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Restoring Dignity Through Afro-Centered Mental Health Support
Empowering survivors of human trafficking through trauma-informed, culturally-rooted healing.
What is Handprints to Healing?
Mental health for survivors in Africa is at the heart of Handprints to Healing, an initiative created by and for African survivors of human trafficking. This program focuses on healing and resilience through an Afro-centric, survivor-centered, and trauma-informed approach.
This project brings together care, community, and culture, offering safe spaces for storytelling, survivor coaching and counselling, practical healing toolkits, and webinars on mental health awareness. Through this project, we aim to center African voices and experiences and support survivors in rebuilding their lives with dignity, strength, and hope.
Handprints to Healing is a mental health initiative of Footprint to Freedom for African survivors, working across the continent to make mental health support accessible and culturally relevant. By blending African traditions of healing with evidence-based trauma care, the initiative creates pathways for deep, sustainable recovery and community resilience.what we do
We lead pioneering studies on trauma healing models tailored to African survivor contexts.
Survivor-led sessions on mindfulness, emotional resilience, and long-term trauma recovery.
We foster group healing through survivor circles, mentorship, and coalition-building.
Practical toolkits, survivor-friendly guides, and trauma-informed materials for survivors.
Hosting confidential counseling and monthly podcasts on trauma topics to help survivors
We integrate African traditions, art, and rituals—into trauma recovery to ground healing in cultural identity.
What’s Coming Next
RESource library
What’s Coming Next
Ready to Learn and Heal Together?
Every survivor deserves the opportunity to heal—regardless of age, gender, or background.
Our growing digital library offers practical, trauma-informed, and Afro-centered resources created by survivors, for survivors, as well as for the practitioners who support them.
- PTSD, complex trauma & healing from exploitation
- The survivor journey and navigating recovery
- Trauma-informed allyship and communication
- Culturally grounded frameworks for NGOs and educators