We are a charitable, not-for-profit foundation that, among other things, provides access to funds for needy, socially and economically deprived clients who are living with mental illness and works to promote the interests of mental health care delivery.

CAREMI was founded in recognition of the significant proportion of ill health accounted for by mental illness worldwide. In Africa, 7-15% of the population will have a mental disorder during a one-year period. The majority of these individuals will not have access to medical care. Services for the mentally ill are scarce and difficult to access. Our experience also indicates that financial problems are a major problem in obtaining adequate treatment and for the rehabilitation of those affected. In a large proportion of cases, loss of income resulting from time off work by clients and their relatives greatly aggravates the problem. In a substantial number of cases, the funds, materials, and equipment employed in their trade may be disposed of in order to pay for treatment and maintain themselves. Thus, even if the mental illness per se is resolved, the long-term consequences on the clients and his or her relatives' future capacity to maintain themselves is often lost. There is a major need to provide a source of funds to assist those who are unable to pay for psychiatric treatment and to assist in rehabilitating clients after recovery.

The Foundation was formally launched on the 4th of March 2010 and registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria on the 10th of June 2010, with Registration Number CAC/IT38949.