Resilience
Starts Here.

60% of South African children say they need mental health support – and most can’t get it.

We boost resilience through free mental health workshops.

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Our children can’t wait – neither can we

🧠 Mental Health underpins everything

Emotional wellbeing drives learning, health, and relationships.

🚫 But prevention is still ignored

Early support is underfunded and overlooked.

📉 451 public psychologists

That’s one psychologist for every 45,000 children.

⏳ Early Action, Long-term Impact

Most mental health issues begin before age 14.

⚠️ Yet few act early

It’s time to prioritise prevention and early intervention.

Our children can’t wait – neither can we

Mental Health underpins everything

Emotional wellbeing drives learning, health, and relationships.

But prevention is still ignored

Early support is underfunded and overlooked.

451 public psychologists

That’s one psychologist for every 45,000 children.

Early Action, Long-term Impact

Most mental health issues begin before age 14.

Yet few act early

It’s time to prioritize prevention and early intervention.

Our children can’t wait – neither can we

Mental Health underpins everything

Emotional wellbeing drives learning, health, and relationships.

But prevention is still ignored

Early support is underfunded and overlooked.

451 public psychologists

That’s one psychologist for every 45,000 children.

Early Action, Long-term Impact

Most mental health issues begin before age 14.

Yet few act early

It’s time to prioritize prevention and early intervention.

Our children can’t wait – neither can we

Mental Health underpins everything

Emotional wellbeing drives learning, health, and relationships.

But prevention is still ignored

Early support is underfunded and overlooked.

451 public psychologists

That’s one psychologist for every 45,000 children.

Early Action, Long-term Impact

Most mental health issues begin before age 14.

Yet few act early

It’s time to prioritize prevention and early intervention.

You can change this

Help us change the odds by supporting prevention where it matters most.

Simple, Scalable,
Impactful.

Our evidence-based, culturally tailored, and unique toolkit builds resilience in children and forms the core of our mental health prevention curriculum. It includes 12 core and 4 booster sessions to support lasting impact.

Simple and accessible , it requires just two days of training and is already in use across our communities and partners — making it easy to adopt and scale.

Roaring for Resilience

How do we make a lasting impact? We use our unique PRIDE framework.

Our evidence-based, culturally tailored, and unique toolkit builds resilience in children and forms the

core of our mental health prevention curriculum. It includes 12 core and 4 booster sessions to support lasting impact.

prevention & Promotion programme

This is our core focus: hosting easy accessible, safe, & free mental health workshops (8-13y) in under-resourced communities.

Role-models

Empower local youth (18-35y) to become mental health coaches, using local language and experience.

Integrate

Integrate the mental health curriculum in other community-based organisations, increasing our reach exponentially.

Digital Support

Track attendance & impact withn Little Lions and our partners using our unique digital platform.

Evidence-Based

Extensive research showed an improved individual and social resilience in our children.

Roaring for Resilience

How do we make a lasting impact? We use our unique PRIDE framework.

prevention & Promotion programme

This is our core focus: hosting easy accessible, safe, & free mental health workshops (8-13y) in under-resourced communities.

Role-models

Empower local youth (18-35y) to become mental health coaches, using local language and experience.

Integrate

Integrate the mental health curriculum in other community-based organisations, increasing our reach exponentially.

Digital Support

Track attendance & impact withn Little Lions and our partners using our unique digital platform.

Evidence-Based

Extensive research showed an improved individual and social resilience in our children.

Roaring for Resilience

How do we make a lasting impact? We use our unique PRIDE framework.

prevention & Promotion programme

This is our core focus: hosting easy accessible, safe, & free mental health workshops (8-13y) in under-resourced communities.

Role-models

Empower local youth (18-35y) to become mental health coaches, using local language and experience.

Integrate

Integrate the mental health curriculum in other community-based organisations, increasing our reach exponentially.

Digital Support

Track attendance & impact withn Little Lions and our partners using our unique digital platform.

Evidence-Based

Extensive research showed an improved individual and social resilience in our children.

Our impact since 2021:

4050 +

Children received mental health resources

150 +

Local role models trained as mental health coaches

350 +

parents and community members engaged

1 +

New implementing partners

2 +

Active African Countries

4050 +

Children received mental health resources

150 +

Local role models trained as mental health coaches

350 +

parents and community members engaged

1 +

New implementing partners

2 +

Active African Countries

What We Do

We provide free, daily, easily accessible mental health workshops in under-resourced communities.

“Now I help my
friends too.”

Thandi, 8, from Khayelitsha, once struggled with anxiety. After joining Little Lions, she found her voice and her confidence — and now supports others like her.