The Thriving Campus Initiative is a tech-powered campus initiative that strengthens student belonging and equips a whole community to respond to bullying, including cyberbullying, before it takes hold.
The initiative forms part of a wider international youth mental health programme supported through the Being Initiative, hosted by Grand Challenges Canada, which invests in evidence-based approaches to young people's wellbeing across twelve countries. In Ghana, that programme has identified bullying and cyberbullying as a national priority as more of young people's lives, and more of the harm they face, move online.
Student mental health is shaped not only by counselling services but by the everyday culture students create for one another. A strong sense of belonging, positive peer relationships and the confidence to support a peer in distress are among the most powerful protective factors for both wellbeing and academic success.