Key Achievement

Despite the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, Serenity Wellness Center (SWC) has made strides towards its vision achievement. Below are some of our key accomplishments:

• Provided mental health services to United Nations WFP staff.
• Secured a Corporate Wellness Programs contract with USAID SUNTA Project.
• Accepted Medlink Services Limited medical scheme for members.
• Collaborated with the Psychology Association of Zambia (PAZ) in implementing health education programs addressing Covid-19 induced stress, anxiety, and depression through radio, television, and social media platforms.
• Successfully implemented a $25,000.00 project funded by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), promoting mental health and HIV preventive services. Thirty-three young Zambians (18 male and 15 female) living with HIV and substance use disorders underwent a 30-day in-patient addiction treatment program. Seventeen participants were linked to HIV care within Lusaka, and fifteen educational outreach programs were organized virtually and in-person in the communities of participants.
• Adopted as a delegate at the International AIDS Conference (2020) for notable efforts towards people who use drugs in the context of mental health and HIV vulnerability.
• Collaborated with the Medical Association of Zambia to offer stress inoculation therapy to frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Partnered with the You Are Not Alone (YANA) foundation to offer Teletherapy services to Zambians struggling with Covid-19 induced mental health challenges.
• Trained 174 members of staff from various schools and organizations in Lusaka on Alcohol and Drug basic awareness and brief interventions, improving capacity to identify and offer psychological first-aid to students using alcohol and drugs harmfully.
• Drafted the 2021 Key Populations’ Mental Health Training toolkit for FHI360 Zambia and trained more than 100 key populations and health caregivers in four towns of Zambia: Livingstone, Chirundu, Lusaka, and Kabwe.
• Successfully trained 70 members of staff from three organizations in Child Safeguarding Policy: 14 at Little Assisi Day Care and Special School in Lusaka, 44 at Kasanka Special School in Samfya, and 12 mission partners for the FMDMs in the Southern African region.
• Operates a residential rehabilitation facility in Lusaka for the treatment and recovery of substance use disorders (SUDs), with 120 graduates and a recovery rate above 60%.
• Despite the pandemic, attended to more than 300 people with various mental health needs through individual and family outpatient psychotherapy sessions.
• Offered Teletherapy sessions to more than 56 clients for various mental health challenges, including suicide, alcohol and drug use, depression, loss and grief, anxiety, HIV counseling, and work-related stress.