Working Area: Dhanusha (Ganeshman Charnath Municipality, Nagarain Municipality, Laxminia Rural Municipality, Dhanauji Rural Municipality) & Siraha (Lahan Municipality, Dhangadhimai Municipality)
Duration of project: 1st June 2025 to 31st March 2029
Brief Introduction of the project:
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) project in Madhesh Province contributed to build on the promotion of Child Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing in Community (PCMHP) project (2021-2024), implemented by CMC-Nepal in three municipalities of Siraha and Dhanusha districts, with CBM Global’s support and local government collaboration.
The final evaluation report of PCMHP showed progress in psychosocial well-being, learning quality, accessibility for children with disabilities, and policy advancements, particularly for marginalized children. Key achievements highlighted integrating MHPSS into local level policies, building teacher and health worker capacity in child mental health, raising community awareness, and strengthening referral systems. Sustainability, government commitment, financing, referrals, and stigma reduction remained challenges and the evaluation recommended to work further to address those challenges in old project locations and plan strategically to increase sustainability and local ownership from very beginning in new project location.
The CAMH project is designed and implemented to replicate PCMHP’s model for local ownership and sustainability, enhance coordination and referral systems at municipal and provincial level, boost outreach with culturally appropriate awareness campaigns, allocate resources to improve program reach and impact, and create a roadmap for post-project child and adolescent mental health services.
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