missy wezi m care foundation
missy wezi m care foundation
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Non-governmental organization (NGO)
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Description
Missy Wezi M Care Foundation now recognizes the importance of mental well-being for all citizens. It is fundamental to the quality of life, enabling people to experience life as meaningful and to be creative and active. Public mental health reinforces lifestyles conducive to mental well-being.
To increase mental health awareness by the use of Education, Training, Support and Advocacy, the organization intends to run a program for five (5) months that will allow the mentioned deliverables take effect effectively. Trained personnel’s will train volunteers’ to become peer educators so that they facilitators
Outreach programs will be conducted every after a few days in selected places this will allow the organization to reach out to as many people as possible and give them an opportunity to have access to information about the importance of mental health. These programs are scheduled to start running next month.
Missy Wezi M Care Foundation is an organization that aims at promoting and improving mental well being of every individual in Zambia through education, support and advocacy. In pursuit of our mission, we strive to:
• Improve the community’s understanding of mental health and the mind-body connection between mental and physical healthy.
• Provide education and opportunities for individuals to identify early warning signs of mental illness and subsequently provide programs and an environment that supports recovery and improves resilience for these individuals. Our values Our values are the set of core beliefs that guides our actions and behavior. We live our values –they influence the way we treat our clients, engage with all our stakeholders, and the way we work and interact with our colleagues, both within and outside of Missy Wezi C Care Foundation.
• Every person, regardless of their disability, race, ethnicity, gender, age , economic status, or sexual orientation, has the right and responsibilities to full potential in our society, the right to be treated with compassion, respect and dignity, free from stigma and prejudice.
• Mental health is essential to personal well being and is fundamental to achieving a healthy, balanced and productive life.
• Treatment offers a powerful return on investment and treatment does work if used appropriately. With treatment options, what was only a hope in the past is quickly
In pursuit of our mission, we strive to:
• Improve the community’s understanding of mental health and the mind-body connection between mental and physical healthy.
• Provide education and opportunities for individuals to identify early warning signs of mental illness and subsequently provide programs and an environment that supports recovery and improves resilience for these individuals.
• Assure that those who request information and need mental health care referral have confidential access to the appropriate information and know how to obtain care.
• Advocate for improved support and treatments particularly at the state and federal levels, especially where reform is needed.
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SDGS & Targets
Goal 3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3.1
3.1.1
Maternal mortality ratio
3.1.2
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel
3.2
3.2.1
Under-five mortality rate
3.2.2
Neonatal mortality rate
3.3
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
3.3.1
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex, age and key populations
3.3.2
Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.3
Malaria incidence per 1,000 population
3.3.4
Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 population
3.3.5
Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases
3.4
3.4.1
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease
3.4.2
Suicide mortality rate
3.5
Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol
3.5.1
Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders
3.5.2
Alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in litres of pure alcohol
3.6
3.6.1
Death rate due to road traffic injuries
3.7
By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
3.7.1
Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods
3.7.2
Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group
3.8
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
3.8.1
Coverage of essential health services
3.8.2
Proportion of population with large household expenditures on health as a share of total household expenditure or income
3.9
3.9.1
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution
3.9.2
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (exposure to unsafe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All (WASH) services)
3.9.3
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning
3.a
3.a.1
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15 years and older
3.b
Support the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all
3.b.1
Proportion of the target population covered by all vaccines included in their national programme
3.b.2
3.b.3
Proportion of health facilities that have a core set of relevant essential medicines available and affordable on a sustainable basis
3.c
3.c.1
Health worker density and distribution
3.d
Strengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
3.d.1
International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity and health emergency preparedness
3.d.2
Percentage of bloodstream infections due to selected antimicrobial-resistant organisms
SDG 14 targets covered
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Deliverables & Timeline
support
education
Provide quality education and support to the youths, young adults and adults on key issues that commonly lead to mental illness.
Creating a platform that motivates youths, young adults and adults to participate in community conversations about issues of mental healthy this will give an opportunity to persons of different age group to have access information on mental health from peer educators.
advocacy
training
The quality of mental health education and support (particularly schools, community and the country at large is not inconsistent and the affected do not receive sufficient guarantees that the specialists they commission or purchase have suitable levels of training and experience.
Mental health is essential to personal well being and is fundamental to achieving a healthy, balanced and productive life. This is the main reason Missy Wezi M care Foundation as an organization we have decided to train volunteers to be peer educators this will allow volunteers’ have more insight on mental health.
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- Africa
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Contact Information
Dominic , secretary