🇰🇪Official Kenya Chapter of the African Suicide Prevention Association (ASPA). Advancing suicide prevention, hope, awareness & mental wellbeing.
Nairobi, Kenya
Joined August 2026
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At the Regional Suicide Prevention Summit in Uganda, ASPA Kenya Chapter Country Representative, Odhiambo Oyoko, joined panel discussions on the decriminalization of suicide and the role of religion in suicide prevention.
He also underscored the importance of lived experience expertise in designing suicide prevention interventions at all levels, calling for African-led and African-centred lived experience organizations that reflect our realities, cultures, and voices.
Today, ASPA Kenya Chapter is represented by our Country Representative at the Regional Suicide Summit in Uganda, joining regional stakeholders to advance conversations, collaboration, & action on suicide prevention across Africa.
Suicide prevention requires more than awareness
It calls for compassionate conversations, accessible mental health services, evidence-informed policies, and communities where people feel safe to speak up and seek support without stigma or judgment.
HAPPENING TODAY
What can we do to strengthen maternal mental health & prevent suicide across Africa? Join ASPA Kenya, in partnership with Tibu Health and AAMMH, for a timely conversation on Maternal Health & Suicide Prevention in Africa.
📅 Today | 7 Oct 2026
⏰ 3:00–4:00 PM EAT
Here is the link for registration
Let’s talk prevention, early identification, referral and support for mothers and families.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#MaternalMentalHealth #SuicidePrevention #WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealthAfrica
Sometimes, the most important conversation starts with: “Are you okay?” 💜
Changing the narrative on suicide means creating spaces where people can speak, be heard and seek support without shame or judgement.
Ask. Listen. Support. Start the conversation.
credite to MHDF.
Today, the ASPA Kenya Chapter attended the launch of the Handbook on Suicide Prevention, an important initiative by the Ministry of Health, Kenya Red Cross and the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya.
Let us strengthen our collective capacity to recognise distress, start compassionate conversations, provide timely support and connect people to appropriate care.
Today, we mark #WorldSuicidePreventionDay.
This year’s theme: Changing the Narrative on Suicide with a call to action: Start the Conversation.
Let’s move from silence and stigma to openness, compassion and support. Every conversation can make a difference.
#WSPD2026 #ASPAKenya
This month, ASPA calls on all of us to break the silence, listen without judgment, and create spaces where people feel seen, heard and supported.
There is always hope. There is always someone willing to listen. You are not alone.
Let’s change the narrative. 🫂
Today, ASPA Kenya is participating in the validation of the Interfaith Suicide Prevention Strategy, an important process bringing together faith leaders and stakeholders to strengthen suicide prevention efforts through faith-based and community-centred approaches
ASPA Kenya is pleased to engage in this process and contribute its expertise and experience in suicide prevention, while strengthening collaboration with the Interreligious Council and other faith-based actors.
