Welcome to BasicNeeds-Ghana.
We empower individuals and their families and involve communities and partner with government and other organisations to influence public opinion and policy and enable people with mental illness or epilepsy to live and work successfully in their community.
BasicNeeds-Ghana is a mental health and development advocacy organisation that implements and promotes initiatives to transform the lives of people with mental illness or epilepsy by providing access to integrated mental health care, social and economic services in the communities of Ghana.
In the process, we empower individuals and their families and involve communities and partner with government and other organisations to influence public opinion and policy and enable people with mental illness or epilepsy to live and work successfully in their community.
How We Work
BasicNeeds-Ghana implements the model for Mental Health and Development (MHD), an innovative, user and community centered development model developed by BasicNeeds UK Trust to meet the mental health treatment needs of people with mental illness or epilepsy, increase awareness and influence public opinion, policies and practices, and assure a means to a secure livelihoods for people with mental illness or epilepsy, their carers and families.
Modules of Mental Health and Development
- Identifying, mobilizing, sensitizing and training mental health development stakeholders
- Enabling effective and affordable community oriented mental health services
- Facilitating opportunities for affected individuals to gain or regain the ability to work, earn and contribute to family and community life
- Generating evidence from the practice of mental health and development
- Forging partnerships with stakeholders who are involved in implementing the model on the ground and/or are responsible for
policy and practice decisions to improve mental health provision.