The extensive networking undertaken by Uyisenga Ni Imanzi has enabled the MAP at Home project to be delivered across all five provinces of Rwanda and supported the development of community partnerships. Uysienga Ni Imanzi has also been a key co-collaborator on the development of the online psychosocial curriculum as well as associated MAP at Home units. Psychosocial workers at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi are co-facilitators with existing MAP Master Trainers and have received training on using the Zoom platform and facilitating online delivery of creative exercises. |
Impact | The collaboration has developed 16 partnerships with district hospitals and community health centres, four blogs and the delivery of stakeholder meetings, training and community pilot workshops. These can be seen under the following sections; collaborations and partnerships; and engagement activities. The collaboration is multi-disciplinary working across psychosocial and arts practices. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Title | MAP at Home - Online Psychosocial Module |
Description | The MAP at Home Online Psychosocial Module is an interactive website designed for young people. The website will host all 12 units developed part of the MAP at Home project and will allow young people to participant in arts and psychosocial exercises. The website will host a project description, interactive exercises, surveys and relevant contact details. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2021 |
Impact | No identifiable impact as of yet. |
URL | https://modules.lincoln.ac.uk/map/ |
Description | 4-month follow up of face to face and online (Zoom) interventions. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Since December 2020 until now, every 4 months a follow up is carried out to evaluate how participants are feeling, how they are coping with life struggles, and how they are working on a case by case basis. For the online workshops, two follow up workshops were carried out in October and December 2021. The further aim of these workshops was to examine the sustainability of the intervention and the impact of MAP at Home in healing emotional wounds. The facilitators reported that participants are overall well, feel good, and are working as expected. Some of them, however, struggles with high levels of poverty and/or sickness. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Blog - Introduction to MAP at Home |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This blog-post was written by the MAP at Home Post-doctoral Research Associate introducing the project. The blog focussed on contextual background for the project, the project partners and stakeholders as well as the projects deliverables. The blog was published on the MAP website and publicised via the relevant MAP social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/map-at-home/ |
Description | Blog - Making Meaning in Psychosocial Training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This blog-post was written by MAP at Home Co-Investigators in Rwanda - Chaste Uwihoreye, Dr Eric Ndushabandi and Dr Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo. The blog focussed on training events that had taken place in December 2020 and consulted MAP trainers and psychosocial workers on the use of the arts as a psychosocial approach and defining mental health constructs in Kinyarwanda. The blog was published on the MAP at Home website and distributed via the MAP social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/map-at-home/psychosocial-training/ |
Description | Blog - Unit 1: Experiencing emotions |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The blog-post was written by project Co-I Chaste Uwhiroeye, research assistant Queen Mukagitore &Post-doctoral Research Associate Matthew Elliott. The blog provided a review of the first series of workshops delivered by MAP trainers and Psychosocial workers. The blog was published on the MAP website and publicised via the relevant MAP social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Blog - Why is MAP at Home important? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This blog was developed in collaboration with MAP master trainers discussing the importance of MAP at Home within the context of Covid-19. The blog provides different perspectives on the social need of the project as well as the idea of using online platforms for artistic and psychosocial activity. The blog was published on the MAP at Home website and distributed via the MAP social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/importance-of-map-at-home-during-covid/ |
Description | CampusPress Meeting - Online module setup |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A working group meeting was held with website hosting organisation CampusPress to discuss the setup of the MAP at Home online psychosocial module. The meeting was hosted by CampusPress and presented the functions of the CampusPress site and its applicability to the MAP at Home project. In attendance were the MAP at Home team, University of Lincoln online communities team and a member of the CampusPress team. There were 8 people in attendance. The gender split of attendees was five male and three female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Co-I Eric Ndushabandi provided interview on Isango Start TV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Eric Ndushabandi provided interview as part of radio show Isango Start TV on 10 April 2021 regarding the commemoration to discuss the MAP at Home initiative in relation to peacebuilding and mental health for Kwibuka: the steps towards healing and social wellbeing within the Covid context. The TV production was live and had national coverage. Ndushabandi was joined by a psychosocial worker from Uyisenga Ni Imanzi. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://youtu.be/9RPUyWj1kX4 |
Description | Decentralisation of the arts-based healing model in 82 health institution and 2 rehabilitation centres through the training of 130 mental health professionals. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Carried out from August to December 2021, the goal of this activity was to scale up the MAP at home activities in all health and rehabilitation centres in the intervention areas of the project (5 district hospitals). 130 mental health services providers were trained across 5 hospitals, with each a hospital had 2 days of training. After the workshops, attendants asked for support in healing group creation and coaching on their respective health centres. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Digital Arts Project Provides Vital Virtual Support for Genocide Commemorations in Rwanda |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In collaboration with the University of Lincoln's communications team, a press release was written and distributed to local, regional and national media outlets. The press release focussed on the role of the MAP at Home project during Rwanda's annual commemoration activities of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The press release discusses the use of digital technologies that are being used by MAP partners during commemoration week to counter social distancing rules that are currently in place in Rwanda. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | http://www.lincoln.ac.uk/news/2021/04/1687.asp |
Description | Distribution of IT Materials to 15 Schools |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This activity took place on the 11th and 12th February 2022. Psycho-social workers and IT experts distributed IT materials and installed them in 15 schools. The aim of this activity was to help clubs to access online curriculum. The heads of schools said that they were so satisfied with the smart screens, that will help them in many activities, and particularly happy that students could access map exercises online curriculum. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Distribution of IT materials smart phones to participants and lap top to psycho-social workers, |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | In this activity, carried out in February 2021, we provided all of the 74 participants and the teachers throughout the 5 districts with smartphones and internet access in order to facilitate access to the online workshops. Psycho-social workers received laptops as well. After the session, participants manifested their excitement about the materials received and expressed the importance of this tools to overcome loneliness and shyness, and to help them participate of socialisation activities in order to heal themselves. