RISE IN ACTION
Strong Tower Academy
Mental health awareness for students and the adults who support them
5–6 November 2025 · Zaria, Kaduna State
BridgeSphere visited Strong Tower Academy through RISE for Mental Health, engaging teachers and management on 5 November 2025 and students on 6 November 2025. Across the two dates, the outreach reached 163 people: 28 teachers and management staff, and 135 students.
Supporting the school community
The staff outreach covered mental health awareness and stigma, teacher wellbeing and stress, supportive classrooms, recognising student distress, supportive conversations and school referral pathways. The focus connected staff wellbeing with their role in supporting students.
Practical learning for students
The student outreach covered recognising distress, supporting a friend and challenging stigma. Resilience and coping skills included breathing, grounding and problem-solving. These themes formed part of mental health education, rather than clinical assessment or treatment.
Source: BridgeSphere’s recorded school outreach activities and photographs. Reach figures describe programme participation; they do not measure changes in mental health.