Welcome to AMHHR website

BACKGROUND of the Organisation:   Advocacy for Mental Health and Human Rights (AMHHR) is a rights based grassroots mental health advocacy charity registered in Sierra Leone, dedicated to improving the lives of young people and persons living with or at risk of mental illness and their families. 

 

We at AMHHR pursue our objectives through Partnership working with allied organisations and engagement of policy makers and ordinary citizens, in matters related to implementation of the national mental health policy document, social development programmes and human rights policies/treaties. 

also knows that when the community understand that they have human rights which are protected by the law, this can give them and their advocates the confidence and power to voice their concerns and get the changes that are needed.  Driven by their experiences, we advocate, research and influence policy and practice.  We also provide advocacy support through well-trained and highly motivated individual’s expert knowledge to professionals, parents and carers and young people through our Community Engagement Forum (CEF). 

 We are as well committed to the central advocacy principles of confidentiality, best interests and empowerment through our online platform i.e. Facebook and whatsAp -resources. We provide support to train and actively engage on human rights advocacy, community outreach work and publications.

 

Problem: Currently, people with mental illness in Sierra Leone are believed to be evil, violent, lazy, stupid, and unable to marry or have children and unfit to vote. Mental illness is seen as either brought upon oneself as punishment for certain actions such as the breaking of taboos, or as being cast upon someone by spells and witchcraft.

In Sierra Leone, children and women with disabilities are one of the most marginalised and excluded groups, experiencing widespread violations of their rights. Discrimination and stigmatization arises not as a result of the intrinsic nature of children’s disability, but rather, as a consequence of lack of understanding and knowledge of its causes and implications, fear of difference, fear of contagion or contamination, or negative religious or cultural views of disability. It is further compounded by poverty, social isolation, humanitarian emergencies, lack of services and support, and a hostile and inaccessible environment.

 

Our team

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Kona Seibure

Founder and CEO

  • Mental health Practitioner & Social Worker 
  • Ensure sound  sustainable financial management
  • Represent AMHHR locally and Globally
  • Hire , reward, train and discipline Employees

Christian Kamara

Project Coordinator -Volunteer

  • Recruit and Train Volunteers 
  • Project planning and Management
  • Volunteer Supervision
  • Reports and Evaluation

Salia Magona

Media Coordinator - Volunteer

  • Content creation and development
  • Perform media relationship tasks
  • Prepare press release, press conference and campaign management
  • Monitor and track media coverage

Contact us

Telephone: +232 33 911736

E-mail: info@amhhr.org

Address: 11 Damba street, Bagbo Hills, Bo District,Sierra Leone

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