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Distribution of post surveys to all participants of online and community workshops to assess changes in emotions in response to the arts-based approach |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This activity took place from the 20th to the 25th of September 2021. Following up on the pre-surveys that had been distributed before the workshops, we gave to all of the team of facilitators , teachers and the 74 participants post-surveys, to measure the changes in behaviours, reactions, feelings, and any potential developments throughout the online curriculum of MAP at home. Overall, participants expressed an increased ability to manage their emotions and behaviours and stated that MAP at home played a big role in their lives. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Distribution of pre-surveys and submission and data management |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The aim of this activity, was to know currently the situation of participants in the beginning of project, so they could be compared with any potential changes towards the end of project. Accordingly, we sent pre-surveys to all participants and facilitators and invited them to attend a research online meeting in order to know their current situation regarding their emotions and mental health, wellness and hardships. Upon processing the results, it was found that more than 80% of respondents had mental health issues, thus demonstrating their need for help/support. At the end of the online zoom workshop, they generally expressed feeling well and having benefited from the project in different way. They stated having built their "inner forces" to cope with their problems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Distribution of pre-surveys to school clubs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | On the 23rd and 24th of February 20222 at least 50 pre-surveys per school were distributed among 15 schools, and accordingly, 15 clubs. At least 750 students completed. The goal of these surveys was to to check the current situation of the students related to mental health, and to know how MAP at Home could foster an improvement in lifestyle. After the visit tour to the schools, the teachers asked to train heads of school in order to create reproduce and appropriate the project tools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | IT Consultancy Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home hosted meetings were held with project partners Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) and the associated IT team regarding the purchase of IT material for project participants. The working group reviewed the relevant IT needs for the project, the purchasing of materials and the distribution of relevant IT materials. The working group consisted of co-investigators Chaste Uwihoreye, Dr Eric Ndushabandi and Dr Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo with support from the IT department at IRDP. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | International symposium organized by University of Rwanda and Boston university |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | An international symposium organized by the University of Rwanda and Boston University to access the role of arts based forms in education mental health support and peacebuilding. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Interview for National news |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This activity was in line with the 27th commemoration 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, The discussions were centered around providing online psychosocial support and the benefits of Map at Home During Covid 19. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://youtu.be/9RPUyWj1kX4 |
Description | Introduction to MAP at Home - Community Workshop 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | A 60-minute online workshop (24 January 2021) introduced all participants and facilitators to the MAP at Home project and delivered a Zoom training (including the use of the microphone, screen and chat function). The training was delivered by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator with support from the technical assistant at the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP). The workshop culminated with future workshop dates being provided to participants and the development of Zoom skills. 36 people attended the workshop (22 female, 14 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Introduction to MAP at Home - Community Workshop 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A 60-minute online workshop (24 February 2021) introduced all participants and facilitators to the MAP at Home project and delivered a Zoom training (including the use of a microphone, screen and chat function). The training was delivered by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-investigator with support from the technical assistant at the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP). The workshop culminated with future workshop dates being provided to participants and the development of Zoom skills. 30 participants attended the workshop (18 female, 12 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Introduction to MAP at Home - Community Workshop 3 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A 60-minute online workshop (24 February 2021) introduced all participants and facilitators to the MAP at Home project and delivered a Zoom training (including the use of the microphone, screen and chat function). The training was delivered by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator with support from the technical assistant at the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP). The workshop culminated with future workshop dates being provided to participants and the development of Zoom skills. 50 people attended the workshop (33 female, 17 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Lauching the project, redesigning the project and working on the contexualition of tools and concepts with staff of the parternes institutions (RBC, REB and NRS) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The aim of this session was to plan the implementation of the MAP at home project. Participants said this was really needed to cover people suffering from the consequences of Covid-19. After the session different concepts and tools were redesigned. Similarly, the training of mental health practitioners working in intervention areas was scheduled to facilitate the selection of participants and the dissemination of knowledge. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP Master Trainer - Facilitation Training |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A facilitation training workshop was held with MAP Master Trainers on 21 February 2021. The workshop provided trainers with skills in online facilitation and the development of online exercises in relation to Unit 1 exercises. The workshop also included an introduction using the Zoom platform and its inbuilt applications. All MAP Master Trainers attended the workshop (7 male, 5 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP Master Trainers Consultation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A consultation meeting was held with MAP Master Trainers on 19th February 2021. The meeting aimed to provide MAP Master Trainers with information regarding the development of the project and their role as facilitators. The main focus of the meeting was to share ideas around the facilitation of Unit 1 exercises and the organisation of their deliveries. The trainers identified the need for further support with facilitation and requested additional training. All 12 MAP Master Trainers attended the meeting (7 male, 5 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Community Pilot Workshop: Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A community pilot workshop was held by project Co-Investigators, MAP trainers and psychologists in the Gicumbi District with community participants selected by the organisation Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (19 January 2021). The workshop was based on the Unit 1 exercises of the MAP at Home curriculum. Participants were invited to take part in all exercises as well as provide feedback on their experience of the workshops. The workshop was attended by 13 female participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Community Pilot Workshop: Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A community pilot workshop was held by MAP at Home project co-investigators, MAP trainers and psychologists in Rubavu District with community participants selected by the organisation Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (19 January 2021). The workshop was based on the Unit 1 exercises of the MAP at Home curriculum. Participants were invited to take part in all exercises as well as provide feedback on their experience of the workshops. The workshop was attended by 17 participants (13 female, 4 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Community Pilot workshop: Huye District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A community pilot workshop was held by MAP at Home project Co-Investigators, MAP trainers and psychologists