Tumaini is a Swahili word meaning “hope”. Their Counselling Centres are staffed by mental health professionals who serve AIM, and missionaries from over 160 like-minded agencies throughout Africa. Their mission is to provide preventative and restorative mental health services to enhance missionary resilience and fruitfulness. They accomplish this through on-site care, distance counselling and other services, occasional travel, seminars, a loaning library, and other resources.
Lizzie* joined Tumaini in 2022 after decades of living in French oversea territories. Whilst in the UK she trained in Creative Therapies and worked with women with complex PTSD. In 2019 she qualified as a psychotherapist and counsellor, and has worked with addiction recovery and trafficking survivors. She offers counselling in English and French.
Read Lizzie’s insights into the reasons missionaries and AIM staff might need someone alongside, listening, supporting, to find a way through the challenges they face.
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