Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped

KSMH is a national organization with a membership of 700,000 parents of persons with mental disabilities, family members and adults with mental disabilities. In addition, the organization has an institutional membership of 734 special schools and units for persons with mental disabilities. 38 small homes and private schools for persons with mental disabilities are registered as institutional members. The countrywide membership of parents and adults is reached through a net work of community-based parents support groups in each and every district. Professionals in the area work as a multidisciplinary team of specialists from the national level to the grassroots.

For 4 decades, KSMH has remained a means of expression for people with mental disabilities and their families in Kenya. The priority areas for KSMH are the identification, acceptance and inclusion of persons with mental disabilities into their families and communities as equals, with their diversities, special needs and human rights respected and supported.

KSMH has over the year’s attained national and international recognition as a reputable organization of Kenyans with mental disabilities and their families. The organization works with reputable corporate organizations, faith-based organizations, local and international development partners and others in promoting identification, acceptance, inclusion, human rights, equality and opportunities for persons with mental disabilities and their families.