Omena

Francesca Raoelison is the Founder and Executive Director of Omena.

Founded in 2019, Omena is a a youth-led, and youth centered organization that is breaking the cycle of intergenerational trauma caused by emotional abuse through training, preventive evidence-based social-emotional education, and community support. Omena’s mission is to break the cycle of emotional abuse through equipping, supporting, and empowering children and young adults with social and emotional intelligence tools to nurture self-esteem and empathy in order to foster healthy relationships and reduce violence. So far, Omena has trained over 325 emotional abuse educators who impacted over 5000 students and reached over 1.5 million people.

You can find more about Omena’s work here.