Educate to Illuminate

A series of mental health toolkits in collaboration with Human Concern International (HCI).

Mental wellness is the ability to manage life’s highs and lows. Each year, 1 in 5 people experience mental health problems. However, the stigma surrounding mental health continues to create a barrier to access for many members of our community.

Nisa Helpline and Human Concern International present: “The Educate to Illuminate Campaign,” This campaign is an educational initiative emphasizing the importance of mental health for Muslim women. In order to create a path forward, community leaders, religious scholars, and the general public will be provided with the tools they need to build and sustain a well-informed community on mental wellness.

How We Work

Nisa Helpline has been working diligently for the past seven years to provide free, private, and objective peer counselling to marginalized women across North America. Our Peer Counsellors are dedicated to supporting the community 12 hours a day, seven days a week. We have received over 32,000 calls, with an average of 500 each month. Our organization strives to maintain services via workforce planning and training so no call goes unanswered.

What We Offer

With this collaboration, Nisa Helpline has developed a series of online toolkits as a resource for the Muslim community to discover and learn more about various aspects of Mental Health. Click on the buttons below for access to the various topics.

Knowing your Islamic Rights as Women

Learn more about the religious rights afforded to Muslim women, to help facilitate informed decisions and ensure the boundaries of women are respected.

With Difficulty is Relief: Self Care Guide for Muslim Women

Learn more about how to incorporate self care practices as a way to cope and deal with mental health struggle at different stages.

Language Sensitivity in Dealing with Mental Health Crisis

Learn about how to provide effective support of someone experiencing a mental health crisis, whether you are a parent, a friend or a community leader.

Understanding Mental Health for Muslim Women

Learn more about general mental health, and how to recognize and support women going through mental health crisis.

Toolkits

Self Care

Religious Rights

Mental Health

Language Sensitivity

Our Commitment

With this collaboration, Nisa Helpline will continue to contribute to the development of a strong and more resilient generation of women in our communities and will also expand its services to their inner teams to ensure everyone’s safety and wellbeing are considered. Stay tuned for exciting and informative webinars, workshops and resources that will result from this collaboration!

We want to hear from you!

Now it’s your turn – We want to hear from you! NISA Helpline is launching the Educate to Illuminate campaign, and we’ve made a survey that will help us better understand your experience. Your answers will tell us more about the current supports available to Muslim woman – and how we can help to break down barriers. And by doing this survey, you are saying that you agree with us using your answers for Nisa Helpline programming and development. So, if you’re ready – let’s get started!