Training Module on the Right to Mental Health for Faith-Based Organizations Introduction When Republic Act 11036, or The Mental Health Act, was signed on 20 June 2018, it signified that the right to mental health has finally been recognized in the Philippines. However, there is still much work to be done. There must be a drumbeat to call for achieving its aims and for it to be implemented and acted upon by duty holders. In 2021, as part of the fulfillment of its mandate under the 1987 Constitution, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), through its Human Right Education and Promotion Office (HREPO), has included the right to mental health in its priority programs. It is still part of the priority programs. The campaign continues. Initiatives were launched to achieve milestones to protect and promote the right to mental health of every Filipino. This includes developing online learning sessions, webinars, and information, education, and campaign (IEC) materials, delivered both online and offline, to remind every Filipino that self-care—and community support that requires to sustain mental health—is their basic human right. From the learning sessions and webinars that we have had with different audiences, we have received feedback that there is a lack of IEC materials on mental health as a human right to help all concerned conduct and organize more learning sessions and human rights promotional activities, most especially in remote and rural poor areas—considering that one of the most basic challenges to mental health is stigma and discrimination. Taking another small step, CHR-HREPO has developed five training modules on the right to mental health to assist the five targeted audiences to have a basic and common understanding on mental health as a human right, what to do when a mental condition arises, and why community care is important, among others. These include the security sector, the local government units, the civil society organizations, faithbased organizations, and the academe. This training module will focus on the right to mental health in faith-based organizations. We would like to acknowledge and thank Carlo Alphonso C. Belmonte, RN, MD, DSBPP, our subject matter expert/module writer, for helping us produce this material. Thank you all for your interest in learning about mental health as a human right through this module. This will help provide you with the basics to help you get started with teaching the right to mental health to others. Mental health is a human right! Mabuhay po tayong lahat. Salamat po. 1