We are Amaudo.
Amaudo Itumbauzo was founded in 1989 by Rosalind Colwill in response to growing numbers of mentally ill people roaming the streets of south east Nigeria. A combination of negative cultural beliefs and a lack of information and resources mean that these most vulnerable people are often left with nowhere to go.
At Amaudo we offer a safe haven; a place for them to heal and be treated with care and dignity, to be helped to face a positive future, rehabilitated, trained in transferable skills to give them the opportunity to provide for themselves and if possible, reunited with their families and communities.
Amaudo also provides community-based services and mobile mental health clinics. We work with local communities to raise awareness of mental health issues reducing stigmatisation and discrimination and challenge the government to ensure basic human rights.
Amaudo UK was established as a UK charity in 2000 to support the work of Amaudo Itumbauzo in Nigeria.
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