ICDR-Kenya
About
Purpose
To improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in Kenya through rehabilitation-focused education, service provision and research.
History
ICDR-Kenya is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with disabilities in Kenya through rehabilitation-focused education, service provision and research. In partnership with the Disability Service Programme (DSP) ICDR-Kenya has been sending Canadian physiotherapy and occupational therapy students to Nyanza Province in Western Kenya for clinical placements since 2004.
Leadership
Chair(s): Alanna Feldman & Sami Hanser
Vice-Chair Education: Ellen Leung
Partners
- Disability Service Programme, Nyzanza, Kenya – The DSP is a non-profit community based program employing community health workers who provide rehabilitation services to individuals living with a disability throughout Nyanza Province.
- Kenya Medical Training College, Homa Bay
- Bee Heard Kenya – Bee Heard provides a service within the UK and Kenya for both children and adults with a wide range of speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties. Their passion is to support both children and adults with speech, language, communication, and swallowing difficulties, as well as their families and carers. Contact them
Past Partners
- Yellow House Health and Outreach Services, Kisumu, Kenya – Yellow House provides speech and language therapy services in Western Kenya in collaboration with local community-based organizations.
Education
Student Placements
In partnership with the Disability Service Programme (DSP) the KWG has been sending Canadian physiotherapy and occupational therapy students to Nyanza Province in Western Kenya for clinical placements since 2004. The DSP office and clinic is located in Opapo, a village outside Homa Bay in Nyanza Province. The DSP clinic is in operation Tuesdays and Thursdays with the remaining days of the week spent in the surrounding districts doing home visits, outreach clinics, and school visits. Within the context of a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) programme, students will work with a wide variety of clients, patient populations and clinical presentations. Children comprise a large percentage of clients seen.
Please click on this link for more information on both these international placements in Kenya: About ICIs in Kenya
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Research
Publications
Molnar, M., Rochus, D., Omolo, F., Gibson, R., Ellwood, L. (2024) Identifying Developmental Communication Milestones in Western Kenya: A Community-Based Approach. In Dr. Mellissa Bortz (Ed.), A Guide to Global Language Assessment. A Lifespan Approach, Slack Publications.
Haro A, Knight B, Cameron D, Nixon S, Ahluwalia P, & Hicks E. Becoming an occupational therapist: Perceived influence of international fieldwork placements on clinical practice. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2014; 81(3):173-82.
Nixon SA, Cameron C, Mweshi M, Nkandu E, Okidi C, Tattle S, Yates T. 2016. “It is an eye-opener that there’s a relationship between rehabilitation and HIV”: Perspectives of physiotherapists (PTs) and occupational therapists (OTs) in Kenya and Zambia on the role of rehabilitation for adults and children living with HIV.Physiotherapy Canada. 68(3). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ptc.2015-42GH.
Contact Us
For more information, please contact Megan Yang or Danielle Brown.