What We Do
Nunchi Health was founded to improve the mental health of students of immigrant background or heritage.
Our students have worked hard to secure their educational opportunities, and they should be supported in their mental wellbeing while doing it. We build school-based wellness programs so that students can feel supported in their educational journey. We envision Nunchi to be a community where students can feel safe, problem-solve and reflect about their daily challenges and find a community. Our work centers around fostering community and belongingness to improve mental resilience. We are a community-building platform for students to learn about their story, reflect upon their growth and opportunities, and work to support each other and their communities.
Our Mission
To advance the mental health of immigrant-origin persons through community building.
Our Core Values
Collective Healing
There is so much power in our collective action. We believe that we are stronger when we are in this, together. Nunchi is as much a space as it is a movement, to uplift the resilience of our communities.
Our Vision
To build a community of support because we belong.
Community Belongingness
We are so special in the way we are. More than just a passive belief in diversity and inclusion, we need to act on it. Nunchi is building a community where students not only feel included but belonged.
How We Make A Difference
Our Call to Action
Build Our Community. Tell Our Stories. Power Our Minds.
Unconditional Love
We believe in us, unconditionally. Nunchi is a community that gives love to ourselves and each other, unconditionally. We are community-based, because we love and are loved by our community.
We have our students lead and set the agenda on the focus of our programming. Our programs are based on a unique peer-led, problem-solving model that allows students to solve problems most relevant to their lives while fostering a community of support and collective healing. Evidenced by many studies, social support is one of the strongest protective factors against mental health crises. We understand that the power of the collective is especially important for communities of immigrant background or heritage. Our programs are science-informed and technology-enabled. Founded at Harvard Medical School, with proximity to multiple research centers and universities, we continue to improve our programs based on evidence-based interventions and the latest mental health digital technology. Importantly, all of our services are free.
Why We Care
Mental health is one of our biggest public health challenges. One in five persons living in the U.S. has a treatable mental health disorder. Among them, persons of immigrant background and heritage receive inferior and less care. Our communities continue to face unique mental health challenges, including minority stress, stigma, intergenerational conflicts or trauma, language barriers, imposter syndrome, and cross-cultural conflicts. We deserve more attention in mental health research and service provision.
The Nunchi community is here to build communities of support so that we can all belong.
We are healing our generation, together.
Disclaimer
Please acknowledge you have read and understood the following disclaimer: Nunchi Health is not a clinical healthcare provider and should not be used or characterized as a replacement for professional, licensed, indigenous, medical, in-person, psychiatric, and/or institutionalized mental healthcare, especially for people with high support needs. As a volunteer community-led organization, Nunchi Health and its representatives are NOT (1) providing mental health services or attempting to treat any mental health conditions at all, including but not limited to mental disabilities, issues, or disorders (i.e., it is not evaluating, diagnosing, treating, operating, ameliorating, modifying, adjusting, or prescribing for any human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental condition); (2) licensed to provide mental health care; (3) responsible for participants’ mental health; nor (4) tied to Harvard Medical School, so participants will not receive medical care from its practitioners or students. Instead, individuals WILL be provided with a supportive communal environment and a platform to discuss their mental health, which they take full responsibility for (as opposed to relying on facilitators). Nunchi Health cannot guarantee the confidentiality of participants’ names, email addresses, or the content they share in Nunchi-led discussions, though it is strictly protected whenever possible.