Hospice Care Kenya is a registered UK charity bringing compassion, comfort and care to children and adults living and dying with a life-limiting illness throughout Kenya. We are the only UK charity dedicated to supporting hospice care in Kenya.
Our Vision
A Kenya where everyone with an incurable illness can live well until the end, die with dignity and be free from pain.
Our Mission
To ease suffering and improve the experience of life, death and grief for children, adults, and their families in Kenya who are living with incurable illnesses.
Values and guiding principles
Our values guide everything we do. They reflect who we are, how we work, and what we believe in as we strive to make quality palliative care accessible to everyone in Kenya.
Together with Kenyan partners
We work in partnership with hospices and palliative care providers across Kenya. Our work is guided and led by our partners, who have deep knowledge of their local communities and contexts. Our relationships are built on mutual trust, respect and shared learning. By listening closely to our partners, we ensure support reaches those who need it most.
As a small organisation working directly with palliative care staff in Kenya, we can respond quickly to urgent needs and provide support where it is needed most.
We work closely with the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA), which advocates for palliative care at the national level and provides technical oversight to providers. We complement their approach through our bottom-up work, supporting palliative care delivery directly on the ground.
Growing skills for long-term change
We believe sustainable change comes from within communities. We do this through education and training and capacity building. We empower healthcare workers, community health volunteers, local organisations and family care-givers to deliver compassionate, high-quality palliative care that continues beyond our support. We support our partner organisations with capacity building and governance for their sustainability
Equal access for all
We are committed to addressing inequalities in access to palliative care. We do this by focusing on those who currently have little or no support — in remote areas, among marginalised groups, and for children. We support innovative models and strengthen systems. Through investing in evidence-based approaches, we help ensure that those least able to access care can live well and die with dignity.
Committed to safeguarding our service users
The safety and well-being of the vulnerable adults and children we support are central to everything we do. Our staff and trustees are trained in safeguarding, and our policies and procedures are applied consistently across all projects. We work closely with our partners in Kenya to ensure they have robust safeguarding measures and training in place.
Read more here about how the hospice movement in Kenya and Hospice Care Kenya were founded.