in the Huye District with community participants selected by the organisation Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (15 January 2021). The workshop was based on the Unit 1 exercises of the MAP at Home curriculum. Participants were invited to take part in all exercises as well as to provide feedback on their experience of the workshops. The workshop was attended by 15 female participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Community Pilot workshop: Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A community pilot workshop was held by MAP at Home project Co-Investigators, MAP trainers and psychologists in the Rubavu District with community participants selected by the organisation Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (15 January 2021). The workshop was based on the Unit 1 exercises of the MAP at Home curriculum. Participants were invited to take part in all exercises as well as to provide feedback on their experience of the workshops. The workshop was attended by 27 participants (22 female, 5 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Community pilot workshop: Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A community pilot workshop was held by MAP at Home project Co-Investigators, MAP trainers and psychologists in Gicumbi District with community participants selected by the organisation Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (18 January 2021). The workshop was based on the Unit 1 exercises of the MAP at Home curriculum. Participants were invited to take part in all exercises as well as to provide feedback on their experience of the workshops. The workshop was attended by 11 female participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Preparation Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On 10 November 2020, MAP at Home organised an introductory workshop with six clinical psychologists (3 males, 3 females) from Uyisenga Ni Imanzi, MAP's partner organisation specialised in child development. The workshop introduced the MAP at Home project, its research questions, and the role that the recruited clinical psychologists will play in the project. During the workshop, participants also discussed activities for an upcoming stakeholder meeting. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Project Meetings |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home meetings are weekly meetings that are held with the MAP at Home team including Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator's. Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Research Assistant, Project Manager and Project Consultant. The meeting agenda differ on a weekly basis but focus on the main aspects of project management, monitoring and evaluation, stakeholder engagement and data analysis. Weekly meetings have been held since September and the team is comprised of 9 members. The gender split of the team includes six males and three females. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | MAP at Home - Stakeholder meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A socially distanced stakeholder meeting (11 November 2020) was held with MAP at Home stakeholders from the Rwandan Educational Board and the Rwandan Biomedical Centre), as well as clinical psychologists, and MAP master trainers at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi offices. The workshop sought to introduce the MAP at Home project, to discuss the dominant themes of the research, and to hold a consultation on key terminologies. It was attended by 26 people (15 male, 9 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 Training (Group 1: Day 2) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 2 of a two-day training workshop: It focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (8 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 31 participants attended the workshop (13 male, 18 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 Training (Group 2: Day 1) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 1 of a two-day training workshop. It focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (10 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 27 participants attended the training (17 female, 10 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 Training (Group 2: Day 2) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 2 of a two-day training workshop: It focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (11 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 27 participants attended the training (17 female, 10 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 Training (Group 3: Day 1) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 1 of a two-day MAP at Home training workshop: It focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (14 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 36 participants attended the workshop (15 male, 21 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 Training (Group 3: Day 2) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 2 of a two-day training workshop: It focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (15 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 36 participants attended the training (15 male, 21 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home - Unit 1 training (Group 1: Day 1) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Day 1 of a two-day training workshop: The workshop focussed on Unit 1 of the MAP at Home curriculum (7 December 2020). The workshop enabled participants to experience and facilitate a range of arts-based workshops developed by the MAP at Home Principal Investigator and the Co-Investigator. The training was provided for psychologists, MAP trainers and artists to develop their own workshops for delivery in the community at a later stage in the MAP at Home project. 31 participants attended the workshop (31 male, 18 female). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | MAP at Home webpage and digital resource |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | The MAP at Home webpage was created as a digital resource for MAP at Home as an 18-month sub-project of MAP Network Plus. This project focuses on mental health support and community engagement in Rwanda during the COVID-19 pandemic. MAP at Home is funded by the AHRC and Newton Fund Rapid Response call and will host key outputs from the project which include 12 online workshops; psychosocial module; monitoring and evaluation reports; and publications after a MAP at Home policy informing event. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://map.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/map-at-home/ |
Description | MAP at home community activities |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | This activity consisted of 4 moths of intense interventions with groups at risk such as teen mothers, people recovering from drug addiction, former homeless children, beneficiaries of mental heath services, families in conflict, and genocide survivors. For these interventions, we formed 164 groups containing all the above categories for a total of 1318 participants, and with the involvement of 17 health institutions and 12 schools. Throughout the 4 months, participants met weekly (once bi-weekly) for a total of 16 sessions spanning from May to September 2021. The aim of this subsidiary activity of MAP at home, was to test whether artistic approaches were effective in healing emotional wounds at the community level. After the sessions, participants stated that healing with arts was essential and helped them to open their minds, and to invite new friends in their lives. As a result, participants felt that this project certainly helped them in creating new stories, transforming them, and building up resilience and strength as compared to their capacity to do so before the workshops. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | MAP at home online workshops (6-month intervention) with groups at risk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The workshops took place in the months of February, March, May, June, July, August, across the 5 districts. They counted on the participation of people from different groups at risk such as Teen mothers, people recovering from drug addiction, former homeless children, beneficiaries of mental health services, families in conflict, and genocide survivors, in addition to the facilitators (teachers, psycho-social workers, young and master trainers). These healing workshops were conducted monthly in an online format, prior to which the facilitators would meet for 5 days to prepare and rehearse the activities contained in the workshops. Each workshop covered 1 out of the five modules that constituted the whole module. The objective of these workshop was to contribute to the healing of emotional wounds through the use of online psychotherapy. Topics covered included managing emotions, cases online , help someone from a distance, and responding to the pandemic and stay-home directives. As an outcome, at the end of project participants expressed that the knowledge in the above topics was gained, especially related to mental health support, the regulation of emotions, emotions creation, story creation and modification, and healing emotional wounds. After each workshop, we would reflect on its results and benefits with the use of WhatsApp. This socialisation via WhatsAp also worked as a way to remind participants to attend subsequent workshops. