24 April 2024
Kralendijk- On April 23, Mental Health Caribbean (MHC) and housing foundation Fundashon Cas Boneriano (FCB) signed an agreement for the construction of a new office for MHC on Bonaire. During this festive gathering at the MHC headquarters located at Kaya P. Silie 14, FCB director Ben Oleana and MHC director Erik Jansen signed an agreement
23 April 2024
Willemstad On April 17, further steps were taken during a conference in Curaçao to intensify the cooperation between various mental health organizations in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, called ‘Dutch Caribbean Mental Health’, and formalize it into a legal entity. This includes the foundations FSMA Respaldo (Aruba), GGZ Curaçao, Verslavingskliniek Brasami (Curaçao), PSI
22 June 2023
Bonaire is celebrating its first “Pride” this week from June 21-25, 2023, organized by the EQ Foundation. On our island we are privileged to have a great diversity of people with different cultures, beliefs, color and sexual orientation. Our ambition as MHC is to improve the quality of life of all inhabitants of the Dutch
09 October 2022
On October 10th World Mental Health Day is observed worldwide. This year’s theme is ‘Make mental health & well-being for all a global priority’. Today it is also 12 years ago that Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius became special municipalities of the Netherlands. To be able to make everyone’s mental health a priority, we also need to look at the socio-economic situation of the islands.
05 August 2022
In dit jaarverslag nemen wij u, via de verschillende afdelingen, mee in de ontwikkelingen van 2021. Ondanks de pandemie heeft MHC zich verder ontwikkeld en zijn diensten en producten afgestemd op de behoefte van de samenleving. Ter illustratie wil ik hierbij onze nieuwe eerstelijns psychologenpraktijk Resilensia benoemen, die in 2021 haar werkzaamheden is gestart. Ook
05 June 2022
Op woensdag 1 juni vierde Mental Health Caribbean (MHC) haar jubileum op feestelijke en informatieve wijze op Bonaire. De hele week stond in het teken van de viering met activiteiten zoals verschillende symposia, teambuildingsactiviteiten, feest en de publieke theatervoorstelling ‘Kibra Silensio’. Ook de collega’s van de bovenwindse eilanden, Saba en St. Eustatius, waren aanwezig om dit met collega’s te vieren.