KICOSHEP-K, Kibera Integrated Community Self-Help Programme - Kenya, was founded in a sparse dingy clinic at the shanty settlement of Kibera in 1991. The majority of patients were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS related ailments, revealing the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS within the Kibera community and confirming the recent discovery that Kibera slum records the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Nairobi.

The growing concern surrounding the overwhelming burden developing as a result of the AIDS pandemic shaped KICOSHEP’s Vision and Mission:

• Creation of HIV/AIDS awareness and related health issues that aim to prevent the spread of HIV
• Education on treatments using ART and herbal medicines
• Offer a wide-range of counseling services
• Provide curative health care services
• Offer formal and informal education
• Create social infrastructure or offer amenities that deter deviant behavior
• Develop capacity building through various training opportunities and programmes
• Promote athletics among youth
• Promote income-generating activities
• Offer support for orphans and vulnerable children
• Provide feeding programmes and nutritional advice