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→Rooted in Community
We work alongside individuals, families, schools, and community networks to understand local realities and create support that responds to people's needs.
Real Time Psychosupport CBO
Where Expertise Meets Compassion
Healing Minds.Restoring Hope.Empowering Communities.
We provide accessible, affordable, and compassionate mental health and psychosocial support for individuals, families, and communities — helping people heal, build resilience, and thrive.
✓Community-centred care
✓Evidence-informed support
Our Impact
Explore our work1,000+
Community members reached
6+
Active programmes
5
Counties reached
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Our commitment
Every person deserves to be heard, supported, and valued.
Our Approach
Compassionate care. Stronger communities.
Healing • Hope • Community
Who We Are
Real Time Psychosupport CBO
Mental health support that begins with people.
Real Time Psychosupport CBO is a community-based organization based in Mathare, Nairobi, dedicated to providing accessible and timely mental health and psychosocial support services to individuals, families, and vulnerable populations.
Through counselling, community engagement, and capacity-building initiatives, we promote mental wellbeing, resilience, and social transformation.
Location
Mathare, Nairobi
Focus
Mental Health
Approach
Community-Based
Core Support
Psychosocial Support
Community at the heart
Supporting people where they live, learn, work, and recover.
Our Story01
Bringing mental health support closer to the community.
Real Time Psychosupport works with individuals, families, schools, workplaces, community networks, and vulnerable populations to improve access to mental health and psychosocial support.
Our work combines counselling, community engagement, psychoeducation, capacity building, youth support, workplace mental health, school-based interventions, and humanitarian psychosocial support.
Through these approaches, we seek to strengthen resilience, improve wellbeing, reduce stigma, and help communities develop the knowledge and support systems needed to respond to mental health challenges.
Our Purpose
Promoting mental wellbeing, resilience, and social transformation through accessible and timely support.
What We Believe
Mental health support should be accessible to everyone.
Care, dignity, and hope should be within reach.
We work to ensure that people experiencing emotional and psychological challenges can find support, dignity, and hope regardless of their economic circumstances.
How We Work
Our approach is built on three principles.
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→Guided by Expertise
Our work brings together mental health professionals, counsellors, social workers, community facilitators, and trained mental health champions.
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→Open to Everyone
We believe access to quality mental healthcare should not depend on someone's income, background, or circumstances.
Our Experience
Experience built through community action.
Our work spans workplace mental health, capacity building, school-based programmes, youth psychoeducation, and community mental health services.
Media Council of Kenya
01Workplace Mental Health Support
123staff supported
Supported staff through structured mental health interventions, group mental health and team-building sessions, individual counselling, and workplace debriefs addressing work-related stress.
Key Outcome
Improved mental health awareness, interpersonal relationships, coping mechanisms, and team cohesion.
SHOFCO
02Capacity Building
125social workers trained
Developed a Psychological First Aid (PFA) module and trained social workers across five counties to strengthen frontline capacity to respond to mental health needs.
Key Outcome
Strengthened the capacity of frontline workers to provide appropriate mental health and psychosocial support.
Global Art Initiative
03Community Theatre for Healing
8schools reached
Delivered school-based theatre programmes for children aged 10–15 using storytelling and creative expression to reinforce values of peace, kindness, hope, and resilience.
Key Outcome
Improved emotional expression and promoted positive values among children and adolescents.
Plan International
04Youth Psychoeducation
52young people reached
Provided life skills and mentorship sessions for school-going children and young adults, alongside trauma-informed counselling support for peer responders during the 2021 floods crisis.
Key Outcome
Improved decision-making and life skills while strengthening peer responders' capacity to manage trauma and support affected communities.
Nairobi County Government
05Community Mental Health Services & Awareness
1,000+participants reached
Provided mental health sensitization and psychosocial support through Kiamaiko Hospital and Mathare outreach activities, including a large-scale mental health awareness event in 2024.
Key Outcome
Increased community awareness, improved access to accurate mental health information, reduced stigma, and strengthened collaboration among mental health stakeholders.
From community counselling and youth support to workplace mental health and humanitarian psychosocial support, our experience is grounded in practical community-based action.
Healing • Hope • Resilience
What We Do
Programmes & Services
Support that meets people where they are.
We provide community-based mental health and psychosocial support across counselling, youth development, schools, workplaces, humanitarian response, and capacity building.
01Active Programme
Her Rise
Healing, Resilience & Empowerment for Young Mothers
Creating safe spaces where young mothers can process difficult experiences, strengthen emotional resilience, and rebuild a sense of identity, confidence, and purpose.
Her Rise combines GBV awareness, emotional regulation, positive psychology, peer support, and healing through expression. The programme currently supports an active cohort of 25–30 young mothers in Mathare.
Emotional HealingGBV AwarenessPeer SupportResilience
25–30
Young mothers
Weekly
Group sessions
2026
Programme launched
Safe. Supportive. Empowering.
Healing begins when people have a safe space.
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Community CareCommunity Counselling
Providing confidential individual, family, and group counselling services for vulnerable members of the community.
We create safe and confidential spaces where individuals and families can receive professional support, process difficult experiences, and develop practical ways of coping and healing.
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Youth & ResilienceYouth Mentorship & Psychoeducation
Supporting children and young people through life skills, mentorship, psychoeducation, emotional resilience, and psychosocial support.
Our youth-focused work helps young people develop emotional awareness, confidence, positive relationships, decision-making skills, and practical tools for navigating life's challenges.
