A long-standing partnership with Centro Ann Sullivan del Perú is turning a Peruvian-developed, family-led approach to neurodevelopmental care into a manualized, adaptable model successfully tested across borders and now being prepared for communities more broadly.

Boston Children’s partners with SOLA, the world’s only boarding school for Afghan girls, to build a trauma-informed, culturally affirming system of care that integrates student wellbeing across academic and residential life and strengthens staff and programmatic capacity to support students.

The Colombian National Police Wounded Warriors Assistance Project is designed to build capacity for physical and psychological rehabilitation services across Columbia and to create clear alternative training opportunities and career pathways for disabled police.

To address the unseen impacts of armed conflicts on children, a team of child protection workers, social workers, nurses, and sociologists, evaluate mental health and psychosocial support needs to explore how factors such as health and hygiene, food and nutrition, and education impact mental health in Tigray, Ethiopia.

The capacity for pediatric care at partner site Laos Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) has grown over the years, resulting in staff caring for higher acuity children, including the critically ill and injured. The emotional burden of caring for these children took its toll on hospital staff, so our partnership was expanded to include a support program for caregivers to infuse a culture of wellness and reduce burnout.

Since 2007, the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda has enhanced its health and wellness program by implementing standardized protocols and training, leading to improved annual health assessments, mental health screenings, and first aid support for its 500 youth residents.

As the war in Ukraine continues, the mental health needs of children in de-occupied areas are vastly under recognized and under addressed. BCH is partnering with a Ukrainian NGO called Community Self-Help to train front line protection workers and first responders on mental health and psychosocial skills to support children and families in newly de-occupied areas.

Adolescents with chronic illnesses in Ghana face mental health risks exacerbated by fragmented resources, limited collaboration between traditional and Western practices, and stigma. BCH clinicians, in partnership with Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), aim to integrate mental and chronic health care services.