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'''BasicNeeds''' is a [[global mental health]] organization working to improve the lives of people living with [[mental illness]] or [[epilepsy]]. In July 2017, It was merged into the Christian disability charity [[CBM (charity)|CBM]] UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/basicneeds-merged-christian-disability-charity/management/article/1440733|website=Third Sector|title=BasicNeeds merged into Christian disability charity|last=Kay|first=Liam|date=28 July 2017}}</ref>

BasicNeeds organization has helped people recover from mental illness and sustain good mental health by community support and free treatment, most especially to those living in resource-poor environments.

==Background==

BasicNeeds was established in 2000 by [[Chris Underhill]] MBE. It was set up because of the factors which the WHO report highlighted, and through its programs attempts to ensure that mental health is given due attention.

BasicNeeds was a response to the lack of real mental health care in lower and middle income countries. Since its foundation, BasicNeeds has helped over 657,000 people with mental illness or epilepsy as well as their families and carers in [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Ghana]], [[Tanzania]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Nepal]], [[China]], [[Pakistan]] and [[South Sudan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.basicneeds.org/where-we-work/|title=Where we work {{!}} BasicNeeds|website=www.basicneeds.org|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

== Approach ==
BasicNeeds' mission is to enable people living with mental illness and epilepsy and their families to live and work successfully in their communities by combining health, socio-economic, and community-oriented solutions with changes in policy, practice, and resource allocation.

BasicNeeds' innovative Model for Mental Health and Development<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.basicneeds.org/our-approach/ |title=Mental health |last= |first= |date= |website=CBM UK |access-date=16 December 2021}}</ref> takes a holistic approach to community-based mental health care.

==Scale and impact==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
!scope="col" width="100" | Start
!Total beneficiaries

|-
| {{flag|India}}
| 2000
| 84,212

|-
| {{flag|Sri Lanka}}
| 2001
| 47,047

|-
|{{flag|Ghana}}
| 2002 
| 140,357

|-
| {{flag|Tanzania}}
| 2003
| 124,638

|-
| {{flag|Uganda}}
| 2004
| 130,548

|-
| {{flag|Kenya}}
| 2005
| 80,387

|-
| {{flag|Laos}}
| 2007
|8,152

|-
| {{flag|Nepal}}
| 2010
| 7,142

|-
| {{flag|Vietnam}}
| 2011
| 11,660

|-
| {{flag|China}}
| 2011
| 2,275

|-
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| 2011
| 15,031
|-
|[[South Sudan]]
|2013
|3,077
|}

==References==

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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200222085005/http://www.basicneeds.org/ BasicNeeds]
*[https://indd.adobe.com/view/b59859d7-9dfa-475d-8aad-ea143d992798 BasicNeeds Annual Impact Report 2015]
*[http://mhinnovation.net/organisations/basicneeds Mental Health Innovation Network: BasicNeeds]

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[[Category:Health in Cambridgeshire]]
[[Category:International development agencies]]
[[Category:Mental health organisations in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Cambridgeshire]]
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