The HEvolve Foundation library — written by men, for men, about what we don't usually say out loud. Our team and our community share what they've learned, lived, and survived.
Read a piece. Watch an interview. Sit with a story. Then, if you have one of your own, share it with us.
National and international press on HEvolve Foundation, HE Summit, and our work championing Nigerian men's mental health.
Vanguard's coverage of HE Summit 2.0 — 500+ men in the room and 1,600+ online, redefining what strength looks like on International Men's Day.
Read at Vanguard ↗Independent on HE Summit 2.0 as a turning point — bringing together professionals, advocates, faith leaders, and community for a national conversation.
Read at Independent ↗The Guardian's Saturday Magazine on HE Summit's inaugural edition — a Lagos gathering reframing what masculinity can look like.
Read at Guardian ↗ThisDay on the inaugural HE Summit — putting men's mental health on the national stage for International Men's Day.
Read at ThisDay ↗Ajasa Info on HE Summit 2024 — a transformative gathering of men, advocates, and clinicians on International Men's Day.
Read at Ajasa Info ↗The U.S. State Department's YALI Network profiles HEvolve Foundation Founder Riliwan Amoo — and the lived-experience story behind the mission.
Read at YALI Network ↗Lehigh Business Magazine's feature on the 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship cohort — including Riliwan Amoo's work building HEvolve Foundation in Nigeria.
Read at Lehigh Business ↗Lehigh University's official feature on its 2024 Mandela Washington Fellows — Riliwan Amoo featured among the three African leaders hosted on campus.
Read at Lehigh Global ↗Conversations, panel appearances, and long-form videos on men's mental health, masculinity, and the work of opening up.
Long-form conversation on the silent battles Nigerian men carry — what doesn't get said out loud, and why it matters that we start.
Watch on YouTube ↗Riliwan on the Lagos Youth Show — culture, stigma, and what shifts when young Nigerian men are actually asked how they're doing.
Watch on YouTube ↗A round-table conversation on men and their mental health — practitioners, survivors, and community voices in one room, talking honestly.
Watch on YouTube ↗More conversations and on-camera features coming throughout 2026.
Get notified when we publish →First-person accounts from men who have walked through grief, depression, recovery, fatherhood, addiction, isolation — and come out the other side willing to talk about it.
"I cried for the first time in eleven years on the night I called Companion."
"I had been holding it since my brother died in 2014. I didn't know I was holding it. I didn't know there was anywhere to put it down."
From a community submission"Losing the business almost lost me my life."
"For three months I performed normalcy for my wife and kids while planning my own exit. The Assembly is what changed it."
From a community submission"My father never asked me how I was. I asked my son today."
"He's six. He answered for forty minutes. I am breaking a chain I didn't realize I was holding."
From a community submission"I drank because I didn't know what else to do with what I felt."
"Nobody around me had words for it. We just drank. Until one day a friend asked me — and meant it."
From a community submission"I thought therapy was for women. I was wrong."
"I went because nothing else was working. Three months in, I started understanding the man I'd been carrying inside me."
From a community submission"I am a deacon. I am also a man who thought about leaving."
"Faith didn't fail me. Silence did. I needed somewhere I wouldn't be judged for the questions I had."
From a community submissionIf you have something to write, an experience to share, or an interview you'd like to be part of — we'd love to hear from you. Anonymous submissions welcome.
Submit a Story →Reading other men's stories can bring up your own. If anything on this page is sitting heavy, reach out. You don't have to be in crisis to deserve support.
