VIDA PLENA
STARTED: Incubation Program 2022
Co-founder, Executive Director
SEED GRANT: $132,000
MONEY FUNDRAISED TO DATE (AUG 2023): $348,000
TEAM SIZE: 4 core team members; 11 community group facilitators
Anita Kaslin
Co-founder, Community Group Coordinator
WEBSITE: http://www.vidaplena.global
Building Strong Mental Health in Latin America
CURRENT OR PREDICTED IMPACT:
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71% of people who take part in theirprogram have significant reducts in their mental health, finishing the program with mild - to no depression
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Vida Plena expecst to treat 600 people by the end of 2023 and are aiming for 6,000 in 2024
COST-EFFECTIVENESS:
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Predictive CEA, conducted by volunteers from the Happier Lives Institute
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Estimated to be at least 8x more cost-effective than GiveDirectly in terms of improving subjective well-being
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Cost per DALY: $462
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Cost per WELLBY: $17
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Projected cost per person treated at scale: $77
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SIGNIFICANT UPDATES:
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Training partnership completed with the Columbia University Global Mental Health Lab in NYC
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Collaboration agreements signed with World Vision and 11 other local implementation partners in Ecuador, demonstrating on the ground support
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Joy gave presentations at EAGx Latam in Mexico City, EA Global in SF, EA for Christians in London, and Christians in Impact in Washington DC
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Vida Plena in the Ecuadorian national news:
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Article in the nation-wide newspaper, Diario Expresso
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Featured three times on national tv news, TeleAmazonas
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Gave three full-length interviews with GlobalTV
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Anita and Joy were selected to participate in the South Park Commons Social Innovators Fellowship, which is run by the Agency Fund
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Vida Plena is selected to participate in an accelerator through turn.io
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Vida Plena was awarded a USAID subgrant through IMPAQTO to provide mental health care to 600 vulnerable female entreprenures in 10 cities across Ecuador
ACHIEVEMENTS:
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Pilot completed: In the fall of 2022, Vida Plena completed a pilot program to test the implementation of the program model in Latin America, which included:
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Community training: 12 local community members certified by certified by Columbia University as group facilitators
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Inauguration of first 10 support groups: Groups are composed of an average of 7 people and meet in local neighborhood locations for 9 weeks
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Scaling of services: Vida Plena has continue to scale services across Quito, and is on target to treat 600 by the end of 2023.
IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS:
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Predictive CEA, conducted by volunteers from the Happier Lives Institute
ROOM FOR MORE FUNDING IN 2023
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We are seeking to raise $40,000 to meet our total 2023 annual budget goal of $230,000. This will help us to:
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Develop a robust monitoring and evaluation system to ensure quality of therapy offered
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Strengthen our local partner network by establishing collaborations with 10 Ecuadorian nonprofits and local government agencies.
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