Resources for Young Adults in South Africa, Kenya and Namibia
SOUTH AFRICA
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► The South African Depression And Anxiety Group
The Country’s leading Mental Health NGO.
Provides free, accessible support, resources, and education to individuals and communities nationwide.
24-Hour-Toll-Free-Emergency Helplines
Giving people information they need to find affordable treatment where they live.
Provides many free Telephone Counseling Hotlines in South Africa, e.g. Suicide, Substance Abuse, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Eating Disorders, Pregnancy and more.
► Major Depressive Disorder South Africa
Provides Depression Screening Tools
Information on Depression: Let’s understand Depression - Video
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► National Research Foundation
Bursaries & Scholarships
Information on: General Application, Multiple Grant Eligibility Criteria and Postgraduate Grants Documents
► All Bursaries - South Africa
Bursaries, universities, TVET colleges, and funding opportunities across South Africa
► Counselling And Careers Development Unit - WITS
List of multiple bursary links
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
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► The National Career Advice Portal
Online self-help tool designed to facilitate informed career and study decisions
By the Career Development Services, an initiative of the Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa
► GoStudy Career Guidance Portal
Online questionnaire to help make an informed career and study choice
University Stellenbosch
KENYA
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Voluntary aid society working alongside public authorities
► Clinical Psychologist Wairimu Muchiri
Office line: +254 780 511880
Book online via Blossom Center for Wellness
► Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital in Nairobi
Kenya’s leading mental health facility, MNTRH plays a pivotal role in educating the public about mental health issues
Email: info@mntrh.go.ke
Tel: +254-020-2337694
Mental 360 empowers Kenyan youth through helplines, wellness programs, and community support
Tel: 0770360360
Email: info@mental360.or.ke
► Hospital Psychologists in any Level 4 or 5 Hospital where you live
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Provides Online Scholarship-Application Guides
Works with the Student Centred Funding Model (SCFM)
(student-centered, scholarships and loans are apportioned to students based on their assessed levels of need).
► Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
A State corporation in the Ministry of Education
Provides Scholarship Application Platforms
Provided by Kenya’s Ministry of Education
Includes International Scholarships
More Info under ‘Ministry of Foreign Affair Scholarship’
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NAMIBIA
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► Mental Health Unit (Windhoek)
Tel: +264 61 203 3333
Internationally recognized resilience, wellbeing, and vicarious organisation focusing on mental health, capacity building supporting the Namibian Government to tackle Child Protection, social and Mental Health issues
Tel: +26461 555 422 or +26481 140 0222
A non-profit, non-governmental organisation that provides a professional level of counselling and training to the Church and community in Namibia.
Tel: +264 61-259291
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► Education - USA’s Opportunity Funds Program
► Namibia Student Financial Assistant Fund
Provides financial assistance (Grants and Loans) to eligible Namibians to facilitate access to tertiary education.
Considers students at or accepted by recognized and reputable institutions of higher learning in the SADC region
Petro fund scholarships Namibia
Namcol scholarships
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Ministry of Labour career counselling services + 264 2066276