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Rwanda |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Dr Ron Adam, Ambassador of Israel in Rwanda met with the IRDP MAP team and Kirrily Pells. The purpose of the meeting was to showcase the work of IRDP, including the work of MAP and explore possibilities for future collaboration. Presentations were provided on the MAP Network Plus project, MAP at Home project and Connective Memories project. An excerpt from the MAP documentary on sharing stories was also screened. The presentations were followed by a wide-ranging conversation on the role of young people in peacebuilding, the use of arts for dialogue and peacebuilding and the challenges of discussing sensitive histories. Dr Adam offered to connect IRDP with other national and international key stakeholders in peacebuilding and to explore the possibility of supporting future training activities. In addition, Dr Adam expressed the belief that the MAP approach was transferable to other conflict-affected contexts around the world and had much to offer as a means of engaging young people and policy makers in dialogue. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Mobile Filmmaking Workshop Review - MAP Master Trainers (Day 1, 2nd January 2021) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home hosted a two day online workshop with MAP Master Trainers on 2nd and 3rd January 2021. These workshops reviewed two mobile films that were produced as part of the MAP Ubwuzu project to explore issues related to mental health. The mobile films were titled 'Telephone' and 'The Plate at School'. Participants watched and discussed the films as part of the activities. The discussion focused on the creation process, dominant themes and the further development of the films. The workshop participants were 8 in total (four male, four female). The following questions were used to frame the session: What was the story? What were you trying to say? What were your aims? How was the story being told through the perspective of an object/person/place? How did you create the film as a group? What was your process to create the film? What was the main theme of the film? Did your film relate to any of the following themes: mental health/conflict/dialogue/etc.? If so, how? If you were to continue developing the film, what would you do? What questions would you ask of the audience or viewer of the film? What questions might you want the audience or viewer to ask you? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Mobile Filmmaking Workshop Review - MAP Master Trainers (Day 2, 3rd January 2021) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home hosted a two day online workshop with MAP Master Trainers on 2nd and 3rd January 2021. These workshops reviewed two mobile films that were produced as part of the MAP Ubwuzu project to explore issues related to mental health. The mobile films were titled 'Headphones' and 'Amazing Dog'. Participants watched and discussed the films as part of the activities. The discussion focused on the creation process, dominant themes and the further development of the films. The workshop participants were 8 in total (four male, four female). The following questions were used to frame the session: What was the story? What were you trying to say? What were your aims? How was the story being told through the perspective of an object/person/place? How did you create the film as a group? What was your process to create the film? What was the main theme of the film? Did your film relate to any of the following themes: mental health/conflict/dialogue/etc.? If so, how? If you were to continue developing the film, what would you do? What questions would you ask of the audience or viewer of the film? What questions might you want the audience or viewer to ask you? What was the main theme of the film? Did your film relate to any of the following themes: mental health/conflict/dialogue/etc.? If so, how? If you were to continue developing the film, what would you do? What questions would you ask of the audience or viewer of the film? What questions might you want the audience or viewer to ask you? |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Module Development Working Group |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A working group was established by MAP at Home Principal Investigator Professor Ananda Breed and Co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye to develop the content for the online psychosocial module. Meetings commenced in September 2020 and have been held on a monthly basis to continue development of online arts and psychosocial exercises. The working group shared drafts of separate units when developed with the wider MAP at Home team. The gender split of the working group is 1 male and 1 female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Online Art Exhibition and audience with Local Office of Empowerment, Child Protection and Population Planning of DKI Jakarta |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | MAP Indonesia, on July 15th 2022, organised an online exhibition with facilitators and young researchers showcasing the comic book and film the young researchers created in phase 2 small grants to the Local Office of Empowerment and Child Protection. Including in the exhibition was presentations of the creative processes behind the art forms. Ade Ibnu as the young researcher representative of the 'Brawl' research, explained how identification of problem evolved to making Comic book entitled JANGAN (Don't) about brawls. The young researchers chose Brawls for their topic and chose comic book as the final product. Then they started making the script with the other four young researchers. Following inputs of drawings and pictures, Vina Puspita (MAP doctoral researcher) helped illustrated the comic book. Then the young researchers met the village head for a consultation about the comic. After getting the feedback from the village head they felt the feedback was relevant and so added, then finished off. A policy brief from the research was produced. Muhammad Haikel Akmal Buchori continued it by explaining the process of making the 'Sexual Violence' film entitled RUMAH TAK RAMAH (Unfriendly Home). It started the same way as the brawl research, the young researchers chose sexual violence as their research topic based on the problem tree analysis and chose film as the final product. They then conducted a quick survey for community members to understand their perspectives on the issue. In parallel, a youth facilitator (Endang) of Yayasan Bandungwangi conducted semi-informal interviews with few survivors of the violence. Together the findings informed young researchers' development of the film's synopsis, with consultations from filmmakers at Kalamtara film house. The young researchers created a script then proceeded to look for shooting locations and actors. The actors then went through acting training by Kalamtara. The young researchers took several days for the shooting, editing, retake some scenes, re-edit, adding some soundtrack for the film while consulting with the cultural artist from YPMAI, and finally finalised the editing. The two small grants research projects then moved to use the two art forms in focussed group discussions with community members and young people. The meeting then closed with some statements from the Local Office of Empowerment and Child Protection saying; "The process is very long and tiring, but the results are very good. Hopefully, the artwork will be an inspiration for other children. Hopefully not only in Jakarta, but also nationally." "It's nice to see the children's work, it's not easy, there were a lot of challenges. Convinced that the whole process can be a lesson for children or facilitators. Moreover, the issues raised are not easy, quite heavy. Appreciation to all parties involved. Hopefully, further collaboration can be continued." The online exhibition was attended by young researchers and their facilitators, Local Office of Empowerment and Child Protection, representations of subdistricts (Kecamatan), Jakarta Art Council and Child Protection Agency. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://youtu.be/yrVzA0w1ZQ4 |
