With youth mental health practitioners and advocates from Malawi
MCLD organized a global call in May 2026 in collaboration with our Youth Task Force to explore self-care and mental wellness. We heard from two youth mental health practitioners and advocates from Malawi about the stigmas that are attached to mental health and how we can prevent stress from building into a crisis:
- Flora Ngina Mwale: Mental health professional, social entrepreneur, youth advocate, and Founder of the Empower Mind Initiative
- Nikiwe Mtema: Sociologist and behaviour change communication practitioner, and a mental health advocate, and Co-Founder and Executive Director of Rugare Mental Health Organization
This call built on our January global call introducing a new series on wellbeing. This month was an opportunity to hear a youth angle on mental well-being and practice some grounding exercises together.