Journalists for Human Rights

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly’s program to get the mentally ill off the streets appears to face serious challenges.  After months of talking, the assembly went into action at the beginning of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, which ended February 10th.  Thirty mentally ill people have been rounded up, with the idea of housing and rehabilitating them at the Kumasi Cheshire Home.

But while administrators at the Cheshire Home applaud the initiative, it appears to be plagued by problems.  Abena Amoah Gyamfi reports.

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