Description | Participant Selection Group - Gisenyi District Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with Gisenyi District Hospital to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the hospital. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant Selection Group - Masaka District Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Masaka District Hospital to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the hospital. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection Group - Ruhunda Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Ruhunda Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Bethsaida Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Bethsaida health centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the district. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Gatenga Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Gatenga health centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the district. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Gicumbi District Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Gicumbi Hospital to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the hospital. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Gishari Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Gishari Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Kabutare District Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Kabutare District Hospital to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the hospital. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Manyagiro Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A MAP at Home working group was established with the Manyagiro Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Muko Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A MAP at Home working group was established with Muko Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project Co-Investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Mukono Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A MAP at Home working group was established with Mukono Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Mukura Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A MAP at Home working group was established with Mukura Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Murambi Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Murambi Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Rango Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with Rango Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project Co-Investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the district. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Rwamagana District Hospital |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Rwamagana District Hospital to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the hospital. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participant selection group - Rwamagana Health Centre |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | MAP at Home established a working group with the Rwamagana Health Centre to review and introduce the MAP at Home project. The working group was established to select participants for the project in collaboration with the health centre. The working groups were conducted by project co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and the assigned psychosocial worker from the District. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
Description | Participatory Action Research Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A three-hour online workshop on Participatory Action Research was delivered by Co-Investigator Dr Kirrily Pells for MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (27 February 2021). The workshop sought to prepare MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers for their future role as co-researchers. Therefore, it focussed on the introduction to the core skills of a researcher, the major themes of the MAP at Home project, and the defining research questions of the project. 19 participants attended the workshop (8 female,11 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Participatory Action Research Workshop - March |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A three-hour online workshop on Participatory Action Research was delivered by Co-Investigator Dr Kirrily Pells for MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers (24 March 2021). The workshop sought to develop MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers for their future role as co-researchers. Therefore, it focussed on the developing the core skills of a researcher, the major themes of the MAP at Home project, and the defining research questions of the project. 20 participants attended the workshop (8 female,12 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Policy-Informing Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Policy-informing event for the MAP at Home project conducted on 31 March 2022 that was attended by 55 participants ranging from representtives from government organisations, health centres, district hopsitals, and education programmes alongside research participants including psychosocial workers, educators and young people. Invitees included Rwanda Biomedical Centre, University of Rwanda, National Rehabilitation Services, Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace, 46 health practitioners, educators from the 15 MAP online curriculum pilot schools, and MAP youth and adult trainers. Event included: a) overview of the MAP at Home project and findings; b) sharing of experience from district hospitals, schools, health centres, and national rehabilitation centre; c) discussion regarding how MAP at Home could be used during the commmemoration period; d) recommendations for sustainability. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Re- training of 15 schools teachers and students to IT materials and handling challenges, 5 schools of Rwamagana district and 10 schools of Kigali town. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | On the 25th February 2022, the workshop counted on the participation of 10 schools from kigali: sainte famille, GS muhima, GS kagugu, EP gatsata II, Gs Rugando, REMERA protestant, G.S remera nyarutarama, EP karama, GS cyivugiza, GS butamwa. schools of rwamagana : GS munyiginya, Mwurile 1, center for champions, Rwamagana A, sainte aloys. 15 teachers , master trainers, and young master trainers from all these schools were re trained to use smart screen technology to access map at home online curriculum and helping clubs at schools, and to handle some challenges of technology. Participants discussed the challenges in helping the club, how to handle the challenges, to insert new teachers, sharing experience to whom they started. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Rwandan Biomedical Centre - Partnership Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | A MAP at Home consultation meeting was held with the senior leadership team at Rwandan Biomedical Centre. The meeting was held to discuss the plans for the MAP at Home Project and to seek permissions for the development of the project as well as access to District and community health centres. The meeting was organised by MAP at Home co-investogator Chaste Uwihoreye and attended by senior colleagues at the Rwandan Biomedical Centre. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | School supervision and coaching |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | From February 2022, the school clubs have been meeting once a week (on Wednesday or Friday). Young master trainers and psycho-social workers are supervising , and coaching the clubs. Every school has a teacher, 4 students as facilitators, a young master trainer, a master trainer and a psycho-social worker as supervisors. Now saint aloys and centre for champion they are on unity 4 of the online module, they meet once a week. Gs kagugu is on unity 3 of the online curriculum. Remera protestant, Gs Rugando, saint famille, remera nyarutarama, Gs butamwa, G munyiginya, Gs rwamagana are all on unity 2. Ep muhima, Gatsata, Gs kivugiza, gs mwurire are still on unity 1, all these schools have facilitators. The aim of coaching and supervision of club schools is to strengthen the process; to manage the emotional crises when they happen; to help them in reporting and collecting data, handling challenges they could face. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Second training of psychosocial from rehabilitation centers and kigali transit center |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | In order to continue to expand the activities of MAP at Home and to have shared knowledge and objectives for the beneficiaries of the rehabilitation centers, as requested by the NRS, the second group consists of 21 different employees; 2 mental health nurses, 1 police officer, 1 social worker, 15 clinical psychologists with the director of Kigali Transit center have attended the two-day training (from 21st to 22nd of September, 2021). The training was of stress management, learning and practicing the 30 contextualized MAP at Home tools. After the training session, like their colleagues (fist group), they have finished with a plan of starting implementing MAP at Home activities with in their rehabilitation Center before the end of October, 2021. The training occurred at UNM head office and facilitated by Dr Chaste with other psychosocial workers and master trainers (Kabanda Fred). