APPROACH 

Advocacy & Research Awareness Creation & Prevention

MANAGEMENT

MindFreedom Ghana has a seven-member Board chaired Rev. David Ofosuhene.

A three-member management team headed by the Director, Mrs. Janet Amegatcher, a lawyer who currently a member of the Governing Board, Ghana Mental Health Authority

An Executive Secretary who sees to the day to day running of the organization

PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE WITH

PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES SINCE ESTABLISHMENT

“Creating Awareness on Mental Health Conditions and Stigma Against Persons with Mental Disorders in Ghana”. (2005 and 2006), funded by the World Health Organization (WHO).
FINAL REPORT OF PROJECT UNDERTAKEN BY MINDFREEDOM GHANA – WHO FUNDED 

“Advocacy for The Establishment of a User Movement in Ghana and Assertingthe Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders” (2007 – 2012). Project implemented in partnership with BasicNeeds Ghana to implement with funding from Comic Relief

“Creating Awareness on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Ghana” (2009) funded by Disability Rights Fund (DRF) and the WHO
FINAL REPORT TO DISABILITY RIGHTS FUND FOR 2009 PROJECT

“Advocacy for The Ratification of The UN Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Enactment of The Mental Health Bill in Ghana” (2010 and 2011), funded by Disability Rights Fund (DRF)

In 2012, USAID funded the project titled: “Increasing Public Awareness and Dialogue on Mental Health in Western Region of Ghana” which was implemented in the Western Region. FINAL-REPORT-OF-PROJECT-IMPLEMENTED-IN-THE- WESTERN-REGION-FUNDED BY USAID – 2012

“Effective Advocacy for the Implementation and Monitoring of the CRPD in Ghana” (2013 – 2015). A MindFreedom Ghana, Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) and Law and Development Associates (LADA) partnership funded by Open Society Initiative West Africa (OSIWA)

“Advocacy for Ghana’s Disability Law to be congruent with the CRPD” (2015 – 2017) MFGh partnered GFD to implement the project funded by DRF
REPORT-OF-PROJECT ON GHANA’S DISABILITY LAW CONGRUENCE WITH THE CRPD-JOINTLY-IMPLEMENTED-BY-MINDFREEDOM-GHANA-GFD-MCD-JANUARY-2017

“Promoting Quality Access to Mental Healthcare and Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities in Traditional Mental Health Centres in Ghana”. A two- and half-year project (Oct. 2017 – Feb. 2020) with Human Rights Advocacy Centre as lead partners on community awareness on mental health, capacity building of operators of traditional mental health centers and a research on the treatment processes at these centres. Mental Health Authority and Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association were associate partners in the project. Funding was by STAR Ghana Foundation
FINAL RESEARCH REPORT — Promoting TMHCs_&_THPs role in Mental Health_ Report

“QualityRights: Promoting Human Rights and Recovery for People with Mental Health Conditions, Psychosocial and Intellectual Disabilities in Ghana”. MindFreedom Ghana is working as partners with Ghana Health Service (GHS), Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), BasicNeeds Ghana, Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG) and six other organizations. Mental Health Authority is the lead partner of the project (2018 – 2021) 
PUBLICATION-A-QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS-OF-HUMAN-RIGHTS-RELATED-ATTITUDES-UPON-COMPLETION-OF-WHO-QR-E-TRAINING-IN-GHANA-December 2023–International Journal Of Mental Health Systems

“Empowering People with Psychosocial Disabilities to Fight for Their Rights: Implementing the CRPD and WHO QualityRights Principles In Ghana” MindFreedom Ghana worked with MEHSOG on an European Union funded 3 year project (2019 – 2022) which focused on human rights standards and assessing treatment of persons with mental health conditions at psychiatric facilities and general hospitals. Lead partner in this project was the University of Cagliari, Italy which was also implemented simultaneously in Armenia and Lebanon.
EU-Funded – Project-Interim-Narrative-Report-2021-YEAR-2-EIDHR_2018_400-431-2
FINAL-REPORT-OF-EUROPEAN-UNION-FUNDED-PROJECT-2019-2013-EIDHR-2018-400431-

“Institutional Strengthening and Awareness Raising to Fight COVID-19 And Its Impact on People with Lived Experiences in Ghana”. This current project (2020-2022) which MindFreedom Ghana is implementing will support in strengthening the capacity of our organisation for advocacy and awareness creation, contribute to addressing the scourge of stigma and discrimination associated with COVID-19, which patients of the pandemic as well as relatives suffer. Funds for the two year project have been granted by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
“Institutional Strengthening And Promotion of The Rights of Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities Through The Universal Periodic Review Mechanism”.
This project commenced in October 2021 and ends in April 2023. The overarching objective of the project is two-fold; first it is designed to strengthen the capacity of MindFreedom Ghana as an organization and secondly to promote NGO advocacy on the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the Context of the Universal Period Review (UPR) Mechanism

Provision of Covid-19 Information and Services for Persons with Mental Health Conditions and Caregivers

Objectives

To initiate advocacy activities aimed at raising awareness on the plight of persons with psychosocial disabilities and their caregivers as well as persons who have recovered from COVID-19 and to advocate social inclusion strategies to improve their quality of mental well-being during the pandemic.
Project funded by National Democratic Institute of the USA.

Final Report

FINAL-REPORT-OF-MINDFREEDOM-GHANA-April-2023-1 year Project Funded by National Democratic Institute – USA