Mission
To build preventative mental health infrastructure for young Ghanaians. That means peer-led sessions before crisis hits, and clean handoffs to trusted clinicians when someone needs more.
About
A youth-led collective for mental health in Ghana.
Aya Minds Collective is a youth-focused mental health organisation in Ghana building community-based support systems through dialogue, connection, and early intervention.
Adinkra symbol
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What Aya means
Endurance and growth in harsh conditions.
Aya is an Adinkra symbol from the Gyaman people of Ghana and Ivory Coast. It depicts a hardy fern that grows in difficult, hostile places. It represents endurance and resourcefulness. We picked it for a reason. Young people in Ghana already show extraordinary strength in conditions that weren't built for them. Aya Minds is creating the infrastructure that should have existed from the start.
Symbol shown is the traditional Adinkra glyph from adinkrasymbols.org. The brand logotype is our custom interpretation of the same mark.
Our message
We are all Aya.
Mission & Vision
What we're working toward.
Vision
A Ghana where every young person has the words to name what they're feeling, and the people to help them work through it.
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