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Chris Underhill Founder Director, BasicNeeds 28 June 2010 London School of Economics

Mental health and development: The BasicNeeds approach. Chris Underhill Founder Director, BasicNeeds 28 June 2010 London School of Economics Health, Community and Development Research Group. Our Purpose. Where we work. Map. India. UK. Laos. USA. Sri Lanka. Australia. Tanzania.

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Chris Underhill Founder Director, BasicNeeds 28 June 2010 London School of Economics

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  1. Mental health and development: The BasicNeeds approach Chris Underhill Founder Director, BasicNeeds 28 June 2010 London School of Economics Health, Community and Development Research Group

  2. Our Purpose

  3. Where we work Map India UK Laos USA Sri Lanka Australia Tanzania Ghana Uganda Kenya

  4. Our Model Capacity Building Model for Mental Health & Development Community Mental Health Research Management Livelihoods

  5. 1.Capacity building

  6. 2.Community mental health

  7. 3. Livelihoods

  8. 4. Research www.basicneeds.org/html/Publications.htm

  9. 5. Management

  10. Achievements Individual Users Self-Help Groups 78,036 cumulative 18,483 members 659 groups 33,915 current

  11. BasicNeeds Ghana • Since 2001 • 17,400 current participants • Coverage: 4 of 8 regions • Spotlight • National user movement • 269 user groups • 10,000 members • 59% women Self-help group participant, Northern Ghana

  12. BasicNeeds Sri Lanka • Since 2002 • 4,100 current participants • Coverage: 8 of 25 districts • Spotlight • Community worker network • 1,912 CWs • 83% women Siriyawathi speaking publicly about her mental illness

  13. BasicNeeds Tanzania Since 2003 2,526 participants Coverage: 2 of 26 regions Spotlight Working with child carers and vulnerable children Kelvin preparing a coffee table at Lupaso vocational training

  14. BasicNeeds Uganda • Since 2004 • 5,505 participants • Coverage: 8 of 97 districts • Spotlight • Influencing mental health policy by drafting: • policy • law • strategy Christina Ntulo, Programme Manager

  15. BasicNeeds Kenya Since 2005 3,443 participants Coverage: 10 of 69 districts Spotlight working in prisons and in post-electoral violence Jacqueline Ahiro, January 2008

  16. BasicNeeds Lao PDR • Since 2007 • 711 participants • Coverage: 1 of 19 provinces • Spotlight • Special relationship with government • Starting from a low base Chantharavady Choulamany, Programme Manager

  17. What’s new A new strategy To deliver our Model through demonstration and franchise pgms so as to reach half a million people 1 Reach 1 Reach To influence key decision makers using evidence generated from our programmes. 2 Influence 2 Influence To support people with mental illness or epilepsy to advocate for their own rights. 3 Rights 3 Rights 4 Sustain ability To transform the financial horizon so our income is derived from within the countries we serve and beyond. 4 Sustainability

  18. Thank you chris.underhill@basicneeds.org www.basicneeds.org

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