Badili Centre has started a new program called Mental Health Awareness. The project will tackle matters related to mental illness causes, preventative measures, and curative measures.We hope to develop a harmonious balance between science, social, and faith-based initiatives in the mental illness recovery process. Mental illnesses are prevalent worldwide. Statistics show that 8 million people die annually from mental illnesses. According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report, one in four people worldwide will be affected by a mental health disorder or neurological disorder, placing mental illness among the major causes of poor health and disability worldwide. In America alone, statistics show that 61.5 million people experience a mental disorder in a given year. In Europe, one out of fifteen people suffer major depression and four out of fifteen are affected by a mental illness. The WHO Europe report reveals that thousands of Europeans die every year from mental illnesses. In 2012, it was approximated that 164,000 people died in consequence of a mental illness. In Africa, there is still a lot of ignorance and social stigma when it comes to mental illnesses. Some communities designate it as a curse or weakness, and not an illness. A case study conducted by health experts in Kenya, a country in East Africa, concluded that at least one in every four Kenyans will suffer from a mental illness at some point in their life. That is roughly 11.5 million people. Moreover, 20 to 40 percent of those affected, and seek outpatient services in hospitals, have one or more diagnosed mental disorders. Yet the country only has 88 psychiatrists and 427 nurses qualified to handle these illnesses in the 14 mental health hospitals serving the population. Badili Centre wishes to use media platforms and training ventures to create advocacy for mental illnesses. We will also address mental illness preventative and curative measures. It is our hope that through our awareness initiatives, statistical research, and reporting, policies worldwide are improved to help friends and family members that are unable to help themselves. We hope policy makers in different regions like Europe, Asia, Africa, the United States of America, and the world at large, will be inspired to adopt policies that can better address the early identification and treatment of mental illnesses.

Badili Centre will have a women’s seminar on the 25th October 2014 at the International leadership University, due to previous success of similar seminar we had on the 20th September we decided to have another one.