 Total population: 2,7 million  Total territory: 1,5 million sq.km  Density: 1,8 sq.km per person  Main survival meaning: animal agriculture  2/3 of the total population – Nomadic  One third live in Ulaanbaatar, capital city

BAYAN ULGII UVS GOBI ALTAI BAYAN HONGOR OVOR HANGAI ARHANGAI HUVSGUL SELENGE *D.U. TUV HENTII DORNOD SUHBAATAR DORNOGOBI *G.S. DUNDGOBI *D.U. - DARHAN UUL *O. - ORHON *G.S. - GOBI SUMBER U.B. HOVD ZAVHAN SOUTH GOBI BULGAN *O

 Implementation: Multi-sectoral level  Approach: Human rights based approach  Partners:  Ministry of Health;  Ministry of Education;  Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor;  Ministry of Construction and City Planning;  National Commission of Human Rights;  National Authority for the Children;

 There are over 23,443 people with mental illness in Mongolia /according to CBR survey 2008: Place: 6/;  32% of them live in urban area;  68% of them live in rural area;  There is a National Center for Mental Health in Ulaanbaatar city and Mental health department in each Province Hospital;

 Around 70 – 80% is discriminated;  Stay at home;  No jobs;  Bad attitude from the general populations;  Feeling alone;  They are treated as someone who are need to be stayed far from the people;

 No understanding;  Don’t believe them that their family member can do something;  Get bored;  No active;  Don’t know how to deal with their children;

 We have two good examples:  Hovd province (1400 km in the west)  Suhbaatar province (600 km in the east)

 CBR  Total population:  Number of PWD: 4310  Number of persons with mental illness: 210  40% live in the province center

 Micro project to integrate persons with mental illness in the community was iitiated in 2003 with the financial support of AIFO;  Project venue: Mental Health department at the Regional Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Hovd aimag  Beneficiaries: 12 patients

 Vegetable (potato) growing;  “Ger” Canteen at the Aimag Hospital;  Producing felt products like slippers;  Beads products;  Knitting;  Stitching;

 Family members appreciated the action and started to help to the doctor;  Patients’ disease severity is getting improved;  The repetition of the disease is getting far;  The group had owned their land for vegetable cultivation;

 CBR (EU co-funded project);  Total population:  Number of PWD: 2113  Number of persons with mental illness: 90  60 % live in the aimag center

 A micro project to integrate persons with mental disorders in the community was started in 2008 with the financial support of AIFO and EU project;  Project venue: Mental Health department at the Province Hospital  Beneficiaries: 15 patients

 Producing safety waste box for the use of hospital using the old boxes of milk;  Making a bed sheet and pillow using the residual cotton;

 The 15 patients are meeting in every Monday, Wednesday and Friday regularly.  The patients help the medical staff to make Safety waste box. Up-to-date the patients had made 50 safety boxes.  The Province hospital buys the boxes. One box costs 450 tugriks (0,25 euro) and earned tugriks (12 euro).  Very important: they share their life experience and they are feeling much relaxing.