Gambia: Breaking the Chains A Call for Healing, Hope, and Real Reintegration –

Let’s not mince words here. The Gambia’s mental healthcare system is a shambles. Broken, neglected, forgotten call it what you will, but let’s face the truth. Our Mental Health Act, unchanged since 1845, is a relic of colonial rule, written at a time when The Gambia was seen as nothing more than a dot on Britain’s imperial map. Can you imagine? While the world has transformed around us, our mental healthcare framework is stuck in the 19th century!

And yet, here we are in the…