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First Group of MHC Employees Successfully Complete Training to Become a System Therapeutic Worker

03 July 2024

Kralendijk- A group of MHC employees from the Child and Youth department Hi5 have successfully completed the post-HBO training to become a System Therapeutic Worker (STW). The training, led by Fariba Rhmaty and Glenn Helberg, concluded festively on June 7, 2024 with the presentation of the diploma. The employees who achieved this achievement are Charenne

Jaarverslag 2023

21 June 2024

It’s time for the annual report again! With this report, we take you through the developments within MHC in 2023. MHC continues to grow and evolve! 2023 was no exception. In this annual report, you can read why MHC is still growing. Once again, in 2023, we see an increase in the number of clients

MHC and FCB sign cooperation agreement for new office on Bonaire

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

Collaboration between Dutch Caribbean mental healthcare organizations strengthened

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

MHC is here for everyone!

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

World Mental Health Day 2022

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.