Mission:

• To ensure of service users involvement in mental health care system;
• To protect rights of mentally ill and fight stigma associated with mental illness;

People with mental health problems usually face stigma and discrimination in the whole world.

They don't have equal opportunities for participation in social life.

Let's stay together and struggle for changes! 

Announcement: Dear All,

We are pleased to invite all of you or your colleagues to participate in the upcoming Celebration of the World Mental Health Day in Kutaisi on 10th of October.

The day has been designed with following main activities: round table meeting, art therapy work exhibition and opening ceremony of Centre for Psycho-Social Rehabilitation.

The exhibition will be open at 16.00

Kutaisi, Ninoshvili str, VII blind street #14

Project is funded by the European Union and by Social Transformation Program MATRA, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.

News:

Meeting with students
On the 9th of December PER members conducted a meeting with students ...

Conference - «The protection and monitoring of the rights of persons with disabilities»
On October 25, 2011, the Tbilisi Marriot Hotel hosted a conference on the topic...

A Visit of Disability Rights International
On the 18th of October members of PER met Eric Rosenthal, Eric Mathews and Laurie Ahern ...

World Mental Health Day
10 October 2011, Kutaisi
The day has been designed with the following main activities: round table meeting, art therapy work exhibition ...

Excursion to Mtatsminda Park
On the 17th of September PER organized an excursion to Mtatsminda Park for the members of advocacy group...

Round table and exhibition in Batumi
On the 16th of September a round table and exhibition of art-therapy works were organized in Batumi Hotel Radisson Blu ...

Project «Patient advocacy in Gldani Psychiatric Hospital»
The project «Patient advocacy in Gldani Psychiatric Hospital» represents PER’s part of the project «Development of an integrated network of community mental health care services, Tbilisi, Georgia», by GIP-Tbilisi with MATRA...

Excursion to Alaverdi
On the 15th of September within the framework of the project an excursion to Alaverdi was organized for Telavi advocacy group members...

Picnic
On the 9th of September organization «Parents bridge» within the framework of the project organized a picnic for users and their parents...

Excursion to Sairme
An excursion was organized for Kutaisi user group...

Group meetings in Telavi
On the basis of the Day Center of the union «Alter Ego» two groups were created...

Project
After receiving contribution from EMBASSY OF THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION PROGRAM (MATRA) the new mental health service users group started functioning in Kutaisi...

Training in advocacy
On the 29th of July a training on advocacy was conducted in Gldani Psychiatric Hospital ...

Spectacles for patients
Members of the organization «Partnership for Equal Rights» raised funds from other NGOs for 46 patients ...

Meeting of stakeholders
On the 24th of June, 2011 a meeting of stakeholders took place in the 198th school, Tbilisi...

Seminar on evaluation and advocacy
On the 22th of June the first part of the two-day seminar concerning advocacy and evaluation in mental health took place in 198th school, Tbilisi...

Disability Fair-Forum
On the 14th of June PER took part in the exhibition of artworks and products, made by persons with disabilities...

Training on stigma and discrimination
In May PER organized a training for students from Social Science faculty of Javakhishvili State University...

«Initial workshops and meetings in Tbilisi and Telavi» February-March, 2011
In the frame of the project initial meetings and workshops were held with participation of mental health service users...

New project, 2011
In 2011 PER with partners started implementation of the project: Promotion Human Rights of Children and Adults with Mental Health Problems - through developing a strategy for mental health advocacy...