Working together for an impactful outcome.

“…there can be no health without mental health.”

— World Health Organization

We appreciate your visit to our website. UBHA is a collective of behavioral health physicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and educators working together to make a positive impact on mental health and overall well-being. Our mission is to serve the people of Uganda and the East African region.

Who is UBHA?

Attend the 12th International East Africa Psychology Conference!

Dates: October 10th & 11th, 2024
Location: University of Kisubi, Uganda — Available Online

Join us to explore this year’s theme “Community-Based Participatory Mental Health Care and Services.” Engage in meaningful discussions that shape community-focused approaches to mental health practices. Click below to register or to learn more about the conference.

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To Our Global Partners:

As we commemorate the giving season with Giving Tuesday, we invite you to join us in a shared mission of positive impact. Reflecting on our recent International East Africa Psychology Conference, we’re inspired by the powerful change we can create together. Please find highlights from this year on the conference page.
National Giving Day: A Call to Action
In observance of Giving Tuesday, the Uganda Behavioral Health Alliance (UBHA) remains committed to our mission of serving communities and individuals across regions in East Africa and beyond. Fundraising plays a vital role in enabling us to create positive change. We invite you to join us by making a contribution and extending this message to your networks.
How Your Contributions Make an Impact:
  • $10 Donation: This supports team communication needs, such as data for our leaders and their teams, ensuring effective coordination and outreach.
  • $30 Donation: This supports local group discussions such as classroom interventions and trainings by covering travel costs for our clinicians. This amount can also provide a month’s supply of essential health medications.
  • $50 Donation: Direct operations and crisis response, including food for those in need and support for domestic violence relief.
  • $100+ Donation: Assists with all the above, and operational costs for over 12 sites in East Africa and beyond.
Ways to Donate:
  • Visit our UBHA website donation page for secure and straightforward payment options.
  • Physical donations and checks can be mailed to:
    C/O Yvonne Ssempijja, 6025 N. Green Bay Ave., 2nd floor, Glendale, WI 53209 (entry through back door).
  • For our international leaders wishing to contribute in other forms, please contact us at +1 414 247 0801 or email Sebastian at sebastian@sebastianfp.com and Debbi at debbi@sebastianfp.com.
  • For donors in the United States and its territories, please note that your donations are tax-deductible (501(c)3).

Testimonials from our partners:
Dr. Karambu Ringera, Founder and President of International Peace Initiatives: Meru, Kenya:
“Our participation in this program has greatly enhanced our work in terms of having a deeper understanding of the various ways mental health issues impact individuals, families and the community as a whole.”
Noe Kasali, Founder of Bethesda Counseling Center and Kivu Care, DRC:
“For me, this platform has become family. The care, encouragement, and support I receive positively impacts my work and my colleagues as well, encouraging us to press on through suffering and challenging situations.”
Dr Ojo Tunde Masseyferguson, National Coordinator, National Mental Health Program (NMHP), Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria:
“It gives me great pleasure to be able to express how on different fronts the UBHA has shown itself as a formidable and sustainable bridge builder between the global north and south in advancing the course of global mental health…I have received both professional and personal support from them and have also been supportive towards the mentoring of the medical student group that I lead.”
Thank you for considering this opportunity to contribute on National Giving Day. Your partnership and support are invaluable to us.

Warm Regards,

How We Make a Difference

UBHA, SFPP and their partners have managed to not only established collaborations in the countries of Kenya, Congo, Somaliland, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, the Midwest of the United States, and other areas, and have leveraged these relationships to lead to the following significant outcomes.

Passion

UBHA, a leading non-profit entity has strengthened alliances across the globe with a mission and vision of working together for a collective outcome. That outcome is the capacity to use an interdisciplinary body of practitioners, teachers, researchers, clinicians, and other disciplines dedicated on a joint and collective outcome.