Cheshire Disability Services Kenya

Founded in 1993, Cheshire Disability Services Kenya is a non-governmental organisation based in Kenya working on disability, children & youth, education +2 more.

Cheshire Disability Services Kenya (CDSK) is a disability inclusion organisation operating in Kenya since 1993 and registered with the National NGOs Board in 2011. It focuses on empowering children and youth with disabilities and transforming their environment. CDSK works through a network of around 15 local partner organisations across Kenya, reaching over 20,000 youths and adults with disabilities, with a footprint in 37 counties in Kenya and additional work in Ethiopia and Rwanda. Its programmes cover community-based rehabilitation and care, health and rehabilitation, inclusive education, socio-economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health and rights, and institutional development. CDSK is a member of Leonard Cheshire Disability and a strategic partner of Liliane Fonds in Kenya. Its work includes advocacy for a disability-inclusive society and the Cheshire model of community-based care and support services, which it has provided since 1972.