25 Nov The Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center welcomes the first patients of We Are Like You
On November 16, 2017, the Step Down Unit for women with mental illness welcomed the first 3 patients of the "We Are Like You" project at the Benedict Menni Mental Health Center of Sisters Hospitallers in Monrovia.
07 Oct More than 450 attendees and USD 6,430 raised, balance of the Charity Concert in Vitoria-Gasteiz
More than 450 attendees and a fundraising of USD 6,430 is the balance of the charity concert with the Bilbao Choral Society which Dato Económico magazine and Hospital Aita Menni held in the Santa Maria Cathedral, Vitoria-Gasteiz, on September 14th to collect funds for the We Are Like You mental health project for women in Liberia.
06 Oct MCC Telecom donates surveillance cameras to the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center
Gipuzkoa company MCC Telecom has joined the group of collaborators and donors of We Are Like You project by giving a set of 15 surveillance cameras and a LCD screen to be installed at the Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, where women with mental illness are attended....
15 Sep The Chillida Leku Museum hosts again a charity concert of Juan Carlos Irizar for We Are Like You
For the second time –first was in 2015–, Donostia-San Sebastián Chillida Leku Museum was the venue last Saturday for a charity concert of musician, composer and director Juan Carlos Irizar for the We Are Like You project. This time he was accompanied by Iñaki Revuelta and Marian Larrea, whoplayed and sang different pieces and performed as a trio with Irizar to finish the musical evening.
28 Aug A team from Aita Menni Hospital arrives to Monrovia to start preparing the assistance activity
On the occasion of the next start of the Step Down Unit program, sponsored by the Ministry of Health, the National Catholic Health Council and the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center, a team of Aita Menni Hospital composed by its CEO, Mikel Tellaeche, psichiatrist Marta Menéndez and nurse Cecilia Alvarez moved to Monrovia to start with the preparations prior to the beginning of the assistance activity.
27 Aug The Aita Menni Hospital and the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center sign a brotherhood agreement
Aita Menni Hospital from Spain and the Saint Benedict Menni Health Center of Monrovia, Liberia, signed past August 15th an agreement with sets formal bonds of brotherhood between both centers and will be the cornerstone for the launching of the new Saint Benedict Menni Mental Health Center and the improving of services at the current Saint Benedict Menni Health Center.21 Jun The We Are Like You project, in images
Images that tell the story of We Are Like You and the people who are making it possible. ...
23 Mar The Basque Government grants a 180,000 USD aid to We Are Like You
The Basque Agency for Cooperation for Development recently granted a 180,756 USD aid to the We Are Like You project, aimed to improve the care of mental health and the social-sanitary environment in Monrovia, Liberia.
07 Jan The Saint Benedict Menni Health Center will have a new solar power system
The Saint Benedict Menni Health Center in Monrovia, Liberia, has started procedures to set up a system for solar power production and accumulation, which will allow for covering most of the energy needs in the compound along with the current diesel generator. Now, all buildings in Sisters Hospitallers´ facility in Pipeline –Health Center, Sisters´ House, warehouse and guest house, and Step Down Unit– get electric power from a diesel generator which is started only two times a day, due to high fuel costs. The rest of the time, facilities can´t get energy supply, because the current solar panels system is damaged and obsolete.