Oasis of Love International Center for Women and Children (OLIC) is a non-profit focused on addressing the issue of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and promoting mental health and well-being for survivors. Our goal is to provide support and resources to individuals affected by SGBV, as well as to raise awareness and advocate for policies that address this issue.

 

 

OLIC is a mental health nongovernmental organization that is fully registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Federal; the Republic of Nigeria with registration number CAC/IT/110114 on April 24, 2018.  We were officially launched on the 18th of May, 2019. We provide holistic care to the less privileged women and children in Nigeria. OLIC tackle mental health problems through different approach and strategies that aimed at increasing knowledge of mental health, reducing mental health stigma and discrimination, increasing health-seeking behaviors, assessing illness, counseling people with mental health challenges, survivors of abuse and domestic violence.

 

our organization also deal with mental health problems by reducing the risk factor of mental health through poverty reduction, education, the campaign against children abuse & domestic violence, health promotion and illness prevention, health assessment, and counseling. We understand the link between mental health and physical health.  According to WHO, Health is not just the absence of illness but the presence of psychological, emotional, physical, economic and spiritual well-being. We promote the overall well-being of less privileged children, adolescent, youth and adult in our society.

 

 OLIC provides psychological services to Orphans in the orphanage homes, street children, homeless children, and prisoners. We raise awareness of mental health in Schools, Churches, Homes, and Communities by organizing mental health seminars, symposium, and workshop for School children, teachers, parents, youth, adult and elderly people. We provide free mental health screening for mental mental health challenges

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We offer evidence-based therapy that is client focus, quality is driven, trauma-informed and culturally specific. Our therapist assists children, adolescent youth and women who are survivors of child abuse, sexual abuse, child labor, rape, child prostitution, trafficking, domestic violence, and trauma.

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We also fight against sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) by providing school based sexual abuse prevention program, community SGBV awareness program, psychosocial support to survivors of SGBV and other services. We believe in preventing child abuse, sexual and gender bases violence by providing SGBV awareness programs in schools, churches, communities, and markets 

 

 At OLIC, we provide the following services and programs:

 

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• Mental health awareness, assessment and counseling

• Adolescent intimate partner violence prevention program that focus on healthy relationships

• School based education program to prevent child sexual abuse 

• 'Counseling and therapeutic intervention for survivors through Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy  (TF-CBT) and  CBT

• SGBV awareness campaign

• counseling and psychological support for the survivors of SGBV and abuse

• Mobile health services in the rural communities

• Parenting program to prevent child abuse and teen dating violence

• Substance use treatment and rehabilitation.

• Working with boys and men to challenge stereotypes, toxic masculinity and norms that justify violence

• Couple Counseling

• Community mobilization program to change attitude, norms, and behaviors with direct intervention at the community level

• Medical and psychological outreach in churches, market, communities, prisons and orphanages

• Mentorships, life skill training, vocational skill training and economic empowerment of youth and women.

 

Our health care teams provide youth and teens with training in resilience, self-esteem, problem-solving skills, assertiveness training, mental health awareness, stress management, anger management, emotional regulation and emotional intelligence, psychological first aid, etc

 

For your free mental health services contact us on 07054653179 or email us on info@oasislovecenter.org for mental health assessment and treatment of your children and adolescents