D.M. Naidu
FounderFounder of Basic Needs India
D.M. Naidu is the founder of Basic Needs India (2000)[1], an Indian non-profit working on mental health, livelihood and human rights from Bengaluru.
Basic Needs India
Basic Needs India works so that people living with mental illness have their essential needs met, their rights respected and their dignity protected within their own communities. Its community mental health and development model connects people to affordable care through government health systems, provides psycho-social support and caregiver education, links individuals to employment, and documents lived experience to influence policy.
Basic Needs India reports the following, on its own site:
- 43K lives transformed
- 730K population reached
- 108 partnerships with community-based organisations across 11 states
- 24 years sustained
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2000
- Press
- 3
References
- [1] “Rooted in the pioneering efforts of D.M. Naidu, who collaborated with Chris Underhill of Basic Needs UK, BNI began its journey in 2000.” — Basic Needs India. Source
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