A sane mind starts at home.
Sanemind gives parents, schools, and children simple, science-backed tools to build confidence and emotional regulation — long before crisis has a chance to take root. Accessible mental wellness solutions for children and adolescents.
It started with one girl's story.
In 2015, our founder — then working in a psychiatric hospital — met a young girl who had tried to take her own life twice. Two years earlier, she had been an A-student, topping her class.
Listening to her story surfaced two lessons that still guide everything we build at Sanemind:
- 1The quality of a child's everyday experiences shapes their mental health in childhood — and follows them into adulthood.
- 2To raise mentally healthy adults, the parents and schools around them need to understand children's mental health needs too.
Those two lessons became the foundation of Sanemind's work — and they've since carried us to over 1,000,000 people.
Tools that live in the home, not just the clinic.
From daily rituals to clinical referrals, every Sanemind program is built to be practical for real families and real classrooms.
Positive Affirmation Flashcards
A box of 30 affirmation cards designed to help children build the habit of speaking kindly to themselves, more often and more easily.
Family Bonding Calendar
A parent-and-child activity calendar built to create consistent, positive childhood experiences at home — reducing the everyday risk factors behind adverse childhood experiences.
Thought Champion
A structured program for children ages 6–12, built to strengthen confidence and emotional regulation during a critical developmental window.
Free Parent Consultation
A no-cost consultation where parents can talk through what they're seeing at home, and get a clear referral to the right specialist or service for their child.
In-House Psychologists
Our in-house child mental health professionals support children facing emotional, psychological, and developmental conditions, including ADHD.
Research & Training
We train schools and organizations, contribute to child mental health research, and lead public advocacy — including Nigeria's first Child Mental Health Summit.
Built for parents, schools, and the partners behind them.
For Parents
Find home-based products, free consultations, and clear next steps when you're not sure what your child needs — or who to talk to.
Get SupportFor Schools
Bring child mental health training to your teachers and leadership team, backed by a organization trusted across Nigeria's education sector.
Book a TrainingFor Funders & Partners
Partner with us to scale programs that are already reaching families across six countries, with five years of measurable impact behind them.
Partner With UsWe hosted Sanemind at our safety meeting to discuss children's mental health with our team. It was enlightening, engaging, and informative — a genuinely worthwhile employee engagement, and the feedback was fantastic.Bilqees Odewale — Safety Team, Unilever
Ruqoyah Ogunbiyi
Ruqoyah is a child and adolescent mental health professional and the founder of Sanemind, an organization that builds products and services to strengthen confidence and resilience in children.
She has trained over 5,000 parents, teachers, and corporate professionals across different aspects of mental health, and personally consulted for over 100 families on confidence-building, family therapy, and child psychotherapy.
Ruqoyah holds a degree in Pharmacy and a Master's in Child and Adolescent Mental Health from Africa's premier centre for the field, where she finished in the top 3 of her class. She has been featured on The Guardian, The Nation, LTV, and Arise TV, and serves as one of UNICEF's mental health experts.
Whichever seat you're in, there's a place to start.
Whether you're a parent looking for support, a school ready to train your staff, or a funder looking to scale real impact — reach out and we'll point you to the right next step.
