Amica Educa

Founded in 1996, Amica Educa is a non-governmental organisation based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina working on mental health, gender equality, education +1 more.

Amica Educa is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-governmental organisation based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded in 1996 by psychosocial work specialists, and registered locally in 1999, it was originally set up to help women and children traumatised by war. It now works to improve social inclusion, mental health and gender equality for people in psychosocial need. Its activities include psychosocial support, a telephone information line, psychological counselling and psychotherapy, psychoeducational workshops and trainings, youth programmes, socioeconomic empowerment, gender equality work including prevention of gender-based violence, and community work. It serves children, young people, women, families and people in vulnerable groups, and also trains professionals from helping occupations. The organisation has run projects with local and international donors and partners, including a mental health project for disadvantaged young people delivered with partners in the region.