South Sudanese Youth Ambassadors Program

The South Sudanese Youth Ambassadors (SSYA) program has been running since 2017 as part of the Mental Health Literacy & Suicide Prevention Project that focuses on improving the wellbeing of the four nominated refugee communities: South Sudanese, Hazara, Tamil and Arabic.

The SSYA program is designed to equip the young South Sudanese participants with mental health literacy, knowledge of mental health services, and leadership skills. The ultimate goal of the program is to establish a pool of local peer support young leaders who are able to utilise self-help strategies, branch out into their communities, and build peer networks with other young people. These ambassadors will serve as a link between refugee communities and mental health services.

For more information, visit the SSYA program page on the STARTTS website.