2. BasicNeeds Map Ghana Accra Tamale Uganda Programme Tanzania Mtwara Dar es Salaam Sri Lanka International Training Programme India Bangalore Policy & Practice Kenya Programme Laos PDR Programme Columbia Programme UK Head Office Founded in 1999 by Chris Underhill

3. Model Overview Sustainable Livelihoods Community Mental Health Capacity Building Research, Advocacy & Policy Management & Administration

4. Capacity Building Breaking the silence of mental illness in communities

5. Community Mental Health In partnership with Government ensure treatment for mentally ill people with the active involvement of their families and communities

6. Community Mental Health Community Outreach clinic service

7. Supporting practical projects that help mentally ill people to realise their potentials and contribute to their communities Sustainable Livelihoods Systems

8. Research & Policy Examining the effectiveness of our model to improve our approach and influence development

9. Management & Administration To ensure our work satisfies the needs of mentally ill people, their families along with our donors and partners

10. Statistics 54,076 People Reached

11. Engaging in Treatment 47,605 Gained Access to Treatment 88% of total reached n = 54,076

12. End Results… 10,591 Earning 20,677 Productive Work 20% earning 38% doing productive work

13. Experiences & Lessons Scale of Mental Illness Psychiatric ward Community outreach clinic

14. Experiences & Lessons Suffering is greater than their illness alone…

15. A Need for Advocacy Mental illness a low priority A need for mentally ill people to speak out Experiences & Lessons Self Help Groups

16. Vision of Advocacy Group District AssociationsSelf-help groupsNational Association

17. Dissemination We Count Collection of Life Stories of mentally ill people in our Africa programmes Essential Skills Manual for health professional to safely diagnose and treat mental illness Life story work in India Collection of Life Stories of mentally ill people from our global programmes with focus on ‘Access to Treatment’

18. Dissemination The BasicNeeds website is for fundraising and promotional purposes. www.basicneeds.org The BasicNeeds e-journal: brings information about mentally ill people and their situation the world over. www.mentahealthanddevelopment.org

19. www.basicneeds.org