The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust

We help Children and families by providing mental health, emotional and learning support.

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Education

 Kew, Gauteng

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Children

 Kew, Gauteng

More about The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust

The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust is a mental health and ECD training organization founded in 1999, based on the edges of Alexandra township to support and stimulate mental and emotional health for young children and parental relationships. The primary beneficiaries are children, their parents from this under-resourced community of approximately 700 000 people. Secondary beneficiaries are young mental health professionals who are given training and superior supervision, on-site, with a view to growing the mental health care profession based on realities as well as theories. Our primary organizational aims are to: • Assess local needs, research, develop and implement training courses focused on preventative mental health strategies for children, their parents and caregivers. • Provide psychotherapy and educational assessment services and a pre-school to the Alexandra community, and opportunities for high-quality training and supervision of young professionals to provide on-going support. • Provide intern and supervision opportunities for tertiary-level students to grow the numbers of young South Africans who are able to contribute to the mental health profession. • From this grassroots local initiative, develop replicable models of community-based, context-appropriate psychological care and support which seek to prevent mental ill-health and find ways of contributing to breaking the cycle of inter-generational emotional poverty and mental health despair.

Esther Chunga

Executive Director

Safiya Bobat

Community Therapy Services Manager