Santhwana aims at developing barefoot counsellors who can function as mental health volunteers. Through training and awareness sessions, SHG members are given basic mental health literacy.
Volunteers will be trained in the following areas:
1. Accurate and scientific information on mental health.
2. Identify the symptoms of mental illness
3. Carry out an initial psychosocial assessment
4. Make appropriate referrals, whenever needed Kerala and Tamil Nadu