Empowering user groups self advocate and fulfill their rights

Mentoring of self help groups and presentation of stationary to enhance meetings in the community.

The Secretariat has carried out advocacy training programmes for representatives of the various self help groups to empower them. Basic Needs has over the year before the birth of MEHSOG provided several of such trainings and refresher courses. This year, the Secretariat has provided refresher trainings in advocacy for all the epresentatives and leaders of the groups to sharpen their advocacy skills. They have also been trained on their rights and were and how to seek redress when their rights are violated. Some of the training contents included, understanding the rights of persons with mental disorders, How to plan a mental health promotion exercise, communication skills –technique for getting a message across, measuring advocacy effectiveness among others.