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The team in Siem Reap Report on the M-BRIGHT intervention (Mental Health Club) Qualitative Data Collection (30-31 July 2026), Cambodia
3 August 2026

Over two days of qualitative data collection in Siem Reap and Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia, the study engaged adolescents, parents, caregivers, and key community stakeholders to explore experiences and perceptions of the M-BRIGHT intervention – known locally as the Mental Health Club.

From March 6 to April 4, 2026, the Vietnam team conducted a mid-intervention observation at five schools in Khanh Hoa and Hung Yen province
23 July 2026

The team were able to observe both the indoor and outdoor sessions of the topics of “Depression”, “Eating disorders and body image” and “Suicide and self-harm”, and describe their experiences in this article.

Rehan Teaching Reflection on my visit to Vietnam: Research, Collaboration and Cultural Immersion
14 July 2026

University of Oxford Masters Student, Rehan Meemaduma, reflects on his time in Hanoi

Students working at a desk Intervention Progress Update: Kampong Chhnang and Siem Reap Provinces, Cambodia
14 July 2026

On 2nd May 2026, Bun Rany Hun Sen High School in Kampong Chhnang Province and Angkor High School in Siem Reap Province successfully implementedTopic 6: Social Relationships (Parents and Peers) through both indoor and outdoor learning sessions.

Fiona at qualitative data collection in Vietnam Qualitative Data Collection in Vietnam
9 July 2026

From May 13th to May 16th, 2026, the M-BRIGHT project successfully conducted a comprehensive qualitative data collection field trip across Vietnam.

Krong Kampong Chhnang High School - Teachers guided students to play jumping-rope activities Midway Observations in Cambodia
1 July 2026

Mengleang Kong describes the observations that happened in February and March 2026 in Cambodia

M-BRIGHT at the Bold Ideas for Brighter Futures Conference
26 May 2026

Francois attended the BIBF2026 conference in Cape Town, and we exhibited a poster on the M-BRIGHT co-adaptation workshops in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Group photo at the meeting Fiona Samuels and Aisling Murray in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 5th-9th May 2026
15 May 2026

M-BRIGHT visits Malaysia to share early experiences from the project

Rehan Meemaduma standing behind a lectern in a library Rehan Meemaduma from the University of Oxford to join the Vietnam team
28 April 2026

Rehan will join the Vietnam team to work on baseline data from the M-BRIGHT study, and introduces himself here.

A monitoring visit was completed in Vietnam, 11 - 16 March 2026
17 March 2026

Cambodia monitoring visit
4 March 2026

A monitoring visit is being conducted in Cambodia, 4th-9th March 2026

Statistics workshop in Vietnam
11 February 2026

A Data Cleaning and Validation Workshop took place in Vietnam from January 13th to 16th, 2026

two trainers working on a poster on a desk First intervention sessions in Cambodia
20 January 2026

Intervention underway in Kampong Chhnang City High School, and Makara High School, Siem Reap Cambodia

students looking at a board in a classroom in Vietnam First Psychology Clubs in Vietnam
19 October 2025

Khanh Hoa, October 2025

A group photograph of all the Cambodian mental health literacy trainees Mental Health Literacy training in Vietnam and Cambodia
23 July 2025

Dr van Loggerenberg has recently spent a few weeks in Vietnam and Cambodia for the mental health literacy training

Initial site activities conducted in Vietnam
24 April 2025

First site visit conducted in Cambodia
19 March 2025

Dr van Loggerenberg spent the week of the 3rd of March 2025 visiting Cambodia.

Two people exchange gifts to each other at a project inception meeting. Team has a successful inception meeting in London, January 2025
21 February 2025

The research team gathered in London from the 20th to the 23rd of January 2025 to have the study inception meeting.