{"id":3168,"date":"2023-09-08T15:16:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:16:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:16:23","slug":"special-graduation-ceremony-for-those-rehabilitated-from-alcohol-drug-and-substance-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2023\/09\/08\/special-graduation-ceremony-for-those-rehabilitated-from-alcohol-drug-and-substance-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Graduation Ceremony for those Rehabilitated from Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Kelvin Kinyua\u00a0receives a certificate from the spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi at the official residence of the Deputy President in Karen, Nairobi County where a special graduation for the first cohort of 83 rehabilitated men who were addicted to alcohol, drug and substances under the boy child program in her office were celebrated on Friday 8th September 2023. Photo\/OSDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By OSDP<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th <\/sup>September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

83 men addicted to alcohol, drugs and other substances graduated during a special ceremony to mark their rehabilitation success at the official residence of the Deputy President in Karen, Nairobi on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event marked the culmination of three-months of inpatient rehabilitation at a rehabilitation and recovery centre in Meru and the outpatient community-based rehabilitation program in Donholm, Nairobi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi flagged off the Mathira group on June 8, 2023 for rehabilitation at a church in Mathira Constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI recall the day I flagged off this first cohort for rehabilitation back in March this year. You bore no resemblance to the individuals I see before me today. Your transformation is nothing short of miraculous,\u201d said Pastor Dorcas during the graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She acknowledged the bravery of the men in fighting off the withdrawal symptoms and reconditioning their bodies to daily life routines, including learning new skills like beadwork, hair dressing and farming while at the rehabilitation centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pastor Dorcas called on the private sector to join in the fight for the boy child, saying that public funds were not enough in dealing with the drug menace that has affected the nation for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the inception of the Boy Child Program, we have held medical camps and feeding programs to reach out to our boys and men across board. Many have expressed a strong desire to be free from the shackles of addiction. My office has a record of thousands on the waiting list who wish to undergo rehabilitation,\u201d said Pastor Dorcas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parents, guardians, the house of clergy, psychologists and psychiatrists attended the graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gatanga MP Edward Muriu said the graduation ceremony was extremely emotional (since he saw many in the audience shed tears after watching the videos of the beneficiaries).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI did not know the magnitude of this day, and the graduation. When I saw the video of these young men when they were going for rehab, and whom they have become today, dressed in suits; this is indeed transformative,\u201d said MP Muriu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Governor-Nyeri David Warui appreciated the boy child program for redirecting the lives of men whose lives had digressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI attended the graduation today, not knowing that I would find one of my grandson\u2019s and another, a friend as some of the beneficiaries. Thank you for bringing back to these men from where they had digressed,\u201d said DG Warui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop Samuel Munai encouraged the beneficiaries of the program telling them that though they were rejected by society, the same people would start looking for them post-rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRejection is sometimes an opportunity for redirection,\u201d said Bishop Munai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sister Veronicah N\u2019torukunga who was with the beneficiaries throughout the three-month rehabilitation at their facility commended them for being strong despite the withdrawal symptoms they faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OSDP is working on an end-to-end solution in the rehabilitation of men in the country that includes skilling, reskilling, and entrepreneurship and job placements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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