This post is for the Emoneeds care team.

This post is for the Emoneeds care team.

The ones who traveled across UP, ran 13 workshops in government polytechnics, stayed hours after sessions ended, and made 750+ therapy conversations happen in places where mental health support had never existed.

Phase 1 of Project Saathi with DOVE and NTPC is complete.

Over the last 5 months, our team traveled across Uttar Pradesh - Mathura, Ayodhya, Agra, Gorakhpur, Saharanpur, Ballia, Aligarh and more - running mental health workshops in government polytechnics, colleges, and community spaces.

The numbers:

780 therapy sessions 550 assessments 220 recovery plans 13 on-ground workshops 6 webinars

But here's what the numbers don't tell you.

Each of those 780 sessions was a person, a story, sitting across from our team - often for the first time in their life - and saying "I'm not okay."

Underserved students in developing cities who had never met a therapist, let alone be able to label their emotions or what they are going through. Experiencing a safe space to share their traumas and struggles.

And this was done by a small but relentless clinical team that traveled to places where mental health support has simply never existed. They ran workshops, stayed back for hours doing 1-on-1 sessions, followed up with students who needed continued care, and somehow made therapy feel approachable in rooms where the concept was brand new.

Phase 1 is done. Phase 2 starts now - and we need to reach 3,500 people before we're done.

To the Emoneeds team - this is what it looks like when you take mental health where it's never been before. Proud of every single one.