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Selecting participants of online zoom platform in all 5 districts , |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | The aim of this selecting process was to know exactly who fits within the selection criteria of the research project, who will help others in the research project, and how they will be helped. The selection was carried out by teachers (27), Psycho-social workers (7), young and master/senior trainers (12), the PI and the research team. The selection was carried out among teen mothers (31 selected), families living with conflict (2), genocide survivors (10), people recovering form drug addiction (10), beneficiaries of mental health services (21). For a total of 74 participants selected, of which 48 were women and 26 were men. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training psychosocial workers from rehabilitation centers to integrate Map at Home methodology within rehabilitation centers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On the 14th to the 15th September, the fist team of 9 clinical psychologist working in two rehabilitation centers; Iwawa rehabilitation center and Gitagata rehabilitation Center have attended trainings on contextualized tools of MAP at Home. The two days' trainings were mainly of practicing around 30 MAP at Home tools of intervention, sharing experience on daily duties, discussing on theories on narrative and CBT, discussing on the integration of MAP at Home activities with in their institution as well as discussing on documentation. Thanks to the training, the team have agreed to startup MAP interventions in their respective institutions to continue enhancing people mental health wellness as well as knowledge sharing, activities would be reported via shared online platforms. The training took place at UNM Head office and facilitated by Dr Chaste with other psychosocial workers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training Health Centres in Rwamagana District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Chaste Uwihoreye conducted training on MAP at Home tools linking to CBT and Narrative Therapies working with over ... participants in Rwamagana District including general nurses, psychiatric nurses and other professional practitioner in 2 day training in Rwamagana District Hospital and 16 Health Centres from Rwamagana District. The participants committed to start the MAP at Home activities by creating therapeutic groups of vulnerable people by end September. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training Psychologists and nurses from Kicukiro District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | From 16th to 17th September, 2021, On the request of Masaka district hospital; a group of mental health professionals working for all 11 health centers and hospitals Masaka district hospital: 8 clinical psychologists and 2 mental health nurses were trained on a new model of providing mental health support to their clients through MAP at Home tools. The group also shared experiences with those who have been able to use the method, including Gatenga health center and Masaka Hospital. in addition, everyone was able to self -analyses, understand and get chance to know what was going on with their mental health status to strengthen their mental health wellness through more than 30 MAP and home tools that were learned and practiced. as a result, everyone is determined to go beyond medicalized support to start up MAP at Home activities within their health institutions and such activities in groups have to start before the end of December 2021. The training happened at UNM head office and facilitated by Dr Chaste with other psychosocial workers |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training of all heads of mental health services in all hospitals |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This 5- day workshop from the 28th of February to the 4th of march involved the participation of all of heads of mental health services from all 47 hospitals in Rwanda and took place in the Rwamagana district. Following up on previous activities, this workshop training had the aim of decentralize narrative therapy in all district hospitals and health centres, providing CPD training , making practices. The previous success in helping in the healing process of participant (as one of the approach's objectives), planning interventions for people with psycho-social problems through the use of narrative therapy, using art-based module. After the 5 days sessions of training, participants said that it was essential because they did not have the physical tools for working on a mental health setting. They received tangible tools to help people with mental illness and problems ,they planned to decentralize the program to others programs they are leading, especially in health centres. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Training of psycho-social workers, master and young trainers, and artists at the Uyisenga Ni Imanzi office. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This workshop took place between the 6th and the 14th December 2021. A team of 6 psycho-social workers, 6 master trainers,6 young trainers and 5 artists (14 men and 9 women) was trained on arts-based modules at Uyisenga Ni Imanzi's headquarters, Gasabo District. The aim of these sessions was to train facilitators, contextualize mental health in Kinyarwanda, and to present MAP at home project and work module. In terms of outcomes, participants expressed increased awareness of mental health in Kinyarwanda and on the way to use it to help participants on the subsequent zoom and community workshops. Similarly, participants requested taking the MAP's work module to health settings and schools. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training of psychologists and nurses from Huye District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Training activities continued in Huye district, on October 1st and 2sd. On the request of Kabutare Hospital, mental health professionals and other stakeholders have been trained. 8 clinical psychologists, 13 mental health nurses, 1 clinical officers, head of health at the district level, the in charge of public relations at Kabutare district Hospital and the Vice mayor in charge of social affairs. All the trained team are from 15 health center, 1 prison, psychologist from Avega Agahozo/Huye and mental health professionals of Kabutare district hospital. Like other previous trainings, the team went through narrative therapy and CBT theories, learning and practicing around 30 MAP at Home healing tools, sharing experiences on the effectiveness of the model on the sample groups on both online and face to face participants in Sovu, Rango, Mukura health centers as well as Kabutare district hospital and lastly the group discussed on next plans. As a conclusion, the team got a chance toward mental health wellness and they were determined to start MAP at Home activities before November 2021, in their health centers with their daily clients as well as their colleague at workplace. The training took plsce at Kabutare district hospital and facilitated by Dr Chaste with the help of psychosocial workers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training of psychologists and nurses in Rubavu |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | As MAP at Home work with different institutions of 5 districts. The training continued in Rubavu district. On request of Gisenyi district hospital; 7 clinical psychologists, 9 mental health nurses with the head of nurses on Gisenyi district hospital have been trained on MAP at Home model of intervention with the aim of supporting them to have a healthy mental health and scaring up MAP at Home activities by adopting it model and tools within their health care settings. All trained professional was from 13 health centers, 1 prison and Gisenyi district hospital. The aim is the same for all trainers; to promote mental health wellness on their health institutions with thanks to MAP at Home model of intervention. The training took place at Stella Maris parish conference hall and facilitated by Dr Chaste with the help of psychosocial workers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training of teachers and students facilitators |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | These workshops took place on the 11th of November and 4th and 18th of December 2021 and aimed to foster the spread of the online module, divulging the project, establishing the participants' selection criteria, training and practising arts-based tools, build trust. The purpose of sharing this information was to consolidate the creation of groups. After the session teachers and students were excited about orienting students with mental health problems through the clubs founded |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training of young trainers and psycho-social workers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | This training took place on the 11th of May 2021, and consisted on training young people to become trainers to contribute to clubs of mental health in schools, and learn strategies to facilitate activities in these clubs. