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The Banyan

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The Banyan
Founded1993
FoundersVandana Gopikumar and Vaishnavi Jayakumar
TypeNonprofit Organization
Location
  • Chennai, India
Area served
Mental Health, Homelessness, Poverty, Inclusive Living Options
ServicesMental Health Care
Websitehttps://thebanyan.org

The Banyan is a non-governmental organization based in Chennai, India that was founded in 1993 by Vandana Gopikumar and Vaishnavi Jayakumar to cater to mentally-ill and homeless women in the city.

This includes the Emergency Care and Recovery Center offered in hospital-based settings, the Center for Mental Health and Inclusive Development promoting the Home Again model and the Center for Social Needs and Livelihood.[1]

Services

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The Government of Tamil Nadu - National Health Mission plans to set up multiple new emergency care and recovery centres for individuals with mental illness, both those who are homeless and those who are not. The Banyan will act as capacity building partners on this project, and will also share the protocols and values of their emergency care and recovery services, so that they will be replicated in these new centres.[2]

The Banyan is currently part of a collaborative project (along with Tata Institute of Social Sciences, The Hans Foundation and The Government of Kerala) in Kerala to facilitate exit options for long-stay patients in government run mental health centres. Many of the long-stay patients who will be identified through this project will be transferred to Home Again homes within Kerala.[3]

Awards

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The Banyan and its founders have acquired several accolades since 1993, including the Stree Shakthi Puraskar Award (Ministry of Women and Child Development) in 2003[4] G.D. Birla International Award in 2005, The Sat Paul Mittal National Award, 2007,[5] AmeriCares Spirit of Humanity Awards, 2011, Swiss Foundation award with WHO in 2012 [6] Sitaram Jindal Award, 2012,[7] WHO Public Health Champion Award (India), 2017,[8] and the University of Pennsylvania Nursing Renfield Foundation Award for Global Women's Health in 2018.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "The Banyan". Retrieved November 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Hamid, Zubeda (2017-09-16). "NHM to set up five mental healthcare and recovery centres". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ^ "These Kerala rehabilitation homes help people with mental illness integrate into society". The News Minute. 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  4. ^ "Nari Shakti Puraskar | Ministry of Women & Child Development". wcd.nic.in. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust". www.nskt.org. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  6. ^ "The Banyan founder gets international award". The Times of India. October 3, 2012. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  7. ^ Sitaram Jindal Foundation Prize 2012, 3 December 2012, retrieved 2020-03-09
  8. ^ "WHO India honours Public Health Champions". South-East Asia Regional Office. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  9. ^ "Vandana Gopikumar, a co-founder of a Chennai-based NGO to get Penn Nursing Renfield Award". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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