There is growing recognition within the international community that mental health is a neglected, yet essential, lever for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Target 3.4 under Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Agenda explicitly aims to “promote mental health and well-being”, while the World Health Organization (WHO) Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan for 2013- 2020 emphasizes the importance of children “having a positive sense of identity, the ability to manage thoughts, emotions, and to build social relationships… enabling their full active participation in society” (WHO, 2013). Mental health is defined by the WHO as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.