By Tom Fondo
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In a line of creating awareness on our scope of work “Harm Reduction”, we always visit police station which are based in Mombasa County through sensitization meeting. It is notable that these law enforcers services remain antagonistic towards implementation of harm reduction interventions and protection of public health, fundamental human rights towards People Who Use…
#Enriching Women in Prison. “Women are made invisible, with the excuse that there are fewer of them – only 4% of the prison population. So, their needs are ignored.” In prison setting, you have to beg, beg, beg for help or medication. Especially if you are a drug user addict. They don’t want to help…
By Taib Basheeib
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In a line of creating awareness on our scope of work “Harm Reduction”, we had another sensitization meeting at Nyali Police Station, Nyali Sub-County. Polices services remain antagonistic towards harm reduction interventions and protection of public health, fundamental human rights towards People Who Use and Inject Drugs. #SupportDontPunish #reachoutcares #reachoutmediaawards2020
#genderbasedviolencePeople who use drugs under the harm reduction settings are also most vulnerable when it comes to Gender-based Violence issues. Thank you so much our Director Taib Abdulrahman for representing us on the Gender-based Violence Workshop which involved different personnel from the County government of Mombasa and other organizations in Mombasa County to come up…
#Fumigation At Likoni Police Station As we continue to promote safety and well-being of the general public, we steered another successfully fumigation activity at Likoni Police station. We urge everyone to strictly observe health measures put by the Ministry of health in averting further spread of the disease. This activity enables us in creating awareness…
#HarmReduction We had an Interactive round table meeting, which involved NASCOP and Department of health from Mombasa County to touch on issue regarding service delivery to the overall key population. The main aim was on how best we can enhance our efforts in responding to the world drug problem through strengthening our cooperation, including means…
#womenempoweringwomen Women group counselling on Improving transitions and retention Rates on drug recovery. For better relationships and connections with our women under drug recovery, we always involve them in this weekly information and skill development in reducing stress, increasing self-esteem and how to avoid family violence, as well as information on the effects other drugs…
A 2 days fruitful crisis management & communication training to some of our staff members. The training aimed at equipping them with knowledge on how to identify potential crisis within the organization and how to deal with them in consideration of mitigation process on the crisis, preparedness, response and the recovery process. This will spearhead…
We believe through Building capacity, learning and sharing experience with other organizations fuels and scale the harm reduction movement.During our experience sharing in Kisumu County, we also paid a visit at the County Assembly and later on joined the Divisional Commander who serves as the OCPD in Kisumu, where we had a very engaging session.…
We conducted a psycho-social support session at our Drop In Centre (DIC) to the clients who are under methadone treatment. The aim of the session was to promote a social environment to clients under recovery from exposure to situations that have harmful effects and ensure protection; recovery and reintegration to those have been exposed to…
