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From our Facebook community - stories of courage, healing, and transformation
Community Member
My name is Ruth, I'm a Nigerian. When I was much younger, I had a surgery on my leg which disfigured me. I grew up with low self-esteem because I felt I was a misfit. It affected everything about me; ...
Community Member
At first, I wasn't okay with myself, I doubted myself a lot about my looks and my feelings. And one thing that I was struggling with a lot was that I cared a lot about people's opinion about me. I cri...
Community Member
Greetings to all members of the group. My name is Thato. I am from South Africa in Free State. This is my story and I hope it will encourage other victims of low self-esteem. After the death of my mot...
Community Member
Actually, it's a great thing ever discovering this group, I must say it's a blessing and one of the best thinsg that ever happened to me to have discovered that a group like this do exist. I have been...
Community Member
Greetings to all members, I'm so glad for the opportunity to share my story. I'm a 16-year-old girl and I was a victim of low self-esteem. My Mom and Dad are divorced because of their problems. l don'...
Community Member
Hi, my good friends from the self-esteem group. My name is Thabiso from South Africa in Pretoria. When I started this group, I was from a situation where I come from a drug addiction problem. I used t...
Voices from our Mental Health Matters Club - sharing their journey of growth and self-discovery
Student Leader
"I learnt about how to think positive, your thoughts is your reality. You sometimes cannot control your thoughts but your thoughts can lead you in a positive way. Even if you are in a bad environment know your value and who you are and stay by yourself don't interact with people that don't bring positive value to yourself as you know who you are and what kind of future you want for yourself."
Club Member
"I learnt how to develop a positive thoughts and overcome a negative thoughts, when you have negative thoughts you can replace them with positive thoughts."
First Time Attendee
"I am always sad because of one thing or the other but as I attended this club session I feel much better"
Student Leader
"Before the session started I was very angry but at the end of the session I am so happy."
SS1 Student - First Time Attendee
"The club session made us open up and feel good about ourselves. Before I thought that people don't see me but after this session I recognize myself, and even though people may not see me I see myself as a great person and a future leader."
Student President
"I sign a signature of joy, happiness and opportunities arriving here at the mental health matters club , I am grateful for the time here as it has brightened my day. I have been able to create a mentality of positivity to help those around me and work with those around me."
New Club Member
"I feel like I can be myself more."
New Club Member
"This is my first time coming here and the environment and everything is so nice, it has built confidence in me as I am usually a shy person."
Club Member
"The icebreaker activity on complimenting ourselves boosted my self esteem."
Direct actions that changed lives and restored hope
In 2021, a widowed acquaintance of a team member approached us. She had sent her daughter to stay with someone as a domestic help in exchange for educational sponsorship. Sadly, the daughter was almost raped by the spouse of the guardian. After speaking with the girl to know her preference between education and a skill, she chose skill acquisition and we raised the sum of 25,000 naira to aid her.
After our first webinar in 2022, an attendee informed us of an indigent girl who was unable to pay for her WAEC fee. After speaking with the girl and confirming the story, we raised the sum of 50,000 naira; 38,000 naira for her WAEC fee and 12,000 naira for the medical check up of her widowed mum who had an accident.
In February 2022, we were informed of a woman whose female twin children had been physically abused by a woman who was supposed to sponsor their education in exchange for domestic help. We visited the woman and saw the children with swollen eyes dripping with water, teeth marks, knife wounds, and wire marks inflicted by the " sponsor ". We also found out their rent had expired. We raised the sum of 50,400 for their rent and medical bills.
In February 2022, a member of our Facebook platform messaged our founder for personal coaching on self esteem and personal development. She was learning a skill and had an abusive boss who used every opportunity to emotionally and physically abuse her. A weekly coaching session was set up but barely month after, the strain got heavier and she became suicidal. To address the root cause, we began looking for opportunities to empower her and boost her self esteem. We connected her to Funmilayo's Foundation which gave her a sponsorship to a polytechnic to study Mass communication. At the moment,she is in school and we check in with her occasionally.
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