A child spends an hour with a doctor or therapist. Their caregiver is there for the other 23.
We help caregivers help their children thrive.
We equip caregivers in Nairobi, Kenya with practical, evidence-based skills to support children with developmental delays or disabilities.
Why Caregivers?
Caregivers often carry this alone.
Discovering a child has a developmental delay or disability is overwhelming. In Kenya, stigma isolates families, and specialized support is rare and unaffordable. Caregivers often carry this alone.
Children and adolescents worldwide are affected by developmental delays or disabilities.
Global Burden of Disease estimates (2021)A child is about 10 times more likely to have a developmental disability before age 5 than to die before age 5.
Global Research on Developmental Disabilities Collaborators, The Lancet Global Health (2022)Children aged 0–3 in Nairobi County do not reach their developmental milestones.
Aga Khan University, Institute for Human Development (2025)A child’s development doesn’t only happen in clinics. It happens at home—playing, eating, getting dressed.
We turn those everyday moments into opportunities for growth.
Our Work
Equipping caregivers. Offering community. Strengthening systems.
Our program operates on three core pillars:
Caregiver Skills Training
We’re starting with the WHO Caregiver Skills Training program in Nairobi. Field-tested in 30+ countries, it empowers caregivers with communication, daily living, and wellbeing strategies through daily routines.
Peer Support
We want caregivers to build meaningful support networks. Once our first cohort completes training, we’ll begin building peer networks where caregivers can share experiences and learn from one another.
Ecosystem Strengthening
Over time, we aim to work with government and system partners to scale effective caregiver support nationally.
Where We Work & Why Now
Starting in Nairobi. Building across Kenya.
Kenya has made meaningful progress on disability inclusion, with three major recent milestones: Persons with Disabilities National Policy (2024), Persons with Disabilities Act (2025), and the Joint Disability Inclusion Strategy (2025–2027).
Together, these mark a shift from a charity-based approach to a coordinated, rights-based framework for disability inclusion. For caregivers and their children with developmental delays and disabilities, this means stronger legal protections, a mandate for early identification and intervention, and coordinated action across health, education, and social protection systems.
The foundation is set. The work now is implementation.
We start in Nairobi, where the need is high and the local ecosystem is strong. We aim to test what works and build toward national scale.
Our Theory of Change
Equip caregivers. Learn what works.
Build what lasts.
Caregivers play a central role in supporting children’s development. Evidence shows that caregiver-mediated interventions can strengthen their own wellbeing, skills, and self-confidence and help support children’s communication, engagement, daily living skills, and positive behavior.
We have an evidence-based starting point. In partnership with existing efforts, we hope to answer:
- Does it help caregivers?
- Can we deliver it well in Nairobi?
- What does it cost?
- How can new evidence and technology help us do it better?
- What does it take to sustain and scale?
We will share what we learn openly.
How We Work
With our Heads, Hearts & Whole Selves
Evidence
We follow the data, and we’re willing to change course when the evidence changes.
Family
We build with caregivers and communities, not for them, so what we create actually fits their lives.
Community
We strengthen what already exists, rather than building something parallel to it.
How to Help
Partner
Work with us to strengthen support for families.
Donate
Help us bring evidence-based support to more families.
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Help us build Whole Family Collective from the ground up.