BasicNeeds

BasicNeeds

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Innovations in Mental Health and Development

BasicNeeds is an international development organisation that was founded in 2000 by Chris Underhill after an initial encounter with tortured and caged mentally ill people within a hospital compound in Africa. Mental health is hugely under-resourced and neglected as a health issue and therefore BasicNeeds works to bring about a lasting change in the lives of mentally ill people around the world.

BasicNeeds vision is that the basic needs of all people with mental illness and epilepsy throughout the world are met and their basic rights are recognised and respected. Its mission is to enable people with mental illness or epilepsy and their families to live and work successfully in their communities by combining health, socio-economic and community orientated solutions with changes in policy, practice and resource allocation.

To find out more about BasicNeeds and the country it works in visit: www.basicneeds.org

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