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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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A system that fails our children.

Government inaction

Underfunded mental health services

451 public psychologists

Mental health stigma and misinformation

Government inaction

Underfunded mental health services

451 public psychologists

Mental health stigma and misinformation

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

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.

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.

Are you Ready to Join The Pride?

By partnering with us, you help us:

Reach

10000 +

children

Train

450 +

role models

Establish

60 +

partners

It takes a village, it takes a Pride .

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