The celebration of this year's World Mental Health Day which falls on Monday, October 10, 2016 has taken a different dimension. This is because some Religious Groups in the UK - Achievers Faith Int'l Ministry, Apostle continuation Int'l, Assemblies of God, Presbyterian Church and others have decided to collaborate with the Mensah Mental Health Rehabilitation Project (MEMHREP) to raise an awareness on mental health issues in abroad, especially Africans and the enthnic minority in the diaspora.
In line with this, MEMHREP, an NGO headquartered in Ghana and the UK will be organising a Musical Concert in Leeds, UK specifically at Achievers Faith Int'l Ministry (main auditorium) on Saturday, 8th October, 2016. The address is: 9D Cherry Row,
Leeds LS9 7LY, and the time is 3pm-9pm.The purpose is to use music by selected top African artistes - Dina Larbi, Ruth Razzi, Robbie Londo and Mary Osei Sekyere to raise funds to feed and clothe the mentally-challenged persons (Nyame Adehye3) on our streets in African countries. At the event, mental health specialists will provide information to people suffering from mental health illnesses.
As we all know, the streets of most African countries 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 the affected countries.
The plight of mentally-challenged persons in Africa continues to worsen on daily basis. 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, together with the afore-mentioned churches, wants to lend a helping hand.
For the past five years, MEMHREP has been feeding, bathing, and clothing the mentally-ill persons on the street in Ghana 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, Ashanti Region in Ghana. The Centre will be used to provide the necessary skills for employment of the recovered patients 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 through this account: Bank - Santander UK. A/C name: MEMHREP. A/C No - 21027409. Sort code: 09-01-28. For those living outside the UK, you can channel your donations through the following:
Bank Identifier Code(BIC): ABBYGB2LXXX
INternational Bank Account Number(IBAN):GB71ABBY09012821027409
Kindly contact MEMHREP on 0044(0)7572625833 (UK), 0013476476864 (USA). NO CONTRIBUTION OR DONATION IS TOO SMALL' – EVERY LITTLE HELPS. 'Boa Nnyame Adehye3'.
By:
MEMHREP Communications
www.memhrep.com
info@memhrep.com
