The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust

The Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust is a mental health and ECD training organization founded in 1999, based on the edges of Alexandra township to support and stimulate mental and emotional health for young children and parental relationships. The primary beneficiaries are children, their parents from this under-resourced community of approximately 700 000 people. Secondary beneficiaries are young mental health professionals who are given training and superior supervision, on-site, with a view to growing the mental health care profession based on realities as well as theories. Our primary organizational aims are to: • Assess local needs, research, develop and implement training courses focused on preventative mental health strategies for children, their parents and caregivers. • Provide psychotherapy and educational assessment services and a pre-school to the Alexandra community, and opportunities for high-quality training and supervision of young professionals to ...