Aditya Birla Education Trust (ABET) is a Trust registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 at Mumbai. Mrs. Neerja Birla is the founder and chairperson of ABET. The Trust has four units: Aditya Birla World Academy (ABWA), The Aditya Birla Integrated School (TABIS), Mpower, and Aditya Birla Education Academy.

Mpower was born with the aim to “Stamp Out Stigma” and encourage open dialogue around Mental health, so that individuals have a right to fulfilled life, sans any bias, discrimination or shame – regardless of socioeconomic boundaries.

Our mission is to empower individuals and their families of mental health concerns by creating awareness and alleviating stigma, advocating prevention, fostering education and providing world class holistic services so that they may lead meaningful lives with respect & dignity.

Impact

• Mpower has successfully completed 36,000+ clinical sessions till January 2020, through its presence in Mumbai (Centre, Foundation & Cells), Bangalore (Centre), BITS Goa (Cell) and BITS Pilani (Cell).
• Total Number of Sessions since May 2016 - 38437
• The Foundation Sessions since May 2016 - 28784
• Total Number of Lives Touched since May 2016 - 3245

Highlights (May 2016 – June 2020)

The Outreach arm provides awareness workshops & seminars to schools, colleges and corporates to provide information about mental health conditions. Mpower has completed 1100+ workshops with National organizations, Government schools and colleges, NGOs and Trust bodies to facilitate various on-ground engagement programs.

• Outreach Workshop Impact - 2639
• Number of Lives Touched - 49,384

THE MPOWER HUB – PROJECT MPOWER ECHO

In order to share scientific knowledge, impart clinical skills, and enhance best practices related to capacity building of mental health professionals, Mpower has partnered with ECHO Trust, India to deliver academic trainings to remotely located mental health professionals. Mpower and ECHO are aligned in their aim to revolutionize mental health education and increase workforce capacity, while reducing health disparities. Since 2019, 424 mental health professionals have been provided training.

THE MPOWER CONCLAVE

Keeping with the spirit of Mpower and the aim to provide a high quality of care, the Mpower Conclave is a specialized collaboration meet designed for professionals working in the space of child and adolescent mental health. Since September 2018 151 professionals have been benefitted

THE MPOWER 1 TO 1 – Helpline For Mental Health Concerns arising out of the Pandemic

Launched on the 3rd of April, 2020, the helpline has been able to support more than 47,000 callers through troubled times. Over the months of April and May 2020, Mpower has seen a rise in new cases of mental health concerns like anxiety, stress, depression, paranoia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mpower has consistently been a strong voice in industry conversations about Mental Health Awareness, Education, and Policy. The Movement has been championed in the media for stamping out stigma and creating awareness about an issue that requires immediate attention.

• Mpower aims to help create a society where people with mental health concerns and their caregivers receive professional support, care and acceptance to facilitate their recovery, without facing discrimination or shame. Power hopes to help in bringing about change in the public perception of people coping with mental health concerns, and facilitate recovery without facing discrimination or shame, whilst simultaneously bringing change to policy and public life.
• Mpower started as an ambitious dream. Then, it became a solemn vow. Now, it is a passionately on-going endeavour to be the Movement to affect change; to promote mental health and well-being in the most holistic manner conceivable.
• We empower individuals and their families from all walks of life by creating awareness, fostering education and alleviating stigma vis-à-vis mental health.
• Mpower aims to reach out to the various NGOs and communities through our comprehensive programs and workshops. Through these workshops and trainings, we aim to foster mental well-being and a higher degree of understanding of mental health for the stakeholders as well as the beneficiaries.
• Through workshops and trainings, we aim to create awareness about mental health with all the primary stakeholders and the beneficiaries are parents, teachers, students and communities. We aim to create self-aware students, parents, teachers and well aware communities who have the right knowledge and are able to develop the right attitudes of respect and tolerance towards mental health
• Through our movement, we strive to bring about culture shift and change in the mind-set of the people by addressing misconceptions, fostering positive attitude, disseminating correct information and alleviating stigma related to mental health.

Mpower is leading efforts to create awareness, stamp stigma and community intervention to prevent and treat mental health issue.

Resonating with our cause, we have completed no of workshops and webinars in last financial year for various national organisations, Government schools & Colleges, NGOs and charitable trusts. We have committed ourselves to create right atmosphere conducing for resilience and harmony surround mental health of person and society.

Mpower have the best qualified psychiatrist doctors & phycologist, mental health expert team to operate our Projects.We manage and monitor our projects to ensure the most efficient utilisation of funds. Projects are also regularly assessed by professionals to measure progress against plans objectives.

Mpower have flexible options available that not only help us create customized proposals for you but also enhance your brand and engage your employees.

Partnership will empower to have a meaningful engagement on impact on larger level. Eg- Community, Schools, Colleges, NGO.