The Senegalese Association for Monitoring and Assistance to Mentally Ill People (ASSAMM) will celebrate, in Kaolack, the National Day of Wandering Mentally Ills. The 12th of its kind, the ceremony will be held at the Ansoumana DIONE Center, on Saturday June 1, 2024 from 11 a.m.
“The responsibility of society in the care of wandering mentally ill people” is the theme of this edition.
“ For greater success for this important event, the President of ASSAMM“, Ansoumana DIONE intends to contact, this Monday, May 6, 2024, the brand new Minister of Health and Social Action, Doctor Ibrahima SY “ for his involvement in the organization and holding of said much-awaited ceremony“.
For this purpose, “ the former residents of the Ansoumana DIONE Center in Kaolack, these numerous stabilized mental patients and their families, after having benefited from free care at the said structure“, will take part in this Day.
“ The Mayor of the City of Kaolack, Mr. Serigne MBOUP, the Departmental Council of Kaolack, administrative, customary and religious authorities, among others, will be invited to this important ceremony. The Representation of the World Health Organization in Senegal, development partners, the diplomatic corps, civil society, the press, unions, will also be invited to the said meeting, for better care of this vulnerable segment. of our population“, underlines the press release received in Senego.
