March 3, 2021
Come and visit our new Information Resource Centre in Lalitpur!
One of our team's many dreams has always been to open an information resource centre/library for nurses in Nepal. We wanted to create a unique space that…
February 11, 2021
“Real change can be subtle, but also possible”
This is the story of our wonderful Sailesh Bhandari, a Nepalese Clinical Nurse determined to raise the profile of nursing both in Nepal and abroad.
February 5, 2021
Jaya Mental Health is thrilled to join the Nursing Now campaign and raise the profile and status of nursing worldwide!
This blog was written by João Marçal-Grilo, Founding Director of Jaya Mental Health.
January 29, 2021
Capacity building program in Ilam continues
At Jaya, in addition to bringing mental health care to remote corners of South Asia, we also train local communities in basic, but at times life saving mental…
January 25, 2021
Jaya’s first hill-based community mental health outreach clinic of 2021 started today!
So far our team of psychiatrists, counsellors and nurses have seen 44 patients. This January Jaya’s mobile medical team will stay in the Highlands of Eastern…
January 17, 2021
This is Mustang, in Western Nepal
Named “the last forbidden Kingdom”, Mustang was inaccessible to foreigners until October 1991.
December 28, 2020
Last community mental health outreach clinic of 2020!
Despite the ongoing pandemic, Jaya’s staff has once again joined forces with Ilam’s Health Assistants and local volunteers to deliver a two-days outreach…
December 22, 2020
Will Nepal, Pakistan and so many other low income countries be left behind when covid-19 vaccines arrive?
Most likely. At Jaya we are providing both practical and emotional support to nurses at the forefront of the covid-19 fight.
November 26, 2020
Our Mental Health Community Outreach Team is back in Sandakpur!
Covid-19 is tough, but so are we! Another monthly community mental health outreach clinic delivered in Eastern Nepal, following all necessary precautions to…