City of Rest is a Day Care Mental Health Organisation, who deals with ranges of health challenges including Psychosis, Substance Abuse and Trauma. At present, it is working on building a mental health coalition body that would serve as a voice for those suffering from mental health and it care givers. This project is a European Union sponsored one, with Community Association for Psychosocial Suppo
rt (CAPS) and University of Makeni (Unimak) serving as implementing partners. Activities undertaken so far by CAPS Mental Health Sensitization Team
The Team started work in April 2011 and has been able to visit many Organizations that are involved in mental health work. The need for CAPS mental Health Team’s mobility has been of paramount concern from the onset the need has now come out clearly as the team has started work. To maximize its effectiveness the team must be mobile. Travelling by public transport in Freetown is a very difficult task and sometimes hazardous due to reckless driving in the city. The Coordinator emphasised the urgency to purchase a vehicle locally to expedite the CAPS Mental Health (MH) Team’s activities. Three different quotations were obtained from three different garages indicating cost of different cars/vehicles appropriate for field use.
