By ODP
Worth Noting:
- “Our aim is to get as many men free of addictions as possible. And some also want to start smokie businesses and other hustles, and if one is assisted, we are all empowered,” said Mr Gachara.
- Equipped with cleaning equipment that include face masks, brushes, gloves, and wheelbarrows, which they received soon after rehabilitation from the Boy Child Rehabilitation Program under the spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi they are happy to add value to the hospital and community.
Thirty men are celebrating one year sober, and free from alcohol and drugs in Dagoretti, Nairobi County.
The Dagoretti Kaa Sober group helps in cleaning the Riruta Level IV Hospital, chief’s and police station grounds, as a way of giving back to the community, which formerly saw them as deviant and a misfit in their homes and environment.
The group’s number has increased to 50 as they have reached out to 20 more from the area who were also indulging in alcohol and drugs.
Laban Gachara, chairman of the Dagoretti Kaa Sober, said that they had reached out to more men following the knowledge they had gained from the ASK Showground camp against addictions.
They had also registered a CBO and opened a bank account where they were saving with a goal of opening small businesses for members of Kaa Sober.
“Our aim is to get as many men free of addictions as possible. And some also want to start smokie businesses and other hustles, and if one is assisted, we are all empowered,” said Mr Gachara.
Equipped with cleaning equipment that include face masks, brushes, gloves, and wheelbarrows, which they received soon after rehabilitation from the Boy Child Rehabilitation Program under the spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi they are happy to add value to the hospital and community.
Hassan Sebit, the Deputy In charge at the Health facility appreciated the Kaa Sober Group for the work they had volunteered to do. “Since they came, we only give them water and soap, but they have aprons, gumboots and all cleaning items. They come once a week, and we appreciate their work. They have something to do, that keeps them busy and they impact society positively,” said Mr Sebit.
Clement Kisanya, one of the members of the Kaa Sober has changed both physically, socially and spiritually since joining the program in September 2023.
“I am the spiritual leader of the group, and we pray and read the Word together. When I joined the program, my life changed. From the ASK showground camp, we continued with this unity and formed this Kaa sober ground and have even reached others here in this community. We also started the cleaning program, as an opportunity of giving back to the community, following what we have gained and what we have been saved from by giving back voluntary cleaning services,” said Mr Kisanya.
He, however, added that most of them were still unemployed and hoped that such volunteer opportunities would help them get job opportunities and other ways to earn an income.
“We are grateful to Pastor Dorcas for this vision of transforming the lives of men in society, and we shall continue pushing on. She told us we are the first ambassadors from the ASK showground camp, and we shall continue to press on despite challenges we find on our way. We believe our lives will be brighter because of the rehabilitation program that changed our lives, and look forward to more support from other agencies and other organisations,” said Mr Kisanya.
Mr Kisanya has reunited with his family, wife and children, post-rehabilitation. “Life is something important, and Pastor Dorcas returned to us life. Getting back to life is not something easy, and this is why we are doing what we are doing because of the life she returned back to us,” said Mr Kisanya.
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