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The aim of the project is to to increase mental health awareness, reduce stigma and the risk of discrimination of people with mental health problems. This will be done by training of municipality leaders, public health specialists and community leaders on mental health first aid (VTEA). We will create a working network of VTEA trainers, materials for communities and make the voice of people vulnerable to mental health problems heard. This will provide people with mental health problems with access to services that meet their needs and increases their chances of participation in the community. People with mental health problems, including the youth will be engaged in project activities. Project partners, the Estonian Psychosocial Rehabilitation Association and the Estonian Youth Mental Health Movement will participate in conducting various trainings; Icelandic partner Batamiðstöðin will share their experience in human-rights based approach in supporting people with mental health problems while in hospital and in community-based living.