We walk alongside people living with HIV across Samburu, pairing peer counselling, home-based care and economic support with the dignity every member of our community deserves.
Samburu Positive Living Network (SPLN) is a community-based organisation that was registered in 2010 under the ministry of gender, children and social services.
SPLN works to have well-enlightened community on HIV/AIDS prevention, reduce stigma, discrimination & strengthen advocacy on human rights towards PLHIV and comprehensive HIV prevention, Treatment and care for all. SPLN has been sub-granted by the KRCS through Global Fund to IMPLEMENT THE GF-HIV Grant in Samburu County since 2019. The organization is currently implementing 2 modules Treatment Care and Support and Human Rights and Gender Modules in the three sub Counties of Samburu County.
The grant seeks to increase access and uptake of HIV prevention services and commodities, promote community-based approaches to HIV service delivery, improve initiation and adhearence to treatment, reduce human right related barriers to hiv related services and strengthen community health systems.
Registered community-based organisation · Samburu County, Kenya
Four commitments shape every home visit, every clinic referral and every group meeting we hold.
Transparency characterizes our dealings with each other, with progressing participants, with the donors and the beneficiaries.
We promote human rights and dignity and strongly resist all forms of exploitation and injurstices wherever/whenever found.
We honour and give regard to one another , the people we serve , our communities and our partners.
We understand thoughts ,feelings and emotional states of one another and persons in the community.
reducing HIV infection stigma and discrimination and strengthen advocacy on human right toward PLHIV, AYP and OVC
MReducing HIV infection, stigma and discrimination and strengthen advocacy on human rights toward PLHIV, Adolescent/young people and OVC
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"I started this network to support and advocate for plhiv"
a handful of neighbours sharing tea and testimonies into a county-wide network of trained peer counsellors and health volunteers. He sits on Samburu County's HIV Technical Working Group and has trained over 200 community health volunteers across northern Kenya.
Under his leadership, SPLN has become the first call for newly diagnosed families across Samburu East and Samburu North.
Read the full story & meet the teamA small, dedicated staff supported by more than sixty trained volunteers across Samburu's villages.
Founder and lead advocate, coordinating SPLN's county-wide programmes since 2004.
Oversees home-based care and the peer counsellor training curriculum.
Stewards every shilling donated, keeping the network accountable to its members and partners.
Turns field data into evidence, tracking outcomes across every programme we run.
Stories and updates from our clinics, cooperatives and community groups.
Health outreachGender-Based Violence (GBV) was defined as any harmful act directed at a person because of their gender, resulting in physical, sexual, emotional, or economic harm. Common forms of GBV discussed within the Samburu context included:
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Livelihoods
TrainingThe session explored root causes of GBV, including patriarchal structures, age-set authority systems, cultural expectations around masculinity, poverty, substance abuse, insecurity, and limited access to services due to distance and mobility.
Read the storySPLN's work is made possible alongside county, national and international partners.
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KES 2,000 covers a month of home visits for one family. Every contribution is reported back to the members it supports.
Whether you'd like to volunteer, refer a family, or ask about our programmes — we'd love to hear from you.