Former President Daniel Arap Moi greets various children with intellectual disability at his home in Kabarnet Gardens. Looking on is Edah Maina, CEO of KSMH.
Former President Moi recognised the mothers and families of persons with intellectual disabilities, who for many years have suffered in silence due to lack of help needed to provide better care for their children and adults with intellectual disabilities, and agreed to support KSMH in launching the Carer’s Fund.
Shri Muljibhai Pindolia - President of Hindu Council of Africa and National Trustee of KSMH - Supervises A very large food donation to the parents of Intellectually Disabled as a community given by Hindu Council during the severe drought in 2006.
With him are Arch. Emeritus Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki - National Trustee of KSMH, and Edah Maina - CEO of KSMH.
UNCRPD Committee meeting in Geneva on 4th October 2010. Edah Maina attending in her capacity as Expert and Rapporteur to the Committee of Experts on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Kenya signed the UNCRPD on 30th March 2007 and Ratified on 19th May 2008. The Convention marks a "paradigm shift" in attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities.
Kenya Society for the Mentally Handicapped (KSMH) National Headquarters. Situated at Kabete Orthopeadic Workshops, Next to Kabete Army Barracks,Opp ABC Place, Waiyaki Way Westlands.
KSMH is working in this field to bring more children with intellectual disabilities to formal and inclusive education. It is significant that in spite of the huge population of 3.6 million persons with disabilities, only 23,000 children are now in school. A lot of work needs to be done in this sector to bring education to these children. At the same time, there is a case for providing informal education to all those who are unable to join the formal education in government schools.
Arch. Emeritus Ndingi Mwana a’ Nzeki blesses a child with Intellectual Disabilities. With him are Vice President Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, and Edah Maina, CEO of KSMH. Arch Emeritus is a National Trustee of KSMH, and Recently, he went out in the field to see for himself the conditions in which persons with intellectual disabilities are living in.
“I could not believe the state of these people. There is no one to look after these people and yet they are people of God. We all have a responsibility to make the lives of the mentally disabled at least liveable.’’
David Wanjama – Director of Disabled Voters Asociation of Kenya (DVA), Edah Maina – CEO of KSMH, and Joyce Kairie – National Chairperson of KSMH, urge Voters with Intellectual Disabilities to Vote, during the Symbolic Registration of Voters, held at KSMH headquarters on 20th April 2010.
It is the fundamental right of all Kenyans to vote and voters with intellectual disabilities constitute a major voting bloc that can no longer be ignored. Voting is power, and the size of any group's vote can significantly impact on political decisions.
Edah Maina with visiting students from USIU’s Thinkaholics Club. The USIU students made a visit to KSMH offices to hand over a cheque from a fund-raing event that they held in honour of KSMH.
With her are also staff from KSMH, and EEG Technicians.
Jalaram Mandir kindly donated 5 wheelchairs to KSMH to help those persons with Intellectual disabilities that have severe intellectual disabilities as well as physical impairments, i.e. they cannot sit or walk. Wheelchairs are just one of many types of mobility aids used by persons with intellectual disabilities.
