Our co-founder Rosalynn Carter spent her life working to end mental health stigma.

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, we carry that work forward in Sierra Leone by helping youth and journalists there become architects of the mental health conversation. Working with the Directorate of Mental Health and NCDs, Mental Health Coalition Sierra Leone, and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, we’ve created new guidelines for reporting on mental health and substance use so that they can build the narratives and political will required to create lasting policy reform. Stories change attitudes. Responsible reporting changes systems. Real voices. Real stories. Real change.