Creating spaces where young minds can heal, grow and thrive.

AkiliSpace is creating safe and supportive spaces where young people can be heard, supported and empowered to navigate life's challenges.

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Who we are

A movement for young minds, and a space to be heard.

AkiliSpace is a social impact organization working to address mental health and wellbeing challenges affecting young people and adolescents in Kenya. We create spaces that feel human, hopeful and close, where a young person can be fully themselves.

Listen

We begin by creating room for young people to speak, and for their stories to be received with care.

Support

We walk with them through conversations, guidance and professional care when it is needed.

Listen

We begin by creating room for young people to speak, and for their stories to be received with care.

Support

We walk with them through conversations, guidance and professional care when it is needed.

Empower

We help young people understand their rights, their choices and their own capacity to grow.

Transform

We believe healing is possible, for individuals, relationships and the communities around them.

What we do

Walking with young people through life's harder chapters.

We create spaces, walk with young people through wellness, and bring community together, through visits, conversations and experiences that honour the whole person.

Spaces to be heard

We create safe and supportive spaces where young people can speak, connect and be fully themselves, rooms that feel human, hopeful and close.

Walking with young people

We visit juvenile facilities across Kenya every month, showing up for young people to restore dignity, offer hope and walk with them toward a different tomorrow.

Wellness for the whole person

Our work holds social, mental, spiritual, legal and health wellness together. Conversation, guidance and professional care, when they are needed.

Community and conversation

Through road trips, gatherings and open conversations, we bring young people together and invite experts to share knowledge, warmly, and without jargon.

What we do

These are our Programs

Juvenile Wellness Programs, Mental Health on the Road, and webinars and conversations, each creating space for young people to be heard, supported and empowered.

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Juvenile Wellness Programs

Our Juvenile Wellness Programs support young people in juvenile facilities across Kenya who are in conflict with the law. We visit every month, not to punish or pity, but to restore dignity, offer hope and walk with them as they imagine a different tomorrow.

Young people gathered in a bright hall for a conversation, listening to a speaker.

Webinars & conversations

AkiliSpace hosts conversations around topics affecting young people and invites experts and professionals to share knowledge and perspective, openly, warmly and without jargon.

Young people laughing together beside a van on a scenic Kenyan highland road.

Mental Health on the Road

An experience that brings AkiliSpace members together through road trips, exploration and activities designed to strengthen relationships and team spirit. Youthful, energetic and unapologetically human.

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