150 MILLION
people live with a mental health condition in Africa. Yet for millions of them, care remains out of reach.
the problem is access to care.
In many countries, fewer than 1 in 10 people can access any form of mental health support.
Women carry a disproportionate burden through violence, economic precarity, grief and stigma.
The consequences ripple outward: lost income, children leaving school, families under strain.
WE BRING MENTAL HEALTH WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY ARE.
Heal by Hair builds on the social capital of hair salons. Rather than waiting for women to cross the sometimes distant doors of health systems, we train the women they already trust: their hairdressers.
HEAL BY HAIR
Trained to detect, listen and guide, hairdressers become mental health ambassadors and local bridges to care, at the heart of a territorial network already anchored in women's daily lives.
My salon became a place where women finally speak, and heal.
Mental healthis health.
150 MILLION
people live with a mental health condition in Africa. Yet for millions of them, care remains out of reach.
In many countries, fewer than 1 in 10 people can access any form of mental health support.
Women carry a disproportionate burden through violence, economic precarity, grief and stigma.
The consequences ripple outward: lost income, children leaving school, families under strain.
the problem is access to care.
WE BRING MENTAL HEALTH WHERE PEOPLE ALREADY ARE.
Heal by Hair builds on the social capital of hair salons. Rather than waiting for women to cross the sometimes distant doors of health systems, we train the women they already trust: their hairdressers.
HEAL BY HAIR
Trained to detect, listen and guide, hairdressers become mental health ambassadors and local bridges to care, at the heart of a territorial network already anchored in women's daily lives.
REAL RESULTS.
Already at scale.
In just a few years, Bluemind Foundation has helped turn everyday spaces into places of care with measurable impact across communities.
A community of women who finally found someone to listen.
Shifting how mental health is understood and discussed across Africa and the diaspora.
Ambassadors report better mental well-being and 1 in 5 sees higher income, meaning food on the table, school fees paid, and dignity restored.
My salon became a place where women finally speak, and heal.
FROM ONE SALON IN LOMÉ TO A GROWING AFRICAN SYSTEM.
What began as a pilot is now embedded across Togo, Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon, with structured expansion pathways across Africa.
A DISCIPLINED AMBITION
2025 - 2030