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Training on the establishment and development of mental health clubs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | On the 6th of February 2022 we provided training to students and teachers on how to facilitate the clubs, to use IT materials. The session counted on the participation of 10 schools from Kigali: Sainte famille, GS muhima, GS kagugu, EP gatsata II, Gs Rugando, REMERA protestant, G.S remera nyarutarama, EP karama, GS cyivugiza, GS butamwa. schools of rwamagana : GS munyiginya, Mwurile 1, center for champions, Rwamagana A, sainte aloys. 15 teachers and 60 students from all these schools were re trained to use smart screen technology to access Map at Home's online curriculum and helping clubs at schools, and to handle some challenges of technology, young master trainers and psycho-social workers were with them. The aim of this workshop, was to build high capacity of using IT materials as facilitators of clubs in their respective schools. Participants manifested their interest in accessing and using these IT materials and, indeed, they went to school and practised soon. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Training workshops of mental health service providers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This training workshop took place on the 1st December 2021. A team of mental health services providers was invited to attend the training on Arts-based healing model of MAP at Home. This included practice of the tools to be implemented, contextualising these concepts and tools, make plans of decentralization of the model within their health settings, the selection of participants, as well as the design of plans for interventions. In that sense, practitioners learnt how to use narrative therapy in order to build the capacity to help people attending their practices. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1 - Rehearsal Workshop: MAP Trainers and Psychosocial Workers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A three-hour workshop was held with MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial Workers (26 February 2021) that acted as an open space rehearsal for facilitation teams to rehearse and share their own adaptations of the Unit 1 exercises. The exercises were delivered by smaller teams of MAP Trainers and Psychosocial Workers. Feedback was given periodically by members of the facilitation team, as well as the MAP at Home Principal and Co-Investigators. The feedback was used for the design and planning of upcoming community workshops. The workshop was attended by 19 participants (8 female, 11 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1: Trust Workshop - Huye District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 1- Trust was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops was the first in a series of 12 units/workshops to be delivered over a 12 month period. The two hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of trust. The participants in attendance were community members and teachers from Huye District and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers of participants in attendance were 15. 10 participants were female and 5 participants were female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1: Trust Workshop - Rwamagana District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 1- Trust was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops was the first in a series of 12 units/workshops to be delivered over a 12 month period. The two hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of trust. The participants in attendance were community members and teachers from Rwamagana District and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 14 and 10 were female and 4 were male. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1: Trust workshop - Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 1- Trust was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops was the first in a series of 12 units/workshops to be delivered over a 12 month period. The two hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of trust. The participants in attendance were community members and teachers from Gicumbi District and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 22 and the gender split was 12 female and 10 male. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1: Trust workshop - Kicukiro District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 1- Trust was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops was the first in a series of 12 units/workshops to be delivered over a 12 month period. The two hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of trust. The participants in attendance were community members and teachers from Kicukiro District and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 31 and 21 were female and 10 male. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 1: Trust workshop: Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 1- Trust was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops was the first in a series of 12 units/workshops to be delivered over a 12 month period. The two hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of trust. The participants in attendance were community members and teachers from Rubavu District and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 24. 17 participants were female and 7 were male. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 - Rehearsal workshop: MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A three-hour workshop was held with MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial Workers (22 April 2021) that acted as an open space rehearsal for facilitation teams to rehearse and share their own adaptations of the Unit 2 exercises. The exercises were delivered by smaller teams of MAP Trainers and Psychosocial Workers. Feedback was given periodically by members of the facilitation team, as well as the MAP at Home Principal and Co-Investigators. The feedback was used for the design and planning of upcoming community workshops. The workshop was attended by 20 participants (8 female, 12 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 - Sharing Stories: Huye District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 2 - sharing stories was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of sharing stories. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 - Sharing Stories: Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 2 - sharing stories was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of sharing stories. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 12. 6 male and 6 female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 - Sharing stories: Kicukiro district |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 2 - sharing stories was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of sharing stories. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 23. 12 male participants and 11 female participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 - Sharing stories: Rwamagana |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 2 - sharing stories was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of sharing stories. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 20. 10 were male and 10 female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 introductory workshop - MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | A three-hour workshop was held with MAP Master Trainers and Psychosocial Workers (20th April 2021) that was led by Professor Ananda Breed and Chaste Uwihoreye. The workshop introduced MAP Trainers and Psychosocial workers to the exercises in Unit 2. Feedback was given periodically by members of the district facilitation teams. The workshop was attended by 20 participants (8 female, 12 male). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 2 workshop - Sharing Stories: Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 2 - sharing stories was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of sharing stories. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. The numbers in attendance were 22. 12 male participants and 10 female participants. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 3 - Deep Listening workshop: Rwamagana District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 3 -Deep Listening was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of dep listening and storytelling. