Who we are

We're building spaces where
emotional health is understood,
taught, and protected.

We started in Madagascar.
We're growing globally.

HOW IT STARTED

In 2019, our founder, Francesca Raoelison, shared her story publicly for the first time. She spoke about emotional abuse.

Thousands of messages came in from people who recognized the same patterns in their own lives: the criticism, the control, the way certain words stay with you long after they’re spoken.

This wasn’t one person’s experience. It was a shared reality that had been invisible because we didn’t have the language, the framework, or the spaces to address it.

Resources for prevention, especially culturally grounded, community-led approaches, barely existed. So we built one.

We focus on-
PREVENTION

We make it
REPLICABLE

We are
SURVIVOR-LED

Our Journey

WHERE WE WORK

We are headquartered in the United States as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Madagascar has been the hub of our innovation and our model is ready to be replicated across the island and beyond.

In parallel, we have expanded our work in the U.S. as well as a network of global ambassadors across 11 countries worldwide.

Omena Team
in the U.S

Francesca Raoelison

Founder & Executive Director Sociology and Psychology Brown University

Ira Sirulnick

Rhode Island Program Associate Cognitive Neuroscience and Public Health, Brown University

Samantha Cerna

Rhode Island Program Associate Economics and Public Health Brown University

Callie Essner

Program coordinator, Business Administration, Utah University

Subham

Subham Kumar Das

Software Engineer, Brown University

Nilay Laddha

Nilay Laddha

Software Engineer, Brown University

Omena Team
in Madagascar

Rajaonarisoa Herminot

Operations Manager

CLARA LANTONISAINANA

Clara Lantonisainana

Partnership Coordinator

Ray Ramparany

Ray Ramparany

Events Coordinator

Ravoninjatovo Tsanta Nekena

Program Coordinator, Community of Practice

Salohinilisy Vololomboahangy

Social Emotional Learning Coordinator

Aurelio Ramarosandratana

Awareness Program Coordinator

Ranjalahy Cedric

Financial Budget Analyst

Mikaela Rahajarijaona

Volunteer Manager

Antsa Ny Riana Rajaonah

Principal Analyst – Statistician Economist Engineer

Ny Antsa Rotsy

Ny Antsa Rotsy (Hanitr'aina) R.

Digital Marketing Coordinator

Board Members

Francesca Raoelison

Founder & Executive Director

Laura Peterson

Save the children, Managing Director

Chantal Raholimalala

World vision, Financial analyst

Board of Advisors

Dr. Katie Rosanbalm

Ph.D. Psychology Child specialisation at Duke University

Jean Bosco Niyonzima

Save the children international school for international training

Elizabeth Mcleod

Co-Founder, SEL institute Harvard school of education

Alan Harlam

Social Entrepreneurship Professor at Brown University

David Sul

Psychometrician Sul & Associates international

Jim Seymour

impact investing MBA Harvard

Jaya Sarkar

Inclusion and human rights Specialist School for international training

Jessica Reveri

Yale University

Abigail Kohler

Brown University

Natalie Rodriguez Jansorn

Yale University

Deb Mills-Scofield

Brown University

Bill Sumerlin

Stanford University

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From our
early days...