Our aim is to offer quality healthcare with a particular focus on mental health.
To achieve this, we are working with our local partners to strengthen the healthcare system's capacity to deal with mental health issues. In practical terms, this means lobbying for mental health care to be integrated into national policies. Healthcare staff are trained to improve medical and psychological care for patients. Finally, community mental health focal points are also supported and trained.
We also work within communities, with mass awareness-raising activities to reduce the stigma attached to mental illness. Discussion groups aimed at mutual support and social reintegration of sufferers are set up and run. We also work with schools on prevention and care for children in difficult family or psychological situations. Finally, to facilitate the reintegration of patients, particularly women and children, we support them in developing small-scale economic activities.
Partners : BADEC-Caritas Ngozi, ODEDIM-Caritas Muyinga, BDD-Caritas Bubanza