Project Highlights:

• Reached approximately 180 students across two secondary schools in Goa through interactive digital wellbeing workshops.

• Distributed the Life Beyond Screens Toolkit to participating students and engaged teachers and school staff in      promoting healthy digital habits.

• Increased awareness of the impact of excessive screen time on mental health, sleep, physical activity, and social relationships.

• Used interactive activities including self-assessments, mindfulness exercises, screen-free challenges, outdoor activities, creative tasks, and weekly trackers to encourage healthier digital behaviours.

• Developed an evidence-informed and culturally appropriate toolkit that can be reused and adapted for future school and community-based programmes.

• Strengthened Sangath’s engagement with schools around adolescent mental health and digital wellbeing.

• Established valuable collaboration with participating schools, supporting the feasibility of school-based digital wellbeing initiatives.

• Generated learnings on adapting digital wellbeing activities to school schedules, limited session time, and varying levels of student participation.

• Created a foundation for future partnerships with educational institutions and mental health professionals to support wider implementation.