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

2. Our Purpose

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

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

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

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

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