Conversations on Mental health is hosted by the Mariacutty Youth Center, Kaduna. The event is organised to create awareness on Mental Health among young people. This will be the first such meeting in a series of 5. It will include discussions with health professionals, religious leaders and youth advocates.
She is a consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Head of Forensic Psychiatry Unit of Hos University Teaching Hospital. She is the consultant Psychiatrist in charge of the Prison Clinic at the Jos Maximum Security Prison.
She has contributed to a number of committees, including the constitutional review committee of the Association of Psychiatrist in Nigeria. She has some fifty published papers in peer reviewed journals
Zainab Bello is an expert in human resource management. She recounts meeting “Hadiza Aliko Mohammed, the founder of the House of Recovery, played a very significant role in making me develop the interest in fashioning out ways of combating drugs / substance abuse in Northern Nigeria and the country at large by way of training, counselling and collaborating with necessary agencies and partners.”
Zainab attended Bayero University Kano where she obtained a diploma in public administration and later proceeded to the Hertfordshire International College of Business and Technology (HIBT) UK where she gained another diploma in business before proceeding to the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom where she bagged a Joint Honors degree in Human Resource Management and Tourism.
Mallam Muhammed Bello is an Islamic Sector who has served as a teacher and counselor in both conventional and Islamic schools at various levels in Harakatu Falahil Islam between 1999 till date. having gained experience, in 2012, he was saddled with the responsibility of heading the five schools of Tarbiyya Group of Schools as Director to present. In the same year he was ordained an Imam of Barnawa Low-Cost, Juma’at Mosque and a member of Kaduna State Council of Imams. He holds several positions and Mallam is a happy family man with five children.
Fatima is a grateful mother of four and a Jigawan through and through. Her passion for educating you minds revealed an inner strength she didnt know was latent. She leads and teaches a group of exceptional teachers that nurtures the spirit and intellect of children. She appreciates good landscaping, enjoys volunteer work and loves to read motivational books. She expresses her thoughts about life and her love for humanity through writing. She is fascinated by “Love”, She believes the epitome of love is that between man and the creator. in time to come she would like to be remembered as one whom has had a huge impact.
Comfort Bangoji is a Teacher, a Counselor and a Social Worker working with dysfunctional homes and rehabilitation programs for the delinquent, abandoned and persons with special needs. She the founder of Life in Christ Gospel Mission International; a faith based NGO committed to empowering the lives of widows and Ripples, an NGO which is focused on mentoring and equipping young mothers and girls. Mrs. Comfort trained as a Social Worker, DIP and ADHSSM in 1979 and 1972 respectively, She further trained in PCC and Pre-Marriage counseling at the International Theological Seminary, Ghana. She has authored a number of books with the latest; History of Social Work in Northern Nigeria.
Pastor Prosper convenes a Christian Youth Outreach Fellowship called “Youth Alive for Christ” with the aim of raising a generation of young Christians. He also organises outreach programs for youth struggling with drugs and addiction and other youth vices.
Naila Foundation is a non profit organization that focuses on maternal health and the psychological impact of pregnancy and infant loss.