#mental-health

🇦🇹 Austria · Verein Amazone

Amazone runs Vorarlberg's dedicated girls' center and free counseling line for girls, young women and gender-diverse youth aged 10 to 25, at a time when demand for support keeps climbing.

🇦🇹 Austria · HEMAYAT - Betreuungszentrum für Folter- und Kriegsüberlebende

Since 1995, Hemayat has offered free interpreter-supported psychotherapy in Vienna to survivors of torture and war, one of the few services of its kind in Austria.

🇿🇦 South Africa · MusicWorks

Registered music therapists turn marimba bands, choirs and drumming circles into psychosocial support for children traumatised by violence and neglect on Cape Town's Cape Flats.

🇨🇰 Cook Islands · Punanga Turuturu Itivaine (PTI)

The Cook Islands' only dedicated women's counselling centre has spent three decades showing up when families are in crisis.

🇿🇦 South Africa · Surfers Not Street Children

A Durban charity that pulls vulnerable street children into surf clubs, mentorship and life-skills programs, turning some of them into surf coaches, lifeguards and professional surfers.

🇿🇦 South Africa · Waves for Change

Surf therapy nonprofit using ocean-based mentorship to support youth mental health in South Africa's coastal townships.

🇦🇺 Australia · Waves of Wellness Foundation

Waves of Wellness pairs group cognitive behavioural therapy with free surf lessons to help Australians rebuild their mental health in the ocean.