What we do
What We Do
Root & Reconnect builds an ecosystem of spaces, practitioners, and programmes that make African-centred, community-based wellbeing accessible and affordable across Kenya.
1) Wellbeing Experiences
Spaces where care comes before crisis.
We bring culturally grounded, non-clinical wellbeing into the places people already are: festivals, schools, workplaces, and community gatherings. These are low-barrier spaces to rest, regulate, and reconnect, with others and with ourselves. Our experiences include:
- Healing circles and intergenerational storytelling
- Somatic wellbeing sessions
- Sound healing
- Dance and movement experiences
- Forest walks and nature-based retreats
- PLAYTIME: a community gathering that blends movement, nature, and wellbeing into one shared experience
- Wellbeing spaces within festivals
2) Community Capacity Building & Learning
Language, tools, and confidence to support wellbeing where we live, work and gather.
Building the knowledge, skills and networks that help people understand their own wellbeing and support others, early and without stigma. This includes:
- Mental Health Champions Initiative: 2,000+ trained, 600+ certified across 19 cohorts
- Emotional literacy and practical wellbeing education
- Nervous system regulation and self-awareness
- Suicide prevention and awareness
- Workshops for communities, schools and workplaces
- Digital learning and accessible wellbeing resources
- Ongoing learning and peer support for Champions
3) Practitioner Network
Supporting the people who support others.
Across Kenya there are skilled therapists, psychologists, facilitators, artists, and healers, as well as trained Mental Health Champions, who have the training but no clear pathway to reach communities. We're building a trusted network that connects them to the spaces and people that need them. Our role is to:
- Build partnerships that open doors for practitioners
- Create paid opportunities and deployment pathways
- Hold standards of quality, ethics, and trust
- Encourage collaboration across disciplines and healing traditions
- Support sustainable livelihoods in the wellbeing sector
- Connect people to formal mental health services when they need them
Looking ahead
A Permanent Healing Centre
Root & Reconnect is also developing a permanent nature-based healing centre in Kajiado. A place where individuals, families, organisations, and communities can gather to reconnect, learn, rest, grow and experience joy together.
