Founder of association
When she
learned in the early 1990s that her fourteen-year-old son was suffering from
schizophrenia, Naima Slamti saw her world collapse. She discovered illness, the symptoms that result
from it and that hurt her child's life: hearing voices, having visions and a
disjointed discourse, and a disorganized behavior ... Lost, alone and
distraught, Naima was confronted with the universe of psychiatry: "I have
noticed, in the waiting rooms of doctors as well as in the psychiatric
departments of hospitals, the disarray of many other helpless families in the
face of the crises, relapses and hospitalizations of their sick relatives”, says
Naima Slamti. She
decided then to create, in 2007, the Moroccan Association for the Support, the
Link and the Initiation of the Families of People Undergoing Psychic Suffering. Her goal was to raise awareness among
decision-makers and the general public about the need to improve care and the
quality of life of patients and their families. As president, Naima Slamti tackles the prejudice
against the mentally ill, discrimination and social rejection. So much progress made since the creation of the
association!
Today, Naima dreams of a
Morocco that guarantees free medicines and hospital care to all sick people. And for those without family, abandoned and left
to themselves, a total care provided by the Government.