Community Consortium Uganda: Obstacle Race against Stigma and Shame (ORASS) Program

Community Consortium Uganda are a Ugandan NGO that use sport and theatre for change approaches to support people with mental health problems. Their programme, Obstacle Race Against Stigma and Shame (ORASS) is an learning sports programme combining mental health education and physical exercise for children and young people, with the aim of reducing mental health stigma and shame, and also providing safe and effective ways to manage good mental health. In four phases, ORASS will deliver a classroom and obstacle course based curriculum to 10-24 yr olds in schools both in the Kyaka II refugee settlement and the wider Kyegegwa district. CCU will also develop a "mental health self help app".

Programme: Ahead of the Game: Sport and Mental Health

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