tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34718513787137667422024-03-12T21:38:54.313-07:00Project Burans - AustraliaAn opportunity to support mentally healthy and resilient communities in Uttarakhand, IndiaProject Burans Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106896174603090830noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471851378713766742.post-39603068361597760672014-11-17T19:50:00.002-08:002014-12-26T10:34:42.117-08:00Thank you for visiting the Project Burans Australia website.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">An Insight Into The Problem </span></b><br />
The vast majority of people with mental health illness in rural India are undiagnosed and untreated. Thousands continue to live in loneliness and isolation because they are ostracised by society and cannot access care. In the Northern Indian state of Uttarakhand with its 10 million people, there are only 10 psychiatrists and almost no community primary healthcare programs to support victims and families in the long journey to participation in society. The plight of such individuals is profoundly compounded by significant stigmatisation, social oppression and discrimination; factors which merely increase barriers to accessing adequate wellbeing services.<br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LlvtoaQwqpw/VHE5ty-d49I/AAAAAAAAAHE/Vnk5pBviL_o/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-23%2Bat%2B12.31.15%2Bpm.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LlvtoaQwqpw/VHE5ty-d49I/AAAAAAAAAHE/Vnk5pBviL_o/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2014-11-23%2Bat%2B12.31.15%2Bpm.png" height="392" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“My son has finally been able to say my </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">name after 5 years of silence and sitting </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alone.” I met 25 year old Ram Sundar’s father </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">several weeks ago. He told me how </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">his son became unwell while working as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a tailor in Delhi, hearing voices, behaving </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">strangely. They were sure he had been </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cursed with an evil spirit. None of the visits </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to traditional healers, and village doctors </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">could make Ram Sundar well. But </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">just 3 months ago, they met staff from </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">our EHA mental health programme in Uttar </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pradesh who took Ram Sundar and his </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">father to a nearby Government psychiatrist. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diagnosed with schizophrenia, and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">supported with medicines and counselling </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ram Sundar is now on the path to wellness. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“We are so happy to see him better </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- he even wants to get a sewing machine </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and start tailor work again.” - Dr. Kaaren Mathias, Project Burans Director, EHA</span></blockquote>
Ram Sundar's story is not an isolated one. There is a huge need to increase access to care and for communities to build their own skills in mental health competency in order to support people like Ram Sundar.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A Panacea of Hope</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Project Burans is </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">an initiative of Emmanuel Hospital Association, together with </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the Uttarakhand </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cluster of the Community Health Global Network, working to improve </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">access to mental health in Uttarakhand</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Click </span><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://projectburans.blogspot.com.au/p/what-is-project-burans.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">What is Project Burans?</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to f</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ind out more about the work we do. </span><br />
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