Mental Health’s Secunda branch urgently needs volunteers
They invited everyone with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities who are passionate about mental health and human rights, to become a volunteer advocacy leader in the community.
The Secunda branch of the South African Mental Health Advocacy Movement (SAMHAM), better known as Mental Health, needs volunteers.
They invited everyone with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities who are passionate about mental health and human rights, to become a volunteer advocacy leader in the community.
The role of advocacy leaders, involve:
• Building a relationship with their community, especially those persons living with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities.
• Creating partnerships with stakeholders and service providers including clinic nursing staff and other NGOs in the disability/health sector.
• Engaging persons with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities and providing them with a platform to share their challenges, needs, views and opinions around topics related to mental health and human rights.
• Participating in local events related to mental health to promote the rights of persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities.
• Supporting existing advocacy groups or establishing advocacy groups where they do not exist.
• Reporting human rights violations that occur in the community to SAFMH.
For more information, send an e-mail to info@safmh.org or contact 017 631 2505.
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