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Kenya National Deaf HIV/AIDS Education Programme (KNDAEP)

The KNDAEP is a National registered NGO by and for the Deaf with the objective of improving the Life opportunites of the Deaf in Kenya through quality access to health and education.

To acheive these objectives the organisation has programs in Health and education within it targets to improve the quality of health and education for def Kenyans. Working with various partners the organisation has been at the forefront of various leading initiatives especially in HIV/AIDS and education.

Heath Programming

The KNDAEP working with various partners established and scaled up nationally the Deaf VCT programme in Kenya. The initial process involved partners like Liverpool VCT and Treatment, CDC and various Health facilities. This works led to the establishement and management of the Deaf VCT in Nairobi BuruBuru Offices for the initial period of 2003-2005. After which the site moved to a more central local in the city centre.

The KNDAEP was also a partner in the scale-up of the Nairobi Deaf VCT to Kisumu and Mombasa which also led to the initialisation of the Coast Deaf VCT and the Nyawera Deaf VCT currrently run by Liverpool VCT.

The KNDAEP was also inthe forefront of developing the first HIV/AIDS materials in Kenya sign language for the mobilisation of deaf Kenyans in the fight against HIV/AIDS. To this end the organisation with funding from Natrional AIDS Control Council (NACC) was able to develop various national awareness initiatives that led to the establishement of branches in Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa.

With Funding under the KNASP 2000-2005 Strategic Plan the KNDAEP was able to develop information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials that were distributed nationally through awareness campaigns that included mobile VCT sessions.


To initiate the linkages between the Deaf VCT programmes and the national Health services. The KNDAEP trained the first group of nurses in basic Kenya sign language under the 7.5 million Funding from NACC under KNASP 2000-2005.

The Education Programme

Working with other partners the organisation in 2005 initiated the new Education enterprise targeting to organise more education for disability advancement (OMEDA). The project OMEDA project targets to develop education materials both in health and education. The project initiated the website http:/www.disabilitykenya.org with the objective of using ICT to coordinate health and education services to the disability sector.

The project has developed various projects like publishing the Sign for Sexuality and Health Manual working with Liverpool VCT Care & Treatment. The Education materials include Basic Deaf English pre-primary and Basic Deaf English Primary class 1 both digital versions available free in the website.

The KNDAEP continues to work with other partners in the development of various intiative to improve the education and health of persosn with disabilities. Some of the partners include NACC; National Council for Persosn with disabilities (NCPWD); Liverpool VCT Care & Treatment, RATN among others.

The new horizons include expanding the digital age into schools for children with disabilities working with various local and international partners.

The KNDAEP is officials include Boniface Inyanya, Aggrey Akaranga, Joel Omondi, Garry Joseph and Maurice Okwat. Pelitah Kwamboka and Josephine Kalunda

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