SHANTHIHAM

Shanthiham is a non-profit local Non-Governmental Organization collaborate with the communities to improve their well-being, working at Northern and Eastern regions of Sri Lanka since 1988.

OUR VISION

A healed and restored community that is able to celebrate life in all its wholeness.

OUR MISSION

To develop the capacity and fulfil the needs identified in relation to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in Northern Sri Lanka at the individual, family and community well.

Welcome to Shanthiham

Shanthiham from its origin was deeply involved in and focused on counselling of individuals, families and communities who had been traumatized due to the prolonged war, which resulted in the increase of traumatized persons in the North and East, Shanthiham increased its Counselling and psychosocial activities.

The need for an institution to deal with trauma victims saw the establishment of the Association for Health and Counselling (AHC) popularly known as Shanthiham in 1988. Since then Shanthiham has developed as an organization that provides both a Counselling Centre and Training Centre for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for the Northern and Eastern part of Sri Lanka.

Our Services

Mental Health

Contribute and advocate to enhance the services and to outreach of mental health services.

Tele Counselling

Video-based telepsychiatry helps meet patients’ needs for convenient, affordable and readily-accessible mental health services.

Distribution

To provide essential personal hygiene items to affected people by the covid - 19 and any helpless situation

Home Gardening

A well-developed home garden contributes significantly to daily food needs. It can supply households with nearly all the non-staple foods they need, such as vegetables, legumes and root crops ornamental purposes or for sale.

Livelihood

Support and promote the generation of a local economy that uses the valuable assets in the region to create local jobs and opportunities.

Trainings

Developing psycho social training of trainers for the capacity building of front line workers, officials and community groups.

Strategic Development

Process of researching and identifying strategic options, selecting the most promising and deciding how resources will be allocated across the organization to achieve objectives.

Counselling

Training on mental health and psycho social interventions for people and groups, front line workers, officials, community members and organizations, teachers and students etc.

Human Resources

Develop and implement mental health and psycho social interventions programs in the selected communities with the support of donors and field experts.

GROWING WITH OUR CLIENTS AND DONNERS

Why Choose Shanthiham

A Non Judgmental Space: Shanthiham is an organization which provides a safe and non judgmental space for everyone. It enables equal opportunity for everyone to express themselves.

Reliable: The identity of individuals who reach out to Shanthiham for mental health and prosocial support services will be kept confidential at all times. Every staff of Shanthiham is responsible for protecting clients’ personal information.

Cost-Effective: Shanthiham dispenses counselling and psycho social support services for free of charge. Therefore, it allows everyone to acquire it’s services.

Qualified Resource Pool: Shanthiham is in the adequate capacity of qualified professionals to deliver counselling and psycho social support services.

A Long Standing psycho social organization: We have been serving for the cause of promoting mental well-being for more than three decades to ensure community’s improved mental health.