ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 10月11日 04時11分

@Hammond_Robin / @Witness_Change “We are here in the house of God. I had gone mad, I went to the hospital to treat me in vain, and then I went to traditional healers but still nothing. But I learned that they could treat me here and that’s why I came. When I arrived, they have to tie me here. Once I even cut my ties and I fled, but I was caught... I was chained. God’s servants came to pray for me morning and night, and I felt myself better and better every day. I was chained for a month and I calmed down. But it’s three months now since I live here in this prayer camp.. now I’m fine by the prayers, and I live here waiting to go back home very soon.” Kandjine Laré and his wife Kiname, are farmers who came to The Pentecostal Church of Bokiccenag in Northern Togo seeking ‘healing’ through prayer. He attributes his improvement to the prayers he received at the camp: “If there was no one to save me I’ll be dead now. It is through this camp that I am saved.” Northern Togo is one of the poorest regions in a poor country. Many mental health professionals point to poverty as a contributing factor to mental health problems.
Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day. One in four of us will live with a mental health problem in our lifetime but many of us will have greater options for care than Laré. Learning he was in chains was distressing. So is that fact that he had nowhere else to go.

#InMyWorld is a campaign designed to expose the challenges faced by people living with mental health issues and give them the chance to be seen, heard and valued. This first phase was created in collaboration with @handicap_uk as part of @Witness_Change’s work on global mental health. To see more from this campaign please follow @OneDayInMyWorld

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