Catalyst Co-Lab and Catalyst Compass
Use Cases & Outcomes
Build Momentum for a Major Conference & Proposal
The Goal: MHPSS Collaborative (Mental Health and Psychosocial Support) needed to rapidly expand their knowledge and expertise on the track mental health and psychosocial needs of children and youth impacted by climate change, to present a case for funding at the bi-annual Nordic conference on MHPSS in Fragile and Humanitarian settings.
The Outcome: The Catalyst Co-Labs process engaged Global experts, included those with lived experience, engaged to enable the MHPSS Collective to present a holistic design policy and funding recommendations, was the the best prepared case at the conference which impacts future policy and funding decisions.
Find Solutions for an Urgent Issue to Help Children in Gaza
The Goal: Creativity Lab Palestine needed to improve their methodologies & tools for their teachers and psychologists to serve children with informal play based education and mental health services in the midst of the war in Gaza, given the educational collapse and extreme trauma the children faced.
The Outcome: The Catalyst Co-Lab brought collaborators, points of expertise and technical tools to rapidly improve technical approaches to MHPSS support and learning for Gaza-based teachers and psychologists to implement directly on ground, providing critical support the children of Gaza. Two grants to support our program implementation, new techniques were tested with immediately with 2,000 children and a digital platform was developed for resources.