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Tom Lee Osborn is a Kenyan mental[1] health activist and environmentalist.[2][3] He is best known for providing mental health care solutions to teens across Kenya. Osborn was the echoing Green Fellow[4] and was named on Forbes as a 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs in 2015.[5]

Life & education[edit]

Osborn was born and raised in Awendo,Migori County, Kenya.[6] He attended Alliance High School.[7] He graduated from Harvard College with a Bachelor’s in Psychology.[8]

Career[edit]

Osborn started his first initiative at 18 with his high school friends Ian Oluoch and Brian Kiprotich.[9] After graduating high school, he founded "GreenChar" intending to transform the Kenyan cooking environment,[10]

He realized the harmful effects of cooking with charcoal on his mother’s health and the environment.[3] He made charcoal briquettes from recycled sugarcane waste as an alternative of traditonal charcoal.[2] His project planned to reduce the effects of deforestation and improve the health of women and children.[11]

Osborn is associated with institutions like General Electric, MIT, and Echoing Green.[3]

Around the end of his first year at Harvard, his brother, who had served in peacekeeping efforts in Ethiopia and Somalia, was experiencing Mental Health difficulties, he reached out to Professor John Weisz’s Laboratory for Youth Mental Health, seeking expert help for building evidence-based mental health interventions.[8]

He founded Shamiri Institute at Harvard to address youth mental health in Kenya and across Africa.[12][6]

On November 4, 2022, he revived over Ksh17.8 million Fund in Innovation for Development (FID).[13]

Selected Publications[edit]

Journal Articles[edit]

  • Osborn, Tom L.; Rodriguez, Micaela; Wasil, Akash R.; Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E.; Gan, Jenny; Alemu, Rediet G.; Roe, Elizabeth; Arango G., Susana; Otieno, Benny H.; Wasanga, Christine M.; Shingleton, Rebecca; Weisz, John R. (July 2020). "Single-session digital intervention for adolescent depression, anxiety, and well-being: Outcomes of a randomized controlled trial with Kenyan adolescents". Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 88 (7): 657–668. doi:10.1037/ccp0000505.
  • Osborn, Tom L.; Wasil, Akash R.; Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E.; Schleider, Jessica L.; Weisz, John R. (1 July 2020). "Group Intervention for Adolescent Anxiety and Depression: Outcomes of a Randomized Trial with Adolescents in Kenya". Behavior Therapy. 51 (4): 601–615. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2019.09.005.
  • Osborn, Tom L.; Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E.; Wasil, Akash R.; Schleider, Jessica L.; Weisz, John R. (May 2020). "Depression and Anxiety Symptoms, Social Support, and Demographic Factors Among Kenyan High School Students". Journal of Child and Family Studies. 29 (5): 1432–1443. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01646-8.
  • Osborn, Tom L.; Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E.; Arango G., Susana; Roe, Elizabeth; Rodriguez, Micaela; Alemu, Rediet G.; Gan, Jenny; Wasil, Akash R.; Otieno, Benny H.; Rusch, Thomas; Ndetei, David M.; Wasanga, Christine; Schleider, Jessica L.; Weisz, John R. (1 August 2021). "Effect of Shamiri Layperson-Provided Intervention vs Study Skills Control Intervention for Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents in Kenya: A Randomized Clinical Trial". JAMA Psychiatry. 78 (8): 829. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.1129.
  • Venturo-Conerly, Katherine E.; Osborn, Tom L.; Wasil, Akash R.; Le, Huong; Corrigan, Emily; Wasanga, Christine; Weisz, John R. (December 2021). "Testing the effects of the Shamiri Intervention and its components on anxiety, depression, wellbeing, and academic functioning in Kenyan adolescents: study protocol for a five-arm randomized controlled trial". Trials. 22 (1): 829. doi:10.1186/s13063-021-05736-1.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Norval, Stuart (1 March 2022). "Perspective - The man helping young Africans with their mental health". France 24.
  2. ^ a b c "Tom Osborn, inventor of 'green' charcoal, proves you're never too young to innovate". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. ^ a b c "Top 10 Young Environmentalists | Fox Chronicle". 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  4. ^ a b "Tom Osborn". Echoing Green Fellows Directory. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Tom Osborn". Forbes. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  6. ^ a b Wangari, Michelle. "How Shamiri Institute is shaping the future of mental health in Africa". The Star. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  7. ^ Kaye, Leon. "GreenChar Increases Access to Clean Cookstoves in Kenya". www.triplepundit.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b Pan, Li-Ming (2 June 2020). "Harvard grad returns to Kenya with plan to help teens thrive". Harvard Gazette.
  9. ^ Kawira, Yvonne (5 July 2020). "Youths turn trash into money in a few simple steps". Nation. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  10. ^ Putic, George. "Low-tech Solutions Found for Africa's Everyday Problems". VOA. Voice of America. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  11. ^ Dorsey, Cheryl. "Africa's Next-Generation Social Entrepreneurs Are Ready. Are We?". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  12. ^ Chappellet-Lanier, Marielle Argueza, Sara Rubin, Tajha. "For this year's TED Talks, 59 innovators and thinkers converge in Monterey this week". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 2022-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ pm, Dennis Shisia on 4 November 2022-7:47. "Kenyan Youth Wins Over Ksh 17M in France". Kenyans.co.ke. Retrieved 2022-12-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Tom Osborn". Anzisha Prize. 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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