Such as asylum seekers and refugees who are at high risks of depression due to loneliness and low-income earners ravaged with poverty, and those who lack skills to get jobs that can cater for themselves and their families.
Our community also extends rays of light to the underprivileged Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, with major priority given to those in the UK and its surroundings.
Light in the darkness was founded in May 2018 by a former refugee, Ms. Beatrice Guessie, who knows what it feels like to be tortured mentally, physically, and psychologically in the UK’s Asylum system—having experienced it first-hand. However, rather than let the experience hold her back in life, she has chosen to be a medium to shine a light on other people who are disadvantaged and have been through similar experiences.
2021-2022 LITD C.I.C. Conference planned for the awareness in which the experience and the ordeal of these and similar women are the driver for this conference. We aim to bring to fore the daily struggles of women and children in obtaining adequate care and support from Government Services while feeling safe and well looked after. We hope to examine the cultural stereotyping among social workers and other professionals and the stigma from past mental health struggles. These two issues create barriers to people from ethnic minority communities in accessing adequate care and support. The relationship should be of trust and respect; however, the opposite is seemingly the case with many Manchester families.
We equip women and families with a wide range of tools such as:-
The effects of the COVID-19 on mental health are among the most prevalent illnesses in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Around one in five adults in the world experience some form of mental illness.
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To empower women for the future is an essential effort for the survival of the world. It is necessary to economically empower women to subdue poverty, sustain the family and the general well-being.
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Over the years we have been advocating for those less fortunate than ourselves. We have been very fortunate to have won awards and we have been invited to speak at many events.
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As a community interest company, we carry out the following activities for the betterment of the disadvantaged.
