---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Menona Thomas <[email protected]> Date: 12 May 2011 00:38 Subject: Re: [MhaReformIndia:412] Fwd: Caregiver's meeting at IBHAS
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To be our volunteer partner, donor, supporter, and collaborator, please write us on: *[email protected]* Kindly pass on this mail ... because no revolution and initiative succeeds without the support of each individual, just like you. Join us on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greenyatra And follow on twitter at: www.twitter.com/greenyatra With Green regards, Menona A Green Yatri On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Nirmala Srinivasan <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Ratna and mhare group members > I take immense pride and pleasure in forwarding the mail from Rita Seth, > member of ROSHNI Action for MI, Delhi. ROSHNI is an Advocacy Group of carers > and users which started as a one man force- Capt. Robby- way back in 2006 > at Delhi under the care and mentorship of ACMI. Many NGOs playing a leading > role in these Ministries for the Cause of MI may not be aware of the > spadework done by Robby and later by the ROSHNI members resulting in several > tangible and intangible benefits to PwMI. > > It was nurtured all along as an All India Voice at the Centre , an > affiliate to ACMI , Bangalore in its advocacy initiative especially those > pertaining to the recent legislative amendments at the MoHFW and MoSJE. From > very humble one man army, ROSHNI is poised to take off as a major care > givers and user group at Delhi under the support extended by Dr.Nimesh Desai > of IHBAS and other members of his team. > > Ever since the NOIDA sisters tragic exposure, ROSHNI has been engaged in > reaching out to PwMI who are languishing in their own homes for want of > support to faciltate their treatment and care. THE HINDU Delhi edition did a > good coverage. Last week, they were busily engaged in saving a sibling with > MI whose parents are no more; this week perhaps , they are trying to reunite > an orphaned MI boy with his elder brother. Details are yet to come. > > Rajeshwari Iyer is presently the footwork soldier; herself a care giver, > she is our Program Officer in Delhi besides being the President of ROSHNI > TRUST, a responsibility she shares with Jatinder khurma, Bhowmik, Anupma > Gupta, Balu, Shukla, Agarwal, Krishnna, Vijayan , Madhu and of couse , Rita > Seth. > > Their immediate focus is on holding zonal meetings for families and users > with the help of IHBAS. How can we not mention their *Dream Project to run > a DAY CARE Centre* , once again in collaboration with IHBAS. > > We at ACMI are priveleged to see ROSHNI take off its wings and fly far > into a bright future . We have seen ROSHNI from its humble beginnings. For > me, it is a journey down the memory lane ! > > cheers > nirmala > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: rita seth <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:48 PM > Subject: Fwd: Caregiver's meeting at IBHAS > To: Nirmala Srinivasan <[email protected]> > > > Dear Nirmalaji, > > The meeting for caregivers ( of persons affected by mental illness ) at > IBHAS, jointly organised by Roshni and IBHAS was very successful. About > 200 caregivers turned up for the meeting. > > As the people were walking in, the old Roshni members started a one on one > discussion with individuals, listening to their concerns and trying to > address them. > > The session started with Dr. Nimesh Desai, Director IBHAS saying that he > and his team of professionals would essentially play the role of being > listeners and speak only in the last session. > > The first session was by Roshni members and the topics we addressed were as > follows: > > 1) Introduction to Roshni and its objectives - Mr. Jatinder Khurma spoke > on how Roshni was started about 5 years back and has been working under the > guidance and support of Dr. Nirmala Shrinivasan of ACMI, Bangalore. He > spoke on how it has been an advocacy group and has helped its members in > sharing information and experience and find solutions for themselves and the > people they are caring for. He spoke on how such groups encourage people to > overcome stigma and come out in the open with the problems they face and > also spread awareness and understanding amongst the caregivers and society. > > 2) Activities of Roshni: Rajeshwariji spoke on how Roshni has helped its > members come together and be a support for each other. She spoke about > Roshni helping its members become aware of their rights, organize > disability certificates, arrange funding by forming trusts etc. for the > future use of their affected relatives, becoming aware of their rights and > responsibilities etc. She also mentioned that Roshni has organised several > workshops for its members to become aware of how to care for their affected > relatives and themselves, how to manage crisis situations and encourage > people to overcome stigma. She mentioned that they were also trying to find > solutions for people who have been living with mental illness, all by > themselves without family support, to get necessary treatment. Roshni had > also encouraged people to go to rehabilitation centres after treatment in an > attemt to recover from the illness and reestablish themselves in society. > > 3) Awareness and stigma: I spoke of awareness as comprising of not just > knowing the symptoms of the illness but also understanding and acceptance by > the affected person, the family, the society and the professionals. I also > spoke about identifying the real needs of the affected person and jointly > addressing them to pave the path to recovery. > > 4) Rehabilitation: Mr. Baumik spoke on the need for rehabilitation and the > benefits he has seen of going through this process in his experience with > his son. He emphasized on the responsibility of the govt. in making > day-care centres and rehabilitation centres for this purpose so that the > worry of every caregiver about the care of his affected relative especially > once the caregiver is no more is taken care of. > : > 5) Purpose of the caregiver movement: Capt. Shukla spoke on the plight of > the families who experience this illness. He spoke of the benefits of a > joint effort in a self-help group that can ease the burden on caregivers by > realizing that they are not alone in this struggle and by being part of such > a self- help group they can find satisfactory solutions to a lot of problems > by sharing with others. > > 6) Some Roshni members spoke of the solutions they had found because of > their association with Roshni > > After the session by Roshni, the new caregivers spoke one after the other > sharing their concerns, their individual situations and also expressing the > willingness to contribute for joint benefit. Several of them came forward > for membership. Some of them even shared some success stories which was > very encouraging for the rest of us. > > This was followed by a short session by some other self-help groups like > Alcoholics Anonymous and HIV positive, who spoke on the benefits of joining > such groups. > > The concluding session was by Dr. Nimish Desai and the other members of his > team who addressed the concerns of the caregivers in their area of treatment > and encouraged people to join Roshni and /or form more self-help groups in > their own areas. > > Roshni concluded by thanking the IBHAS team and the people attending. > Amazingly most of the 200 people stayed for more than 4 hours and left with > a ray of hope, expressing their gratitude and willingness to join, > participate and benefit from such activities. We drew their attention to > the fact that self-help groups can help increase the number of people > wanting to bring about change and our voice will be heard only if we work > together for social and governmental supports. Also we drew their attention > to the fact that each one of us could participate and help others using our > own strengths, people with business houses could offer jobs, people with > funds could help with contributions, people with legal understanding can > help in that area, people with understanding of finances can help the peer > group to organise their funds etc. > > Rajeshwariji distributed copies of "we are not alone" and they were much > appreciated. > > On the whole it was a very encouraging experience. We hope to have many > more such meetings in future and involve more and more people. > > regards, > > rita seth > (Roshni member) > > -- > nirmala srinivasan(ashoka fellow) > director, ACMI > bangalore -india > +91 9886031659 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Mental Health Advocacy (News 'N Views) India" group. 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