Who We Are
About Us
Built by the person who already answers this call.
Safeways Wellness Centre grew out of one clinician’s outpatient practice — not a concept written from the outside looking in.
There is nowhere affordable to go
Substance use disorder is one of the most urgent public health crises in Nairobi’s informal settlements. Cannabis, alcohol, heroin, and inhalants are widely used, and children as young as ten present with addiction symptoms. Private residential rehabilitation in Nairobi is priced well beyond the reach of residents living on a few hundred shillings a day. The nearest public option, Mathare National Referral Hospital, is under-resourced and largely limited to outpatient care.
An outpatient clinic alone cannot treat severe addiction. Clients with heroin dependence, severe alcohol use disorder, or poly-substance use need medically supervised residential detox, followed by structured counselling and reintegration — without it, they’re discharged back into the same environment that fuels relapse. That’s the gap Safeways exists to close.
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“Where Hope Becomes a Plan”
Safeways exists on one promise: that every person who walks through our doors, regardless of background or income, deserves a safe, structured path to recovery. Today that means consistent outpatient consulting and honest progress tracking. Tomorrow, it means a residential home where the hardest part of recovery — supervised detox and structured live-in care — is finally within reach for this community too.
Serving Huruma, Korogocho, Kariobangi & Mathare
These communities are home to an estimated 800,000 residents, and among the highest-burden areas in Nairobi for heroin use, glue sniffing, and alcohol dependency. Safeways works where the need already is — not from a clinic across town, but from within these communities.