What We Do

1. Advancing Mental Health Rights

We champion the recognition of mental health as a fundamental human right. Our advocacy focuses on:

• Reducing stigma and discrimination
• Promoting inclusion in community and public life
• Influencing county and national policies
• Ensuring alignment with disability and health rights frameworks
• Strengthening accountability in public service delivery

Through community dialogues, public forums, radio engagements, and global observances such as World Mental Health Day and World Bipolar Day, our mental health champions speak openly to challenge harmful narratives and promote acceptance.

2. Expanding Access to Health Services

Access to quality, affordable mental health care remains a major barrier in Kenya. AMH-K works to close this gap by:

• Training Community Health Promoters (CHPs) in mental health identification, referrals, and follow-ups.
• Training Trainers of Trainers (CHP-ToTs) to cascade knowledge within community health units.
• Supporting community-based screening, referrals, and home follow-ups.
• Engaging Ministry of Health structures to integrate mental health into primary healthcare.

Our work strengthens existing public health systems, ensuring sustainability and alignment with Universal Health Coverage goals.

3. Empowering Members to Claim Their Rights

We believe empowerment is central to the realization of rights and dignity for persons living with mental health conditions.

AMH-K strengthens the capacity of its members to:

• Support peers through structured support groups.
• Understand and advocate for their legal and health rights.
• Actively participate in community and public decision-making spaces.
• Build secure livelihoods and enhance economic resilience through skills development, income-generating activities, and financial inclusion initiatives.

We also train caregivers in psychosocial support, strengthening family and community-based care systems while fostering resilience networks.

Through therapeutic craft and art-based interventions, we promote healing, self-expression, social inclusion, and pathways to economic empowerment.