Our Approach
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Shifting from a Clinical to a Community-Led Approach
Traditional mental health systems primarily focus on clinical treatment, often leaving out grassroots organizations, frontline workers, and community members who are the first responders to trauma. KTI challenges this model by equipping communities and organizations with trauma-informed tools and knowledge, enabling them to integrate healing into their own work without relying solely on professional mental health practitioners.
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Prioritizing Prevention & Resilience-Building Over Crisis Response
Current mental health and psychosocial support systems tend to focus on reactive crisis response rather than long-term resilience-building. KTI shifts this paradigm by focusing on early intervention, trauma prevention, and capacity-building, ensuring that individuals and communities have the tools to heal before trauma leads to chronic mental health issues.
Our Work
Kenya Trauma Initiative (KTI) works to ensure trauma-informed care reaches the most affected and underserved communities. Our approach is scalable and adaptable beyond Kenya, benefiting similar contexts across Africa and the Global South.
Civil Society Organizations & community leaders
We provide training and capacity-building to grassroots organizations, ensuring that trauma-responsive practices are embedded in local healing efforts.
Survivors
We engage directly with survivors of gender-based violence, displacement, and conflict, ensuring access to culturally relevant healing resources.
By bridging gaps in mental health and development, we foster resilience, strengthen communities, and drive systemic change for a trauma-informed future.
Our Reach
Kenya Trauma Initiative (KTI) has impacted individuals, and organizations , ensuring that trauma-informed care is widely integrated into community healing practices. Our reach includes:
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Over 2,000 individuals trained in trauma-informed care
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1,20 survivors of gender-based violence and conflict benefiting indirectly from trauma-informed services.
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5,000 families and communities indirectly impacted.