Lucy Cecilia Lamin

Lucy Cecilia Lamin is a passionate lived experience expert, fierce mental health advocate, and community leader dedicated to empowering marginalised individuals through grassroots engagement, advocacy, and psychosocial support. She serves as the consultant for the mental health education component of the Being-funded project, “It Takes a Village – Empowering Freetown Slum Communities to Prevent Kush use”. Lucy is also the Executive Director and Founder of Advocacy for the Rehabilitation of Mentally Disadvantaged Victims of Sierra Leone (ARMeD Victims SL) and the Project Officer for the Service Users and Family Members Association (SUFMA). Cohort 11 of the Africa CDC’s Mental Health Leadership Program (MHLP), she has contributed significantly to national mental health reforms, including the review of Sierra Leone’s mental health policy and strategic plan, and the development of a new mental health bill to replace the outdated Lunacy Act of 1902. Lucy is a member of the National Commission for Persons with Disability (NCPD), a member of the Sierra Leone Union on Disability Issues (SLUDI), and the Ministry of Health’s Mental Health Steering Committee. Currently pursuing her studies in clinical psychology.