the academy
mmmf academy
My Mind My Funk Academy, piloted as The Mental Health Academy, is a capacity building and innovation platform for emerging African mental health champions.
We offer practical, culturally grounded training for those ready to turn lived experience, passion, or professional interest into lasting impact. We deliver programs through workshops, online courses, and projects.
Courses are led by Lead Instructor, Sitawa Wafula, alongside a team of guest experts who bring expertise in mental health, advocacy, storytelling, and innovation.
lead instructor
The Academy is led by Sitawa Wafula, a TED Speaker, certified Mental Health First-Aider (USA), and Postgrad Certificate holder in Social Innovation Management.
Sitawa brings over a decade of experience across social innovation, advocacy, and policy. She is also the visionary behind Kenya’s first free mental health support line, which reached 11,000+ people in its first year.
As Lead Instructor, Sitawa blends grassroots insight with system-level strategy to facilitate select core sessions and guide the Academy’s overall direction.
available courses
Designed for peer supporters, emerging advocates, and those building mental health initiatives.
Campaigns & Advocacy
This course equips you with the tools to design, launch, and sustain mental health campaigns—from grassroots mobilization to influencing national policy.
Mental Health First Aid
Be the first responder your community needs. This course teaches how to recognize signs of distress, provide immediate support, and connect someone to appropriate care.
Happiness & Wellbeing
What does happiness and wellbeing mean to you, your work, and your community, and why does it matter? This course explores these ideas through an African lens and offering practical tools to support wellbeing in everyday life, leadership, and community action.
Storytelling for Impact
Your story is your power. Learn how to use personal narratives, community experiences, and cultural wisdom to humanize mental health and challenge stigma.
Design Thinking for Impact
A hands-on course to help you build and manage creative, user-centered mental health solutions for your community. Learn how to design for real-world impact using human-centered methods and essential project management tools that turn ideas into action.
Opinion Piece Writing
Shape the narrative, one column at a time. From finding your angle to getting published, this course helps you write with clarity, urgency, and authority.