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Why was Kairos founded?
By 2006, many rebels from the LRA led Jospeh Kony were surrendering and being reintegrated into their communities without proper preparation, hence meeting high level of stigma from the afflicted communities. In addition, both the returnees as well as those who remained at home were and are still suffering from post traumatic stress disorders as a result of the war.
In addition, the health care system of the region had also suffered similar destruction leading to poor access to many of the primary health care by the greater population. Many health workers were not willing to come to the north and also those on the ground were running away due to the risks and high costs of living.
Furthermore, the population having been in displaced persons camps without any economic activities, poverty was the order of the day with people depending on handouts from humanitarian agencies creating the dependency syndrome. HIV prevalence rate was high in the community with limited community access points to HIV counseling and testing services, PMTCT, Paediatric HIV/AIDS care, prevention services, community involvement as well as treatment and care.
With population movements back to return sites, there was difficulty in mobilizing the scattered population for health education owing to inaccessibility and distance from villages to gathering sites. There was inadequate health infrastructure with many populations living more than five kilometers from the nearest health units. In addition teenage pregnancy & school dropout remained high owing to inadequate school health education.
From the above background, Kairos founders came up to give timely interventions using a holistic approach to health to provide mental health care, HIV counseling and care services, community health education & disease prevention in communities and school health program. Finally, Kairos is also committed to educate the community on socio-economic livelihoods to fight poverty.