Beans to Minds
A pilot project that aimed to provide mental health and wellness support to 39 Colombian women coffee farmers that participated in the creation of the book We Belong by Lucia Bawot.
The pilot included before-and-after interviews, two one-on-one virtual therapy sessions, and two wellness virtual group workshops.
Lucia Bawot the author of We Belong found out after spending so much time with these women and engaging in intimate conversations that most of them haven't had a chance to speak, be heard, process, and heal past and current traumatic and difficult life experiences, and are finding it hard to navigate life with no tools.
So, as a true believer and advocate for mental health, she decided to donate 100% of the earnings from the book sales during her four book launch events to create & manage Beans to Minds. Finally, she launched a donation campaign where she collected the remaining funds needed for this first pilot.
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Project Phases
PHASE 1
Create a WhatsApp group with the 39 women where they can have a safe space to communicate and provide feedback.
Conduct 39 initial interviews using a semi-structured 20-question survey to measure social acceptance and self-esteem.
Introduce psychologists Luisa Fernanda Montoya and Lina Marcela Castaño to the 39 women.
PHASE 2
Conduct the first and second rounds of one-on-one virtual therapy sessions with the 39 women.
Collect session reports from the two psychologists from the two sessions from each woman.
Analyze 39 initial interview responses and gather patterns and important information.
PHASE 3
Based on the one-on-one therapy sessions the two psychologists will pick two main topics to structure the two-group virtual workshop.
Conduct the two-hour virtual group workshops for the 39 women divided into 7 groups of 4 to 8 women per group.
Conduct 39 final interviews using the same semi-structured 20-question survey to measure social acceptance and self-esteem.
Analyze the final interviews and compare them with results from the initial interview.
Create a public document to share results and findings from the pilot project.
