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WE TALK MENTAL HEALTH
[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#435061″ sub_heading_style=”font-weight:700;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat|variant:700″ sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:36px;”]SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH AND END STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WITH PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISABILITIES[/ultimate_heading][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1568884980208{border-radius: 5px !important;}”][bsf-info-box icon_type=”custom” icon_img=”id^1333|url^http://mystoryinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/outreach.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^outreach|description^null” img_width=”150″ icon_animation=”fadeInLeftBig” title=”COMMUNITY OUTREACH” hover_effect=”style_2″ pos=”top”]MSI through its programs reaches out to communities through stakeholders to sensitize them on the issues affecting people with psychosocial Disabilities and getting lasting solutions to them.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][bsf-info-box icon_type=”custom” icon_img=”id^1329|url^http://mystoryinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Picture1.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Picture1|description^null” img_width=”130″ icon_animation=”fadeInLeft” title=”HEALTH IMPROVEMENT” hover_effect=”style_2″ pos=”top”]There is to view psychosocial disabilities as largely biomedical and health issues. This calls for medication of people with psychosocial disabilities.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][bsf-info-box icon_type=”custom” icon_img=”id^1330|url^http://mystoryinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/pakistan-economy-growth.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^pakistan-economy-growth|description^null” img_width=”148″ icon_animation=”fadeInLeft” title=”ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING” hover_effect=”style_2″ pos=”top”]Research shows that 80% People With Disabilities live in conditions of long term poverty. MSI through its programs works to empower such people.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/4″][bsf-info-box icon_type=”custom” icon_img=”id^1331|url^http://mystoryinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CLIPART_OF_16491_SM.jpg|caption^Royalty-free 3d computer generated people clipart picture image of a support group of colorful and diverse people holding hands and standing in a circle.|alt^null|title^Support Group Of Colorful And Diverse People Holding Hands And Standing In A Circle Clipart Illustration Graphic|description^null” img_width=”190″ icon_animation=”fadeInLeft” title=”SOCIAL SUPPORT” hover_effect=”style_2″ pos=”top”]Persons with psychosocial disabilities face many forms of stigma and discrimination, we help them realize that they are equal and deserve the same rights and previleges in society.[/bsf-info-box][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][ultimate_spacer height=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row centered=”yes” bg_type=”bg_color” sd_bg_color=”#e8ecf2″ bg_color_value=”rgba(181,181,181,0.31)”][vc_column][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#1e73be” sub_heading_style=”font-weight:700;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:12px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat|variant:700″ sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:12px;” sub_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:20px;” main_heading_style=”font-weight:bold;”]OUR CAUSE[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_heading sub_heading_color=”#435061″ sub_heading_style=”font-weight:700;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:24px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:Montserrat|font_call:Montserrat|variant:700″ sub_heading_line_height=”desktop:36px;”]ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS[/ultimate_heading][ultimate_spacer height=”50″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1569022135614{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1568885009214{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]
Leaving no one behind
Don’t call me mad.
[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”1082″ img_size=”500×400″ css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1567458763877{background-color: #ffffff !important;border-radius: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text]We are determined to restore the lost dignity and hope for all people living with psycho-social disabilities in Uganda and beyond. For now, we are glad to share the amazing story of Kifansalira Matia (not real names). We met Kifansalira during one of our community visits in Buikwe district and he was in a state where all those around him considered him to be “mad” and useless. He was roaming the streets and looking unkempt as in the photo below; however, as advocates we looked at him from the human point of view and saw him as a sick person who needed love, acceptance and treatment. At the end of the day, one of our members, Aida Namulindwa, who is also someone with lived experience as well as a carer for people with people with psycho-social disability volunteered to take care of him in her home. So we right away went to the nearby police station in Nkokonjeru town and got a police letter permitting us to take Kifansalira to Butabika Mental Health hospital. The next day, he was taken to hospital, assessed and started on medication. One week later, we had another session in the session area, and Kifansalira was one of the members who attended the meeting that we held later on. You can read more about us in our new issue of the newsletter.MSI DIMINISH THE STIGMA NEWSLETTER
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IMPORTANT QUOTES ABOUT PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISABILITY
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Mystory Initiative is focused to ending the stigma against people with Psycho-social Disabilities. Every one deserves equal rights and previleges.
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HELPING HANDS NEWS
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Funding Partner
The Disability Rights Fund is a grantmaking collaborative that supports persons with disabilities around the world to build diverse movements, ensure inclusive development agendas, and achieve equal rights and opportunity for all.
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