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SMES - Europa
SMES is an European
Network of
professional and
voluntary people working
at interface of health
and social field, for
people living in
conditions of poverty /
extreme poverty,
connected with health
and mental health
problems.
The
European SMES project began in 1992 in Rome as a result of the 1st European seminar (Dec.
1992) on the appalling neglect and abandonment
mentally ill people living as homeless in
extremely poor health and social conditions.
SMES
was constituted in 2001 as an International
nonprofit Association (AISBL Belgian law
1919) |
Working for
The person,
who is at the
centre, his
dignity, his
fundamental rights, his
voice,
his needs, his
life.
People
living in extreme poverty conditions
on the streets, shelters, squats,
with specific attention to :
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mentally ill people without adequate assistance,
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young
people
at risk losing their profitability,
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elderly people
who have been abandoned: as homeless at home
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undocumented migrants, asylum seekers and
refugees at
risk of rejection and exclusion.
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How do we work ?
SMES
from daily experience of
front-line workers and service users in
different European country :
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Promote
respect of human rights, dignity and
wellbeing for people living in extreme
social and health poverty
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Facilitate access
to citizenship rights, to social & health
services improving physical, mental
and social well-being
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Promote inclusion
participation and solidarity with a special
attention for homeless people
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Raise
awareness
of best practices networking with other European bodies in related areas
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