Partner Organizations

Organization Name: KP Consortium

Name of Organization Head: Caroline Kemunto [Chair of KPC] and Solomon Wambua [Coordinator]

Tell us about your Organization:
The KP Consortium consists of KP-Led Networks working with and around issues of Key Populations in HIV programming in Kenya. Namely: Female and Male Sex Workers [SW]; People Who Inject Drugs [PWIDs]/People Who Use Drugs [PWUDs]; Men who have Sex with Men [MSM]; and Trans* Communities [TG*]. Under the KP Consortium, we have seven [7] KP-Led Networks working on KP issues across the country hence reaching a wide range of KP-Led grassroots organizations and beneficiaries.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
We have paralegals working in our Networks and Membership Organizations

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Ensuring that the voices of Key Populations are not left out in tables of advocacy and funding.

Organization Name: Kenya Sex Workers Association

Name of Organization Head: Phelister Abdalla

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Organization Name: Kenya Network of People who use Drugs

Name of Organization Head: John Kimani Waweru

Tell us about your Organization:
KENPUD is a network of people who use drugs in Kenya and advocates for human rights, comprehensive health care services for current and recovering drug users. At the same time, the organisation works towards empowering PWUDs in Kenya by enhancing their capacities in different areas.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
25

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
it has enhanced capacities of PWUDs in knowing and advocating for their legal rights and give them exposure in court proceeding

Organization Name: The Caucus on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reforms (The Caucus)

Name of Organization Head: Ted Wandera

Tell us about your Organization:
The Caucus on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy reforms in Kenya (The Caucus) an initiative that brings together individuals and institutional advocates of drug policy reforms in Kenya. The Caucus on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy reforms in Kenya (The Caucus) an initiative that brings together individuals and institutional advocates of drug policy reforms in Kenya.

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What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
During the review of the Narcotics Act I loved how easily it was for next gen lawyers to mobilize like minded lawyers to sit down and discuss valuable input towards review of the Act

Organization Name: Reachout Centre Trust

Name of Organization Head: Taib Abdulrahman

Tell us about your Organization:
Reachout Centre Trust is a non-profit organization founded in 20003, the main is to provide harm reduction services, preventive and treatment services to those affected by or vulnerable to alcohol, Drug Abuse and HIV and AIDS in the Coastal area of Kenya.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
20

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Nextgen has impacted enormous alteration toward access to justice for People with substance use disorder in face with criminal justice system and implementation and change of punitive drug polices in Mombasa County.

Organization Name: Muslim Education and Welfare Association (MEWA)

Name of Organization Head: Salim Awadh Ghalgan - Chairman BOM

Tell us about your Organization:
MEWA registered NGO providing information, treatment and care for Drug users through outreaches and residential treatment models. MEWA is actively involved in Advocacy for policy change on rights of the drug users.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
15

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Improved on documentation and introduction of the 5 tools for proper documentation on human rights 2. Giving knowledge on the introduction of basic concepts of research ethics to community.

Organization Name: Teens Watch Centre

Name of Organization Head: Dr Cosmus Maina

Tell us about your Organization:
Teens watch Centre is a community based organization implementing HIV prevention program in Kwale County for People who use and inject drugs and female sex workers (KPs).

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
12

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Exposure through frequent trainings and workshop meeting which has strengthened the community paralegals in providing legal aid services efficiently

Organization Name: SWOP Ambassadors

Name of Organization Head: Rosemary Kasiba

Tell us about your Organization:
Swop Ambassadors is a Sex Worker Led Organization formed in 2014 and Registered in 2016 with the aim liberating Sex Workers by promoting their dignity, Human rights Equality and Socio Economic Empowerment.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
20

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Nextgen helped us in Solving cases one memorable one was one Sex Worker in Kibera was assaulted by a Muslim Youth leader where Nextgen helped in solving the Case and our Member was able to get justice.

Organization Name: Voices of Community Action and Leadership (VOCAL-KENYA)

Name of Organization Head: Chris Abuor

Tell us about your Organization:
VOCAL KENYA is a policy and advocacy organization working to end drug prohibition by promoting drug policies based on evidence, health and human rights in Kenya and East Africa

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
2

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
Collaborative development of and utilization of data collection tools to enhance access to legal services to PWUDs and the ADR training for community and CSO leadership

Organization Name: Community Advocacy Initiative in Kenya (CAIK)

Name of Organization Head: Anthony Kaimenyi Nkiiri

Tell us about your Organization:
it’s a CBO comprising of PWUD who came together to Advocate for Grassroot self advocacy on Harm Reduction, Human Rights, Violence Prevention and Drug laws and Policies.

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
6

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
NEXTGEN supported is making our very first grant application which we got and are very happy about.

Organization Name: Women in Response to HIV / AIDS and Drug Addiction

Name of Organization Head: Rita Muthoni

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Organization Name: Kiambu sex workers association

Name of Organization Head: Jane Mburu

Tell us about your Organization:
Kiambu sex workers is a sex worker led organization based in the central region of Kenya with the focus of providing comprehensive sexual reproductive health rights services to sex workers and minority women. KIASWA was formed in 2014 and legally registered in 2017

Number of Community Paralegals in your Organization:
16

What has been your most memorable moment when working with Nextgen?
The case that we won at the HIV tribunal