Depression, anxiety, PTSD, and suicidal ideation are not abstractions here, they are the lived consequences of sustained marginalization. We built a care model rooted in affirmation, accessibility, and cultural sensitivity.
Fund Affirming CareConsider what it takes to wake up every day performing a version of yourself that keeps you safe but slowly hollows you out, to carry grief you can never publicly name, and smile through it all because the alternative is exposure.
This is the daily reality for countless LGBTQ+ individuals in Ghana. Yet affirming mental health care barely exists within reach. Most services are unaffordable, and the few that are accessible are often delivered by providers who pathologize the very identity of the client, so seeking help becomes another source of harm.
For years I thought something was broken inside me. My first session with an ENG counselor was the first time anyone told me that what I was feeling was a normal response to an abnormal situation. That sentence changed my life.
Our counselors are stretched thin. Wait times for new clients have grown to weeks, and for someone who was assaulted last night, who just discovered their photos were shared online, or who is contemplating the unthinkable, that is too long. Expanding our team, launching a virtual platform, and training peer counselors are not aspirational goals, they are immediate necessities your support makes possible.
One counseling session
One month of weekly therapy
8-week group therapy program
Train a community peer counselor
With $15,000, we will hire two additional counselors, eliminate wait times for crisis clients, launch virtual therapy access for three new regions, and train 10 peer counselors from within the community, people who understand the experience because they have lived it.