Our Work
People. Solutions. Lasting Change.
Our work is organized around five key areas, all working together to advance mental health, human rights, secure livelihoods and inclusive development in society.
Healthy People. Stronger Communities. Brighter Futures.
Our Areas of Work
A Holistic Approach for Stronger Communities
We work across five interconnected areas to promote mental health, support rights and create lasting opportunities for individuals, families and communities. Together, they put our community-focused Mental Health and Development model into practice.
Capacity Building
Equipping people to work on mental health issues
Community Mental Health
Developing accessible and quality services
Mental Health for Inclusive Development
Secure Livelihoods
Creating opportunities for affected people
Policy Advocacy & Research
Generating and applying real-world evidence
Collaboration
Forging partnerships to improve mental health provision
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Capacity Building
Equipping people to work on Mental Health issues
We strengthen the knowledge, skills and confidence of individuals and organisations to work effectively on mental health issues. As a resource organisation, we also support emerging organisations focused on mental health, community development and human rights.
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Community Mental Health
Developing accessible and quality services
We catalyse access to integrated community-based mental health care, strengthening systemic and community health and social structures to enhance Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS), alongside anti-stigma awareness creation.
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Secure Livelihoods
Creating opportunities for affected people
Through socioeconomic rehabilitation, we support practical initiatives to secure recovery and livelihoods for people with mental health conditions or epilepsy, their primary caregivers and families.
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Policy Advocacy & Research
Generating and applying real-world evidence
We generate and apply real-world evidence to inform policy and practice decisions. Through rights-based public policy advocacy, we work to improve equity and empower persons with lived experience to participate fully in development processes, social protection and inclusive public policy and services.
BasicNeeds-Ghana convenes the Ghana Mental Health Alliance, a network of community-based, non-governmental and civil society organisations in mental health and disability, including individuals with lived experience. The Alliance focuses on inclusive public policies — especially the NHIS, the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) and social protection schemes — and the integration of mental health into primary health care.
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Collaboration
Forging partnerships to improve mental health provision
We engage and collaborate with state and governmental agencies and non-state actors, particularly community-based organisations, to implement interventions — serving variously as grant manager and resource organisation. We are open to partnerships that advance maternal mental health, especially for vulnerable women and adolescent girls who have survived gender-based violence, or are living with or at risk of HIV/TB.
We are a member of the Global Mental Health Action Network, led by United for Global Mental Health; the Mental Health Track of Catalyst Now; NETRIGHT; and the Coalition of NGOs in Health.
Stronger Together
How Our Areas of Work Come Together
Our five areas of work are interconnected and mutually reinforcing. Together, they form our Mental Health and Development approach, linking mental health care, rights and development to achieve lasting change for individuals, families and communities.
People. Communities. Opportunities. A Brighter Ghana.
Explore Our Projects
See how our work translates into real action in communities across Ghana.