|
Schizophrenia
Awareness Associaton (SAA) is registered as Public Charitable
Trust vide ref.F/14439 dt. 18.2.98. Though in the beginning
the major focus area of SAA was people suffering from schizophrenia,
it now deals with other mental illnesses as well.
Three
major areas of focus of SAA are:
1.
Creating public awareness about mental disorders using
various media,
2.
Empowering afflicted families through training, SHSG, talks
of experts and formal training
3. Networking with other similar NGOs at the national and
international levels.
Managing
Committee of SAA consists of shubharthis(patients), shubhankars
(caregivers) and SAAthis(volunteers).SAA has approx. 50
shubharthis, 200 shubhankars and 20 SAAthis.
Schizophrenia
Awareness Association started the SeIf Help Support Group
named "Ekalavya" and and helped forming SHSGs,
besides Pune, at Abmednagar, Aurangabad, Nashik and Nagpur
in Maharashtra state, India. Our SHSGs are facilitated by
non-professional, trained and experienced volunteers and
believes
in active liaison with the professionals.
By
it’s role in mental health care, SAA has attracted:
- Growing
number of shubharthis, shubhankars & SAAthis,
- Medical
and media fraternity,
- Mental
health care oganizations in India and abroad and
- Donors
throughout India and abroad.
|
