Female Mental Health in Ghana (Ankaful Hospital)

Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is located in the Central Region of Ghana, in West Africa. It is one of three major psychiatric hospitals in Ghana. It provides specialist mental health services, as well as general outpatient services to the patients. It is estimated that mental health services are accessible to only about 2%  of patients who need it in Ghana.

The hospital facilities are very decrepit, and not patient-friendly. The patients are housed in dilapidated wards. The effect of a clean and sanitary environment on the mental health of individuals cannot be understated.

The Wesley Girls High School 1994 year group, in a quest to give back to the society, and especially Cape Coast, the city that nurtured us in our formative years in school, is seeking to refurbish the female ward of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital. The refurbishment will entail renovating the bathrooms and washrooms, lighting facilities and painting the ward.

 We kindly request your financial support in accomplishing this august project. A sound mind, they say, lives in a sound body; we say, a sound mind lives in a sound body in a sound environment . Please lend a helping hand in our quest to brighten the environment of our sisters living with mental health illness at the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital.

Please note that I am a member of the 1994 year group and I set up this GoFundMe page to help raise funds for this project. All monies collected are deposited to the year group's bank account and used for this project.