About Us
Our #MovingMountains for #MentaHealth hikes promotes well-being and raise awareness
VOA Africa highlights our psychosocial support efforts for survivors of Solai Dam disaster
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Providing psychosocial support to inmates result in improved well-being and reduced recidivism rates
Background
PDO Kenya is a charity based in Nakuru County, Kenya. PDO aims to promote mental wellness and assist those affected to build better lives through access to psychosocial support, diagnosis and treatment, social integration, skills development, and productive representation in all aspects of life.

PDO works with a team of professionals in Psychology,  Psychiatry and Sociology and trained peers and advocates who volunteer their time to serve our community.

What we do
  1. Mental health advocacy and awareness - to promote the human rights of people living with mental disorders and to reduce stigma and discrimination.
  2. Provision of free treatment to poor and marginalized groups - including prisoners, drug users, sex workers, GBV survivors, disaster survivors etc.
  3. Socio-economic empowerment of people with mental illnesses and other social disadvantages to promote independent living and resilience.
Current Projects
  1. Nakuru prison psychosocial support program - we conduct weekly psychosocial support visits to provide inmates with expressive therapy, talk therapy and sports and to offer them vocational, life and entrepreneurship training. We have spent over 750 person-hours and trained over 120 inmates in vocational, life and entrepreneurship skills, and provided therapy to over 1000 prisoners.
  2. Mental health Awareness – we are running a national campaign called #MovingMountains for #MentalHealth to help raise awareness and normalize discussion on mental health in Kenya. We are doing so by hiking major mountains in Kenya to prove two things; that it is possible to move the biggest mountain – mental health stigma in Africa, and that people with psychiatric conditions can overcome even the toughest mental and physical challenges, just like everyone else. We have already successfully done the toughest of them all – Mt Kenya!
  3. Addiction Rehabilitation– we provide harm reduction therapy to people living in Nakuru slums who are abusing alcohol and injectable drugs in collaboration with KANCO Nakuru and Love and Hope Centre Nakuru.
  4. Psychiatric care and social support – Our therapists and visiting psychiatrist provide free mental health services to people living with mental illnesses, targeting mostly the poor and the marginalized. In Addition PDO also give support to people living with various conditions.
  5. Schools psychosocial support program – with authorization from the PS Education Ministry, we provide psychological services and awareness in Nakuru's schools. The aim is to help enhance students' emotional and psychological well-being, to reduce cases of indiscipline, elevated stress, drug abuse, suicide, and risky sexual behaviours.
  6. PDO YES! – A youth empowerment program aimed at helping adolescents navigate this challenging stage in their life. We provide a comprehensive edutainment program aimed at inculcating discipline and good morals, rising self esteem and promoting healthy lifestyles - both for mental and physical health .
  7. Online psychiatric care - through a mobile App TrustCircle and online mHealth Test in partnership with TrustCircle USA.
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