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 18 attendees (9 F/9 M). The workshop took place on 1st July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 3 - Deep listening workshop: Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 3 -Deep Listening was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of dep listening and storytelling. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (10 F/12 M). The workshop took place on 2nd July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 3 -Deep Listening workshop: Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 3 -Deep Listening was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of dep listening and storytelling. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (12 F/10 M) and the workshop took place on 29th June 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 3 Deep listening workshop - Huye district |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Unit 3 -Deep Listening was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of dep listening and storytelling. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (12 F/10 M). The workshop took place on the 3rd July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 3: Deep listening workshop: Kicukiro workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 3 -Deep Listening was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focussed on the concept of dep listening and storytelling. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 25 attendees (12 F/13 M). The workshop took place on 30th June 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 4 Family and Community Engagement - Huye District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on community development, individual perceptions of community and problem solving. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 16 (9 F/7 M) and the workshop took place on 31st July. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 4 Family and Community Engagement - Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on community development, individual perceptions of community and problem solving. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 20 attendees (10 F/10 M) and the workshop took place on 30th July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 4 Family and Community Engagement workshop - Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on community development, individual perceptions of community and problem solving. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 15 attendees (8 F/7 M) and the workshop took place on 27th July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 4 Family and community engagement workshop - Kicukiro District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on community development, individual perceptions of community and problem solving. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (18 F/4 M) and the workshop took place on the 28th July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 4 family and community engagement workshop - Rwamagana District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 4 - Family and Community Engagement was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on community development, individual perceptions of community and problem solving. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 19 attendees (10 F/9 M) and the workshop took place on 29th July 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 5 Give and Take workshop - Gicumbi District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 5 - Give and Take was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on evaluating the MAP at Home project. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 20 attendees (12 F/8 M) and the workshop took place on the 24th August 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 5 Give and Take workshop - Huye district |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 5 - Give and Take was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on evaluating the MAP at Home project. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (10 F/11 M) and the workshop took place on 28th August 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 5 Give and Take workshop - Kicukiro District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Unit 5 - Give and Take was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on evaluating the MAP at Home project. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 21 attendees (11 F/ 10 M) and the workshop took place on the 25th August 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 5 Give and Take workshop - Rubavu District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Unit 5 - Give and Take was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on evaluating the MAP at Home project. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (10 F/10 M) and the workshop took place on 27th August 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Unit 5 Give and Take workshop - Rwamagana District |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Unit 5 - Give and Take was a participatory online workshop hosted by the MAP team and facilitated by MAP Master Trainers and psychosocial workers. The workshops were the second in the series of units/workshops. The two-hour workshop delivered a range of drama and psychosocial exercises that specifically focused on evaluating the MAP at Home project. The participants in attendance were community members, teachers and healthcare workers from district and had been invited to participate via the MAP at Home team. There were 22 attendees (12 F/10 M) and the workshop took place on 26th August 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | University of Rwanda Centre for Mental Health - Symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Eric Ndushabandi, Co-Investigator on the MAP at Home project provided a presentation on the MAP at Home project at a symposium hosted by the University of Rwanda Centre for Mental Health. The presentation discussed preliminary findings of the project, challenges in the research project and future steps. There were 49 attendees present and the presentation took place May 27th 2021. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Webinar meeting with the experts, facilitators, partners and professionals |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The purpose of this online activity was to share experiences, to present the results of MAP at home, the activities done in different districts and the arts-based items done in the project. The aim of presenting the success of the project was to address policy-making and evaluating potential ways forward. The experience of receiving training and generating outcomes through arts-based methods were shared by the wide range of actors who took part in the, including: heads of health centres, NRS, Psycho-social workers, young and master trainers, officers from REB and RBC, trained mental health professionals, and UNM staff, head of department of clinical psychology in UR, university of global health equity. After the workshop, the audience requested decentralising the Arts-Based method in all districts and health settings in Rwanda. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Workshop Planning |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The development of a working group was agreed by the MAP at Home team to develop logistics and scheduling for the delivery of online workshops. The working group consists of MAP at Home Principal Investigator Professor Ananda Breed, Co-investigator Dr Kirrily Pells, Co-investigator Chaste Uwihoreye and Post-doctoral Research Associate Dr Matthew Elliott. The working group develop plans for scheduling online workshops and relevant communication channels. These are distributed to MAP Master Trainers, psychosocial workers and the wider MAP at Home team. The working group consists of four members, two members are male and two are female. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | celebrating international mental health day event using Map at Home methodology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | On the international day of mental health, the 10/10/2021, UNM psychosocial worker (HABYARIMANA Sylvain), together with other health officer in the district as well trained AVEGA psychologist and MUKURA and RANGO Health centers have celebrated the international day of mental health together with MUKURA Sector population. Additional to the awareness of mental health problem, cause and how support is provided. After the discussion and speech on mental health, 4 groups intervention of 38 people have been formulated and these groups will be supported by using MAP at Home model with the facilitation of trained mental health professional at MUKURA health center. In general, the summit has been attended by 126 people; 38 males and 88 females. Done by Habyarimana Sylvain UNM psychosocial worker. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |