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Our Impact

11,000+

Leaders trained from 28 countries and 1,600+ organizations who now have skills in trauma-informed mental health, emotional first aid, and community resilience

Nepali women smiling for a group photo, wearing colorful tunics and holding certificates in their hands after completing a trauma healing workshop
Two Ugandan school children wearing bright purple uniforms smiling with and emotions chart on their desks

450,000+

Lives impacted by participants of our workshops and programs worldwide, through the ripple effect of our "one-to-many" healing model

99%

Of participants report that they now have confidence and skills to support trauma survivors in their community.

 

97% report that they have knowledge and skills to support their own healing.

Four Nepali women practicing emotional first aid, sitting close together with arms around each other and holding hands
Nepali woman facilitator standing in front of a white board teaching about Safety, with Safety written behind her on the board, along with "safe place, safe person, emotional safety, believing, normalizing..."

Peer Counseling
Body-Mind Resourcing

Emotional Safety

Most commonly cited healing knowledge gained in our workshops. Participants also emphasize the profound experience of sharing with peers during the workshop as foundational to their own healing

Testimonials

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“For the first time in life, I began to find the keys to happiness for myself. I want to bring this training to communities all over my country, to help children, leaders, adults, parents, and each and every person to be a better person. I would be a different person if I had this training when I was a teenager.”​

 

Educator,

Nepal

Gallery

Photos from our community trainings, workshops, and circles around the world 

Young Nepali women hugging emotionally while other women around them look on
Ugandan preschool child smiling with an emotions chart in front of her
Black woman with pink hair and elder Black man wearing a cap standing in front of a graffiti wall smiling
Group of Nepali women singing and clapping, with one woman playing a small drum
Uganda police officer wearing camouflage uniform standing in front of a flip chart which describes physical symptoms of trauma
Group of Nepali women sitting in a circle on the grass at a school yard with a mountain in the background and sun shining on them
Nepali woman singing in front of a group of women who are smiling at her
Nepali women posing for a group photo wearing colorful tunics with hands up in the air in a joyful pose
Ugandan school teacher standing in front of a group of students who are sitting on the ground, as she enthusiastically teaches them about how to heal from trauma
Nepali man playing the guitar and singing with eyes closed while a Black man sits behind him, looking on
Uganda women practicing peer counseling. One woman is role playing a distressed client and the other woman is sitting near her, with arms around her.
Group of diverse Americans smiling and posing for a photo after completing a 3-day workshop together
Clients & Partners

Workshop Clients & Partners

USA & Global

  • Accenture

  • Brave Movement

  • Chapa-De Indian Health (with Circles)

  • Circles International

  • Climate Mental Health Network

  • Disability Justice Culture Club (with RooT)

  • Dolores Huerta Elementary School (with RooT)

  • eBay International

  • Education 4 Liberation (with RooT)

  • UCSF HEAL Initiative (with Circles)

  • Hive Global Leaders Summit

  • Integrative Medicine for the Underserved (with Circles)

  • International Rescue Committee

  • Mutera Global Healing

  • National Conference on Race & Ethnicity (with RooT)

  • Northampton College

  • Oakland Department of Violence Prevention (with RooT)

  • Oakland Unified School District (with RooT)

  • Ohio University

  • Opportunity Collaboration

  • Pacific Gas & Electric

  • QuestBridge

  • Reclaiming Our Own Transcendence (RooT)

  • San Francisco Unified School District (with RooT)

  • St Mary's College High School

  • Teachers 4 Social Justice (with RooT)

  • Vidanyx (with Mutera)

  • VietLead (with RooT)

  • West Portal Elementary School

  • 1440 Multiversity (with Circles)

Nepal

  • Asian College of Management and Technology

  • Bethanchowk Rural Municipality - incl. participants from 6 different Wards

  • Blue Diamond Society Nepal

  • Bright Horizon Children's Home & School

  • Bright Lotus Academy

  • Dharan Sub Metropolitan City
    (96 schools)

  • Galkot Modernized Academy

  • Jaimini Municipality
    (180 schools)

  • Kageshwori Manohara Municipality
    (70 schools)

  • NIC ASIA Capital

  • Raksha Nepal

  • READ Nepal

  • Sainik Awasiya Mahavidyalaya

  • Strong Roots Foundation Nepal

  • Tribhuvan University

  • Women Awareness Center Nepal

  • Working Women Protection Center

East Africa

  • Alive Again Foundation

  • Biharwe Primare School

  • Bishop Stuart

  • Bubaare Primary School

  • Bugarama Primary School

  • Centenary Standard School

  • City High School

  • Coloma Primary School

  • Girl Up Uganda (with Mutera)

