06 Aug Marta, We Are Like You psychiatrist: “Thanks to a human and empathic treatment, these women can be rehabilitated and have the life they deserve”
Marta Menéndez, We Are Like You project psychiatrist at the St. Benedict Menni Mental Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, is featured in an interview in the August issue of Sisters Hospitallers´newsletter.
28 Jun The College of Physicians of Gipuzkoa awards We Are Like You with one of its cooperation grants
The Foundation of the Colllege of Physicians of Gipuzkoa has awarded We Are Like You with one of its 2018 Cooperation Grants, worth EUR 2,000.
27 Dec Happy Christmas for some tough personal stories
The patients of the "Maria Josefa Recio Step Down Unit" at the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center celebrated Christmas with a special dinner and gift giving –some of them did not remember to ever have had one–. These are happy and joyful moments, but behind their smiles and gestures of enjoyment remain hidden personal stories that talk about the exclusion and marginalization suffered by mental ill people in Liberia and other African countries.
07 Dec The Minister of Health and the representative of WHO in Liberia attended the Step Down Unit grand opening
On December 2, 2017, the Mental Health Unit for Women of the We Are Like You grand opening was held, with the attendance of the Minister of Health and the representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Liberia.
25 Nov The Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center welcomes the first patients of We Are Like You
On November 16, 2017, the Step Down Unit for women with mental illness welcomed the first 3 patients of the "We Are Like You" project at the Benedict Menni Mental Health Center of Sisters Hospitallers in Monrovia.
07 Oct More than 450 attendees and USD 6,430 raised, balance of the Charity Concert in Vitoria-Gasteiz
More than 450 attendees and a fundraising of USD 6,430 is the balance of the charity concert with the Bilbao Choral Society which Dato Económico magazine and Hospital Aita Menni held in the Santa Maria Cathedral, Vitoria-Gasteiz, on September 14th to collect funds for the We Are Like You mental health project for women in Liberia.
06 Oct MCC Telecom donates surveillance cameras to the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center
Gipuzkoa company MCC Telecom has joined the group of collaborators and donors of We Are Like You project by giving a set of 15 surveillance cameras and a LCD screen to be installed at the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, where women with mental illness are attended....
15 Sep The Chillida Leku Museum hosts again a charity concert of Juan Carlos Irizar for We Are Like You
For the second time –first was in 2015–, Donostia-San Sebastián Chillida Leku Museum was the venue last Saturday for a charity concert of musician, composer and director Juan Carlos Irizar for the We Are Like You project. This time he was accompanied by Iñaki Revuelta and Marian Larrea, whoplayed and sang different pieces and performed as a trio with Irizar to finish the musical evening.