The Twayne Dream A New Chapter
Aligning the team, clarifying the work, and building the community people can trust.
What TSH Is About
A safe space where young people feel seen.
The Space We Cover
There are many mental health organizations. TSH has its own lane.
Clinical
Therapy, diagnosis, treatment, and professional care.
Advocacy
Awareness, campaigns, education, and public conversations.
TSH
The soft entry point: stories, safety, belonging, and awareness.
Bridge + Preventive Space
We make mental wellbeing feel less distant.
Reduces shame
Mental wellbeing feels less scary.
Starts conversation
Members find words for what they feel.
Creates belonging
People realize they are not alone.
Points forward
Members can find the right next step.
How We Explain TSH
"It's a safe space to share your story, feel seen, and realize you're not alone."
Focuses on belonging, emotional safety, and why a young person would enter the community.
"We are a youth-led bridge connecting young people to safe conversations, mental wellbeing education, and the right next step."
Focuses on access, trust, and collaboration.
"We provide early, non-clinical psychosocial support through peer-led storytelling, guided conversations, and resource-linking."
Focuses on impact, method, and responsible positioning.
Theory of Change
From silence to growth.
Safety
Protected enough to be human
Expression
Stories help people speak
Awareness
Wellbeing in simple language
Connection
Less alone in the world
Support
More open to asking for help
Growth
Confidence, direction, community
Our Main Tools
TSH is built around
two main tools:
Everything we do flows from two things — the way we speak and the spaces we create.
Storytelling
Our language. It helps members feel seen, reduce shame, reflect, and realize they are not alone.
Online + offline safe-space programs
Guided conversations, WhatsApp reflections, Facebook stories, storytelling circles, meetups, workshops, and TSH 101.
These make the tools stronger.
Mental wellbeing education
Helps members understand themselves.
Resource-linking
Helps members find the right next step.
Practical growth programs
Help members build skills, confidence, and direction.
Real Life Growth
We cannot talk about wellbeing and ignore real life pressure.
Partner Ready
We must become attractive to partners too.
Mental health orgs
Education, referrals, safeguarding.
Advocacy orgs
Stigma reduction and youth campaigns.
Educational orgs
School visits and emotional literacy.
Youth + skill orgs
Training, mentorship, and opportunities.
Building Safely
Safety is not a vibe. It is a practice.
Main Nigerian team members who will contact members online and offline need training from certified professionals.
Measuring Change
We must show movement, not just good intentions.
Reach
Who we reach across platforms and programs.
Engagement
Comments, replies, stories, attendance.
Learning
Do members understand wellbeing better?
Belonging
Do members feel less alone?
Who We Serve Now
18–30
Young adults navigating identity, purpose, pressure, survival, relationships, work, school, and emotional wellbeing.
Building The Online Community
A community people enjoy enough to return to.
The story home. Where people read, write, connect, and feel encouraged.
The intimate layer for deeper check-ins and reflection.
The public window for visibility, credibility, and updates.
Not empty numbers. Real activity.
People who react, comment, vote, reply, or participate weekly.
People who join discussions, attend activities, invite others, or help shape the community.
Team Roles
For now, the work is intertwined.
Constance Okoroafor
Community Experience and Communications Lead
Chisom Anoliefo
Community Partnerships and External Relations Lead
Dylan Kaufman
International Relations Lead
Melanie Brummer
Community Culture and Learning Advisor
TSH 101
TSH 101 should feel like the next step of a community already becoming alive.
Now
Align the team.
Next 7 days
Choose quick wins.
Next 30 days
Revive the platforms.
Year-end
Become partner-ready.
Team Conversation
This is where alignment becomes commitment.
What are your honest thoughts on TSH's direction?
What should a member realistically feel when they join?
How do we improve the product for members and funders?
What is possible in one week, one month, and by year-end?
What can each person commit to for the next 30 days?
Let's build the community
people can trust.
Different roles. One foundation. One safe haven.