User talk:Onemindke

Onemind, lend your voice is an ambitious campaign initiated by BasiNeeds UK in Kenya to enhance awareness about mental health, mental illness and epilepsy spearheaded by young people. BasicNeeds is a non-government organization whose purpose is to enable people with mental disorders to work and live successfully in their communities. The mental health awareness campaign aims to demystify and mainstream mental illness and epilepsy into primary healthcare and put demand on the government for the completion of a National Mental Health Policy and revision of the Mental Health ACT (Cap 248). A WHO report: Mental health and Development: Targeting people with mental health conditions as a vulnerable group notes that stigma and marginalization generate poor self-esteem, low self-confidence, reduced motivation, and less hope for the future. In addition, stigmatization and marginalization result in isolation, which is an important risk factor for future mental health conditions. It is for this reason that the campaign also targets that mental health, mental illness and epilepsy get official recognition by the government and get funds that support projects to help mentally ill persons to realize their potential and contribute to their communities development initiatives. Mental health is central to human development. Mental health and physical health are inseparable and equally important yet only a small percentage of the 450 million people in the world suffering from mental and behavioral disorders are receiving treatment. In Kenya, although no prevalence studies have been carried out, some site specific studies indicate that about 25-30% of people seeking outpatient care in rural facilities have a psychological problem co-existing with a physical problem. Danice King’ori one of the lead youth volunteers said; ‘I learnt this with shock and government must prioritize mental health if we are to achieve vision 2030!’ The scheduled one year campaign, is part of an EU co-funded action to reinforce the demand side of government accountability for mental health and development in Kenya. It targets 16 million Kenyans expecting that the Kenyan public reduces the stigma and exclusion, caused by ignorance perpetuated against persons with mental illnesses and epilepsy. The campaign is also to further call to duty bearers; the government, employers, parents, development partners, the media to put in place the necessary mechanisms to ensure that persons living with mental disorders have good standards of health, social inclusion and economic well being.

Speedy deletion of "Onemind lend your voice"
A page you created, Onemind lend your voice, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, organisation, or web content, but does not indicate why its subject is important or significant.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

Thank you. Bento Fernandes 07:09, 5 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bentogoa (talk • contribs)

April 2011
Hello Onemindke. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Onemind lend your voice, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:
 * 1) editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
 * 2) participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors; and
 * 3) linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Spam).

Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. Strikerforce (talk) 07:15, 5 April 2011 (UTC)