TELL has received support from a variety of organizations across the years, and it is thanks to the generous support of companies, foundations, and charitable funds that allows us to continue and further expand our work to support mental health in the community. Below are some grant giving organizations that currently support us:
The United Nations has highlighted the growing increase in youth mental health concerns and the urgent need to address this issue. TELL would like to thank Akai Hane Central Community Chest of Japan for the generous grant in aid of youth mental health in 2024-2025 as part of their program to “support people with roots in foreign countries with activities to create connections.”
For this project, we reached out to various parts of the international community in Japan that support youth and connected with over 850 people working with students at middle and high schools as well as universities in how to support young people’s mental health. We offered three types of workshops.
We visited 8 international schools and spoke directly with students, telling them about Lifeline, Childline, and other mental health services, and encouraging them to take care of their mental health and reach out for help if needed. We visited: The German School of Tokyo/Yokohama, Salesian International School in Tokyo, Osaka International School, British School, Tokyo, Christian Academy in Japan, Tokyo, Yokohama International School, and Tokyo International Public School.
We offered four mental health workshops to youth and those supporting youth. These were: Trauma support and resilience-building for evacuees; a workshop on youth mental health for school nurses; a workshop on student mental health for university students; and a workshop on executive functioning and assessments for parents and educators working with students with special needs..
We also offered the Question, Persuade, Refer suicide prevention gatekeeper training. We led four workshops for people supporting youth: two for educators in Tokyo, one in Fukuoka and one for community members and educators working with LGBTQ+ youth.
Thank you, Akai Hane for your support and for helping young people in our community to thrive.
Zoom Cares is the philanthropic giving arm of Zoom. Through Zoom Cares, Zoom leverages the full strength of its business to foster equity, democratize opportunity, and advance systemic justice for people and the planet.
Zoom Cares’ generous support has made it possible for us to expand our outreach activities to Okinawa as well as offering Summer Lifeline Training for the first time ever.
TELL would also like to express our sincere gratitude to Akai Hane Central Community Chest of Japan and their donors for their grant allowing us to develop a program to provide support to English speaking survivors of sexual violence in the Tokyo area in 2023-2024. The project is funded by the Red Feather Welfare Fund Special Program “Grant for Support Activities for Victims and Their Families”.
If your fund or foundation is interested in working with TELL, please reach out to our development team at [email protected]. You can also learn more about TELL’s activities and finances by viewing our annual report.