  • God's Will Primary School

  • Healing Together Global

  • Heritage Vocational Secondary School

  • Ibanda Integrated Primary School

  • Ireme Primary School

  • Kaanama Primary School

  • Kabaare C.O.U Primary School

  • Kabagoma Primary School

  • Kabaterine Primary School

  • Kaihiro Primary School

  • Kasangura Primary School

  • Kashambya Primary School

  • Kashari Secondary School

  • Kategure Primary School

  • Katete Drama Group

  • Katete Primary School

  • Katongore Primary School

  • Kelben Unique Junior School

  • Kikoni Primary School

  • Kisiizi Community Members

  • Komera (with Mutera)

  • Kyembogo Primary School

  • Lugazi Progressive School

  • Mabanga Standard Primary School

  • Mbarara Emirates Primary School

  • Mbarara Hope School

  • Mbarara Junior Primary School

  • Mbarara Municipal School

  • Mbarara Parents Primary School

  • Migyera Primary School

  • Mishozi Primary School

  • Mutera Global Healing

  • Muziza Central Primary School

  • Ntare Junior School

  • Nyabuhikye Catholic Primary School

  • Nyahora Primary School

  • Nyakahama Primary School

  • Nyakakiri Primary School

  • Nyakatete Primary School

  • Nyakatokye Primary School

  • Nyakatukura Primary School

  • Nyakibale Hospital

  • Nyamitanga Muslim Primary School

  • Nyamiyaga II Primary School

  • Resonate (with Mutera)

  • Riverside Junior School

  • Rugarama I Primary School

  • Rugazi Primary School

  • Ruyonza Catholic Primary School

  • Rwamwanja Refugee Camp

  • Rwaraire Primary School

  • Rwemirabyo Primary School

  • Rwobuziizi Primary School

  • St. George's Demo School

  • St. Mary's Primary

  • St. Theresa Girls Primary School

  • Suubi Teen MOPS / Hoffnung für Uganda

  • Uganda Martyrs Primary School

  • Western Uganda Film Producers

Measuring Impact

Our mixed method approach currently includes a variety of measurement tools:
 

Five different colored boxes in bright colors with icons of people, clipboard, people sitting at a table, magnifying glass, speech bubble, and person at a barbershop getting haircut

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

PRE, POST, AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONNAIRES

INTERVIEWS

CASE STUDIES

TESTIMONIALS

INFORMAL "BARBERSHOP" DATA

We are passionate about measuring the effectiveness of our work. Over the years, we've collected both quantitative and qualitative data which assess the impact of our programs on participants' lives, healing journeys, and work with survivors in their communities.

 

As a result of attending our programs, participants report that they have:​

  • Overcome addiction and depression

  • Started mental health organizations

  • Entered graduate programs in counseling

  • Trained parents and students to cope with traumatic stress in health ways

  • Supported perpetrators of harm to end cycles of abuse

  • Counseled peers and family members experiencing trauma

  • Improved relationships with their children and other family members

  • Released shame around their own trauma

  • ... and more

Our post-workshop and follow up data demonstrate both the depth and the ripple effect of our work, proving that when we unlock the power of survivors to heal themselves and others, profound transformation is possible.

We are enthusiastic about sharing our lessons learned from testing both standardized and customized measurement tools, in order to advocate for more ethical, justice-based, community-centered impact assessment. â€‹

Measuring Impact

Our mixed method approach currently includes a variety of measurement tools:
 

Five different colored boxes in bright colors with icons of people, clipboard, people sitting at a table, magnifying glass, speech bubble, and person at a barbershop getting haircut

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA

PRE, POST, AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONNAIRES

INTERVIEWS

CASE STUDIES

TESTIMONIALS

INFORMAL "BARBERSHOP" DATA

We are passionate about measuring the effectiveness of our work. Over the years, we've collected both quantitative and qualitative data which assess the impact of our programs on participants' lives, healing journeys, and work with survivors in their communities.

 

As a result of attending our programs, participants report that they have:​

  • Overcome addiction and depression

  • Started mental health organizations

  • Entered graduate programs in counseling

  • Trained parents and students to cope with traumatic stress in health ways

  • Supported perpetrators of harm to end cycles of abuse

  • Counseled peers and family members experiencing trauma

  • Improved relationships with their children and other family members

  • Released shame around their own trauma

  • ... and more

Our post-workshop and follow up data demonstrate both the depth and the ripple effect of our work, proving that when we unlock the power of survivors to heal themselves and others, profound transformation is possible.

We are enthusiastic about sharing our lessons learned from testing both standardized and customized measurement tools, in order to advocate for more ethical, justice-based, community-centered impact assessment. â€‹

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