Regional Counselling and Psychosocial Organization

Our Vision – to have a healthy and stress free Nation.

Our Mission -

To provide psychological, social and emotional support to those in need.
To help people experiencing change to understand their internal process so that they can
take care of their own situational responses and decision-making processes.

Staff Members at the Busia Office

SPECIAL OBJECTIVES

To provide counselling services for support, coping and behaviour change for people experiencing crisis and trauma.
To provide counsellor training and promote counselling and psychosocial support standards in the region.
To educate people on HIV/AIDS and Voluntary Counselling and Testing.
To create awareness on matters relating to reproductive health to the youth.
To rehabilitate orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC), disabled, the aged and vulnerable people in the society.
To provide support and care links with communities e.g. tele-counselling, recreational and other therapeutic activities.
To collaborate, partner and network with similar societies.

CONSULTANCIES/REFERENCES

Kenya Red Cross Society- Debriefing staff and volunteers
Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd. Alcohol and Drug use sensitization
ChildLine Kenya – Developing manual for telephone counselling for children distress
German Doctors – Baraka Medical Centre Mathari - Supervision of Counsellors
YWCA (Nairobi Branch) – Peer Education for the Youth.
Mukuru Promotion Centre – Basic Counselling Skills for Child Caregivers.
Mathari Children’s Fund – Peer Education for youth and Psychosocial Support Skills for Parents.
Kenya Breast Cancer Programme – facilitating support group.

MEMBERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION:

Member - Kenya Counselling Association (Corporate Member).
Member - Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) (Ministry of Labour & H. R. Development).
Member - Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium
Member - The National Council of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
Partner - Regional Centre for Counselling, Research & Professional Development (RCCRPD).

Individual RESCOU Counsellors have worked with local and international organizations such as: