The Informal Mental Health Peer Support program of Refugee Peer Northwest is a culturally appropriate support offered to the community by our Mental Health experts, on an informal basis. 

Using approaches such as sharing lived experiences, mutuality & shared experiences, recovery-orientation, and empowerment, the mental health experts at RPNW will use different settings to help the individuals in their journey toward a smooth and successful integration in their new life in the United States.
All community support programs at Refugee Peer Northwest are in plain language, culturally appropriate, and offered in the language the individual speaks fluently. 

The Afghan community, being young and high-risk in terms of accessing equitable health services and faces various mental health challenges due to cultural, linguistic, social, and economic barriers.

Refugee Peer Northwest is determined to advocate for the newly arrived Afghan refugees through different community supports related to social determinants of health. Feel free to reach out to us if you need individual mental health peer sessions, and our mental health peers will reach out to schedule with you. All our informal mental health peer supports are free of charge.