Psycho-social Support Programme
BNI offers tailor-made institutional capacity building programs focussing on Psycho Social Well-being of vulnerable populations to the organizations that work with vulnerable groups.
SHAHI EXPORTS is engaged in the business of manufacture of garments. It operates 65 factories and has 3 processing mills across 9 States of the country. Discussions and site visits were made to assess the need and develop the “Antaranga” Peer Support Project in SHAHI Unit 60 (Hasan unit). BNI rolled out the project by conducting two training programmes
Training was imparted in core topics: Self-awareness, Understanding human behaviour, Basic helping skills, Counselling steps and practice of skills, Mental health and Mental Illness, Life Skills, Life span, Support circle etc.
Deaf Child Worldwide (DCW), UK
Build the capacity of Deaf Role Models (DRM) and the Community Mobilizers (CM) of their partners in Odisha, Karnataka, WB and Bangladesh to strengthen the psychosocial care of deaf children and youth. 13 sessions ending with an offline five day residential booster session in May 2022. BNI continued to explore the possibility of including MH in the programmes of Deaf Child Worldwide. A number of on-line meetings were held to explore the same in 2022-23.
Buzz India Trust enables underserved women by making knowledge, skills and tools available at their doorsteps towards economic, social, personal and ecological empowerment through various training inputs. BUZZ India Trust, Bangalore requested BNI to conduct a training programme to build their staff’s capacity to cope with the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. The same was completed in June 2021.
Prajwala
Based in Hyderabad. Prajwala is a pioneering anti-trafficking organization. Working on the issue of sex trafficking and sex crime. Prajwala works on the five pillars of Prevention, Protection, Rescue, Rehabilitation & Reintegration. On their request, BNI offered training to enhance the counselling skills of the team.
Speak2Us
BNI has been the technical resource to the Mental Health Helpline, Speak2Us that’s being run by the MS Chellamuthu Institute of Mental Health & Research Foundation, from its inception in September 2020 on a voluntary basis. This entire Helpline is run with the help of professional and non-professionals offering services from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. BNI monitors the quality of services provided, induction of new batches of volunteers, running up of daily services and strengthening of the system that evolved.
Building a Supportive and Inclusive Society
Psychoeducation empowers PWMI, caregivers, and communities by increasing awareness, reducing stigma, and strengthening access to mental health services. BNI provides continuous support through identification, treatment, and rehabilitation, fostering long-term recovery and inclusion.