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The extent of poverty and
social exclusion in Europe
is unacceptable !
European Council Lisbon 2000
No
DIGNITY without Right
no RIGHT without ACCESS to
citizen rights, resources, wellbeing:
health - house - job - education
No HEALTH without Mental Health
no
MENTAL HEALTH without
Dignity
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The European SMES Network began in 1992 in Rome
as a result of the 1st European seminar on the
appalling neglect and abandoned homeless people
living in extremely poor health & social
conditions.
The main aim is :
to
improve mental, physical and
social well-being
to
promote inclusion, citizenship
& solidarity
in European Countries
for homeless & mentally ill people.
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SMES-EUROPA is a non-profit International
Association (aisbl) operates at the interface, intersection of mental health
& social
exclusion for
improving mental, physical &
social well-being
promoting human right &
access to
- rights,
- citizenship,
- participation and solidarity in
European Countries
for people
living in extreme social and health
precariousness
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Men &
Women home/belonging -
less:
mentally ill people without
adequate assistance
young people at risk of losing
viable contact with society,
people addicted to alcohol and
drugs, (ex) prisoners,
elderly people who have been
abandoned,
refugees & migrants without
permission of residence's
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Information
and heightening of
awareness
for all civic society
Networking
: improving
opportunities of working together
Education
and training:
permanent &
continuum,promoting exchanges
Lobbying and advocacy |
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