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BasicNeeds participation at the U.S National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) workshop

We are delighted to announce that Ms. Shoba Raja, Director for Policy and Practice has been invited by Ms. Pamela Collins, Director at the Office f... more >

Chris Underhill making his acceptance speech at the Skoll Awards

Chris Underhill was among the six awardees to be awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2013 during the Skoll World Forum at Oxford.&n... more >

Chris Underhill’s Innovate podcast interview with David Castro

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2013 SKOLL AWARDS: WORLD HEALTH PARTNERS AND BASICNEEDS

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Skoll World Forum: “An Economic and Social Approach to Mental Health”

BasicNeeds firmly believes that mental health is a basic right and not a privilege. However, for the millions of people living in poverty, mental i... more >

Chris Underhill to formally accept the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2013

Chris Underhill, Founder Director of BasicNeeds will formally receive the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2013 at the Skoll World Forum hel... more >

Presentation at the Royal Society of Medicine in London

Chris Underhill, Founder Director of BasicNeeds presented on 27th March, 2013 at the Royal Society of Medicine, London for their confere... more >

BasicNeeds China signs MoU with the Sixth People’s Hospital of Hebei Province

BasicNeeds has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Sixth People's Hospital of Hebei Province. Top picture, shows Chris Underhil... more >

Chris Underhill receives the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2013

Message from Simon Rees, Chair of BasicNeeds:

I am pleased to announce that Chris Underhill, Founder Director of BasicNeed... more >

Guardian and Observer 2012 Christmas appeal: Basic Needs combats mental illness

Thanks to Basic Needs Ghana, Charles Tagoe has much more than a poultry business: he has a way to rebuild his life.

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Conference in Nanjing, China saw participation of 2000 Mental Health Professionals

The 10th National  Academic  Conference  of the Chinese  Society  of  Psychiatry  was held in Nanjing from 18th ... more >

Much Awaited – Mental Health Law Passed in China

On the 26th of October, 2012 the mental health law was finally passed in China after it was drafted about fifteen times since the early 1980s. Many... more >

Ashoka announces Senior Fellowship to Chris Underhill from BasicNeeds

Chris Underhill MBE, Founder Director of BasicNeeds has been elected as a Senior Ashoka Fellow - a prestigious honour for leading social entreprene... more >

Chris Underhill, founder Director BasicNeeds, reflects on the importance of World Mental Health Day


Dear Friends,

I wanted to write a few lines to mark 10th October which is World Mental Health Day. This is a moment in time when ... more >

New study on women’s mental health in Ghana highlights need to explore mental health policy alongside chronic disease

28th August 2012 by Victoria De Menil. Downloa... more >

Hats off Team Solar!

Solar Communications Ltd, an independent communications organisation, like every year set a new challenge to raise money for a noble cause and this... more >

A huge step forward for BNChina – Training of Trainers, Shunping (11th – 14th August, 2012)

BasicNeeds China observed a successful month of August as they organised the Training of Trainers (ToTs) programme at Shunping, Hebei Province from... more >

BasicNeeds reaches out to 100,000th person

Vo Binh is the 100,000th person BasicNeeds has reached!

He is a 43 year-old man who lives in Thua Thien Hue province of Vietnam and, in this photo h... more >

Discussion with women of flood-affected village in Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan: BasicNeeds and HANDS are delivering the second workshop constituting over 30 organisation representatives a... more >

Outstanding Paper Award

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BasicNeeds-GHANA THE PASSAGE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH BILL INTO LAW

The Mental Health Bill of Ghana is now Law. The passage of the Bill into Law by more or less a unanimous decision by the Parliament of the Republic... more >

BasicNeeds Gloucestershire Community Animation Programme now underway

BasicNeeds and Barnwood Trust are delighted to announce its pioneering new partnership to begin a programme of work in Gloucestershire, England is ... more >

BasicNeeds staff member Peter Willis runs the Olympic stadium!

Peter Willis, “I have been very lucky to have been awarded a place at the Olympic Park Run, which will mean that I will be one of the f... more >

Please help Ghana project on GlobalGiving website!

BasicNeeds Ghana has been selected by the GlobalGiving Foundation to participate in its Open Challenge, a fundraising opportunity for nonprofit org... more >

BasicNeeds Launches Mid-Ghana Mental Health Programme

BasicNeeds Ghana, a development advocacy organisation that champions mental health and development efforts in Ghana formally launched its Mid-Ghana... more >

BasicNeeds Uganda makes the transition to independence

BasicNeeds has an ethos of promoting independence and empowerment and, hence, is delighted that in September 2010, the Uganda programme started the pr... more >

“Highly Commended” at national Charity Awards

BasicNeeds scooped a Highly Commended award at the UK's most prestigious awards scheme, the Charity Awards. The annual ceremony, sponsored by th... more >

Chosen by the new mayor of Leamington Spa

Councillor Alan Wilkinson, inaugurated as mayor of Leamington Spa on 21st May, has chosen BasicNeeds as one of his three official charities for his ye... more >

Ugandans with Mental Illness Learn to Fit In

In developing countries, even when people with mental illness receive medical treatment, they often have trouble fitting into society. For Public R... more >

BasicNeeds Ghana launches a picture of mental health in Ghana

As part of efforts to raise awareness on the hidden realities of the experiences and living conditions of most people with mental disorders and epi... more >

MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY OF GHANA (MEHSOG) AND BasicNeeds Ghana HOLDS MEETING WITH THE MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BasicNeeds Ghana pursued an initiative to produce a photographic documentary on the everyday life of people with mental illness or epilepsy as part of... more >

Unusual Donation

We have had many generous donations to our charity over the years, but there has never been anything quite so unusual, or so secretive, as this!

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Passing away of D M Naidu

We are deeply saddened to announce the passing D M Naidu one of the original founders of BasicNeeds. Naidu was highly respected by every one who me... more >

GOODWILL AMBASSADOR IN KENYA COMMITS TO ENSURING COMPLETION OF NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH POLICY

Kenya's minister for medical services, Hon. Prof. Peter Anyan'g Nyong'o, accepted the role of ambassador for mental health in Kenya. The m... more >