As part of its continuous support toward raising an awareness of mental health issues around the world and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health, Mensah Mental Health Rehabilitation Project (MEMHREP), an NGO headquartered in Ghana and the UK will be organising a Musical Concert at Fumesua, near Ejisu in Ashanti Region on Sunday, 9th October, 2016. The venue is Saviour Baptist Church at Fumesua and the time has been fixed between 2pm and 6pm. The purpose is to use music by selected top artistes to raise funds to feed and clothe the mentally-challenged persons (Nyame Adehye3) on our streets. At the event, mental health specialists will provide information to people suffering from mental health illnesses.
Again, MEMHREP will join millions in the World to celebrate this year's World Mental Health Day on Monday, 10th October by going on the street to bath, clothe, and feed the mentally-deranged persons on the streets in Kumasi.
As we all know, our streets still serve as the homes of majority of mentally-ill persons due to lack of care and support from the general public. This situation continues to pose serious threat to human life, the environment and foreign direct investment to Ghana.
The plight of mentally-challenged persons in Ghana continues to worsen on daily basis. For, apart from the few fortunate ones housed in the psychiatric hospitals, the condition for their counterparts on the street is nothing to write home about. There is no shelter; and neither there is medical care, food nor clothing for them. Besides, the mentally-ill persons are stigmatized, isolated, mocked, abused, and neglected by the society as if they are non-humans. The enormity of the problem thus requires further helping hands and it is in line of this that this Charity Group wants to lend a helping hand.
Thankfully, MEMHREP is already providing care and support for these unfortunate fellow human beings. For the past five years, the NGO has been feeding, bathing, and clothing the mentally-ill persons on the street in the Kumasi Metropolis at its own expenses. Led by Mr. Adu Gyamfi, MEMHREP has so far rescued a 4-month abondoned-baby of mentally-deranged woman from death in September, 2014. It also emerged the best institution in maize production in the Atwima Kwanwoma District during the 2014 National Farmers' Day Celebration.
Currently, MEMHREP is building a permanent Rehabilitation Centre for the mental patients at Akokoamon in Ashanti Region. The Centre will be used to provide the necessary skills for employment for the recovered victims in order to reintegrate them back into the community.
MEMHREP therefore needs all kinds of support from individuals, philanthropists, and institutions home and abroad to make the organization's dream of ridding our streets of mental patients a reality.
Donations could be made via mobile money accounts - 0248762692 (MTN), 02561791329 (Airtel) and 0271461489 (Tigo) or through MEMHREP's bank account in Ghana at CAL Bank, Kumasi Kejetia Branch. Account name: MEMHREP. Account No: 151017809014. You can also contact MEMHREP on 0044(0)7572625833 (UK), 0013476476864 (USA) and 0248762692 (Ghana). NO CONTRIBUTION OR DONATION IS TOO SMALL' – EVERY LITTLE HELPS. 'Boa Nnyame Adehye3'.
By:
MEMHREP Communications Team
www.memhrep.com
info@memhrep.com
Katakyie Kwame Opoku Agyemang
(0202471070)
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