SMES Santé
Mentale
et Exclusion
Sociale
MHSE Mental
Health
and
Social
Exclusion
European
NET-Working for HOMELESS & MENTALLY
ILL PEOPLE
The construction of the
Europa cannot be achieved if at same time will be not pursued
the Europa of Citizens and of Solidarity
MENTAL HEALTH
.
SMES
network began
in 1992
in Rome as result of the 1st European seminar on
the
appalling neglect and abandoned homeless
people living in extremely poor health and social
conditions.
SMES-Europa is
no-profit EuropeanAssociation (aisbl) operates at the interface,
intersection of mental health and social
exclusion sectors, improving mental, physical &
social well-being.
SOCIAL
EXCLUSION
DIGNITY and WELL-BEING
All
persons have the right to the best available mental
health care,
which shall be
part of
the
health and social care system. (NU Resolution 46/119,1.1) The stigma and
discrimination,related to the mental disease, are long-lasting.
Year of Equal Opportunity 2007
Homelessness is an affront
to every value that we assign to the concept of
citizenship.
Homeless, are among the most marginalised in our
communities
O’Sullivan IRL Minister
(RT EU Minister
1/3/13)
When the person
has lost everything, and hope on the future, he
has only survival on the street where he will
be: without....-Home, -Dignity,
-Rights, -Job, -Health,
-wellness.
They remain though as a constant challenge, and a
troubling sign not only of the economic crisis, but also of the
crisis in values which underpin our
democracies - values such as social cohesion, a solidarity based on
respect of individual rights and
equitable access to resources and
services.
POVERTY
and HOME-LESS
2000
: 'The
number of people living below the poverty
line and in social exclusion in the Union is
unacceptable... Steps must be taken to
make a decisive impact on the eradication of
poverty by 2010...'
EuCoun
Lisbon March 2000
2006
:
'The true causes of poverty and exclusion are far from being eradicated in
Europe.'
European Council of Lisbon 2006
2010
: 'Almost
84 million Europeans live at risk of poverty...,
Strategy 2020:
...Inspired by its founding principle of
solidarity..., promoting social inclusion,
in particular through the reduction of poverty,
by aiming to lift at least 20 million people out
of the risk of poverty and exclusion.'
(EU COUNCIL Brussels, 17 June 2010)
2013
: EU habitant
are
500 millions of
people
- 120 ml
at risk of poverty or social exclusion
- 50 ml
in households where noone have job - 40 ml
suffer from severe material
deprivation
- 4 ml
are homeless
TARGET
OF SMES-Europa
: HOME-LESS including
mentally ill people without adequate assistance,
young people at risk of losing
viable contact with society,
elderly people who have been abandoned,
refugees & migrants without permission of residence's
GENERAL
OBJECTIVES OF SMES-Europa
to
improve mental, physical
and social well-being
to
promote respect of HumanRIGHT and to facilitate the access to citizenship rights and social & health services.
to
promote active inclusion: participation and solidarity for people living in extreme social and health precariousness
in all European Countries, especially for homeless and mentally ill people.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Information
and heightening of awareness
for all civic society
Networking
: improving opportunities of working together
Education
and training: permanent & continuum, promoting exchanges
SMES
network began
in 1992
in Rome as result of the 1st European seminar on
the
appalling neglect and abandoned homeless
people living in extremely poor health and social
conditions.