KeH - Karwan-e-Hayat

Karwan-e-Hayat (KeH) is a non-profit, charity organization and is active in caring for mentally indigent poor patients since its establishment in 1983.

Karwan-e-Hayat runs an outpatient facility at Khayaban-e-Jami and a Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Centre at Keamari, in Karachi.

It is the only non-profit, non-government organization in mental health field in Karachi.

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Karwan-e-Hayat mission is to:

• Work for relief, prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of psychologically distressed and underprivileged persons.

• Raise public awareness and foster behavioral change in the community (by holding camps, seminars and other means) that mental illness can be managed with scientific treatment.

• Organize, train and maintain a team of dedicated psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers to provide the service of mental health care.

Male ward at Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Centre

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KARWAN-E-HAYAT:

Runs an outpatient clinic at its corporate offices on Khayaban-e-Jami, near Defence Society, Karachi, where nearly 500 deserving patients receive free psychiatric consultation and medicines every month.
Operates the recently established Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Centre, near KPT Hospital, Keamari, Karachi.

For details on Karwan-e-Hayat's activities, please click here.

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Patients being guided to produce art & decorative items at the Psychiatric Care and Rehabilitation Centre

PROBLEM'S BACKGROUND – MENTALLY ILL PATIENT POPULATION
Scientific and accurate data on incidence of mental illness in Pakistan is not available. Global criteria, as developed by WHO, indicate that 10% of total population worldwide suffers from mental illness.

Using this global criterion, a figure of 1.5 million mentally ill persons is quoted for Karachi.

TREATMENT FACILITIES IN KARACHI
Treatment facilities available in Karachi for mentally ill persons are grossly inadequate.

Karachi has only 80 psychiatrists and 450 beds to treat mentally ill patients.

The city’s facilities for inpatient treatment of acute and sub-acute psychiatric patients are nowhere near the requirement. Karwan-e-Hayat works towards alleviating the problem.

Karachi did not have a centre for care and rehabilitation of mentally ill patients, until Karwan-e-Hayat established its facility at Keamari.

FUNDS REQUIREMENTS FOR 2007-2008
For fiscal 2007-2008, Karwan-e-Hayat’s capital expenditure budget is Rs. 2.1 million.

Together with revenue expenditure estimates, Karwan-e-Hayat needs Rs. 21 million during 2005-2006 to manage the Psychiatric Care & Rehabilitation Centre and the Khayaban-e-Jami OPD.

This level of funds requirement will increase in the years to come due to inflation and extended activities.

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Male OPD at Karwan-e-Hayat Corporate Office on Khayaban-e-Jami

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