Voices for Visibility Annabel, Lois, Taryn, Siyona, Farid, Kazi

Siyona gives a brief overview of one of the main struggles that refugees face- religious persecution. Tolerance and inclusivity is a huge part of our mission statement, and this episode covers the discrimination that many asylum seekers have gone through. It's an honest conversation about the implications and harmfulness of religious intolerance, and it also explains how this could lead to the development of mental health issues. 

Kazi provides a detailed example based off an article of a refugee's own experience with mental health issues and goes more into depth about the three areas. These include pre-flight, flight, and resettlement. She also goes into what conditions they could be facing and how these often stem into  the development of disorders. It's an interesting episode to check out if you're trying to learn more about what it's like to flee your country, so be sure to stop by.

Taryn gives our take on how we can address the growing Mental Health crisis among refugees! She provides some super unique solutions including connecting resettled refugees with the community through exercise programs and other means of rehabilitation. She also touches on a screening process that could be super helpful with undiagnosed mental illnesses. All these are creative new approaches to tackle the issue, so tune in for some cool ideas!

In this episode, Lois talks about an existing organization, Unite For Sight, and provides some context as to what they do and how it's connected to our podcast. She goes through an interesting breakdown of their purpose and what possible recommendations or improvements they could implement. It's a super thoughtful talk that will develop more insight about groups already working towards Mental Health in Refugees! Be sure to give it a listen.

Welcome to our podcast! Voices for Visibility is a global initiative aimed at providing mental health support for the 79.5 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. In this episode, Annabel discusses some background as well as our goals coming into this project.  She also covers some shocking statistics- including how more than 61% of refugees will experience serious mental distress! Be sure to tune in to learn more about our plan.