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Schools & ChildrenSchool Mental Health & Community Theatre
Supporting schools through mental health education, emotional expression, counselling, teacher support, and creative approaches to wellbeing.
Our school-based work includes community theatre, storytelling, and creative expression that help children and adolescents explore emotions and reinforce values such as peace, kindness, hope, and resilience.
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Workplace WellbeingWorkplace Mental Health
Helping organizations promote employee wellbeing through counselling, psychoeducation, team-building, stress management, and workplace debriefs.
We support organizations to strengthen mental health awareness, improve coping mechanisms, support interpersonal relationships, and build healthier and more resilient workplaces.
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Emergency ResponseHumanitarian Psychosocial Support
Providing Psychological First Aid, trauma-informed counselling, and psychosocial support during emergencies and humanitarian crises.
Our experience includes supporting peer responders and communities affected by emergencies through timely psychosocial interventions and trauma-informed support.
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Training & CapacityCapacity Building & Psychological First Aid
Strengthening the capacity of frontline workers and community actors to identify and respond to mental health and psychosocial needs.
Our capacity-building work includes Psychological First Aid training, development of training materials, and support for social workers and community-based mental health responders.
Talk to usOur Approach
Professional support. Community connection. Lasting impact.
Our programmes are designed to meet people where they are, while strengthening the families, institutions, and communities around them.
Care • Resilience • Hope
Looking for support or interested in working with us?
Talk to our teamOur Focus
Strategic Pillars
A holistic approach to mental wellbeing.
Our work is built around interconnected areas of intervention that respond to the different environments in which people live, learn, work, and recover.
Community-centred care
Beyond individual support
Mental wellbeing is connected to the environments around us.
We work across communities, schools, families, humanitarian settings, and workplaces because meaningful mental health support extends beyond the individual. Our approach connects people with the knowledge, relationships, and systems that help them thrive.
CareResilienceCommunityHope
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Community Mental Health
Providing affordable individual, family, and group counselling services within underserved communities.
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Child & Youth Development
Equipping children and young people with emotional resilience, life skills, mentorship, and psychosocial support.
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School Mental Health
Creating emotionally safe learning environments through counselling, teacher support, art therapy, and mental health education.
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Humanitarian Emergency Response
Providing Psychological First Aid, trauma counselling, and psychosocial support during emergencies and disasters.
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Workplace Mental Wellness
Supporting organizations through employee wellbeing programmes, counselling, stress management, and mental health awareness.
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One integrated approach
Mental health support should follow people wherever life happens.
From homes and schools to workplaces and emergency settings, our work is designed to meet people where they are and connect them with the support they need.
Our Impact
Restoring Hope Through Action
Every person supported is a story changed.
Our work brings mental health and psychosocial support closer to individuals, families, schools, workplaces, and communities. Through counselling, training, outreach, and partnerships, we continue to expand access to care and build resilience.
Impact at a Glance
Building healthier communities, one person at a time.
Real Time Psychosupport combines professional expertise, community knowledge, and practical mental health interventions to support people and strengthen the systems around them.
Healing • Hope • Resilience
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Impact1,000+
Community members reached
People reached through counselling, psychosocial support, awareness, outreach, and community-based programmes.
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Impact125
Social workers trained
Social workers equipped with Psychological First Aid skills to strengthen community-based support.
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Impact8
Schools served
Schools reached through community theatre and mental health and wellbeing programmes.
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Impact5
Counties reached
Mental health and psychosocial support initiatives implemented across five counties.
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Impact123
Workplace staff supported
Staff supported through workplace mental health, counselling, psychoeducation, and wellbeing initiatives.
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Impact25–30
Young mothers supported
Young mothers engaged through active Her Rise cohorts focused on resilience, wellbeing, and personal development.
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Impact30
Peer responders supported
Peer responders supported during a flood emergency response initiative.
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Impact6+
Partner organisations
Organisations working with Real Time Psychosupport across public, community, and NGO sectors.
These figures reflect the reach and activities reported across Real Time Psychosupport programmes and partnerships. Impact figures are monitored and updated as programmes grow.
Our Approach
Theory of Change
From access to care to lasting change.
We believe that when people have access to quality mental health services, psychosocial support, and opportunities to build resilience, they are better equipped to navigate adversity, strengthen relationships, and contribute to healthier communities.
We Start With Access
Support should be within reach.
We work to reduce barriers that prevent individuals and communities from accessing appropriate mental health and psychosocial support.
We Focus On People
Care goes beyond counselling.
Our work considers the emotional, social, family, school, and community environments that influence mental wellbeing.
We Aim For Change
Resilience can grow.
Through sustained support, people can build skills, confidence, healthier coping strategies, and stronger connections.
Our Change Pathway
How our work contributes to lasting impact.
Our approach connects individual support with stronger relationships and healthier communities.
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Access
People and communities gain access to affordable, quality mental health and psychosocial support that responds to their needs.
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Support
Individuals receive counselling, psychosocial care, education, mentorship, and trauma-informed support.
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Resilience
People strengthen emotional awareness, healthier coping mechanisms, confidence, and their ability to navigate adversity.
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Stronger Relationships
Improved emotional wellbeing strengthens relationships within families, schools, workplaces, and communities.
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Healthier Communities
Resilient individuals and supportive relationships contribute to safer, healthier, and more empowered communities.
The Change We Seek
A mentally healthy, resilient, and empowered society where people can access quality support and thrive.
By strengthening individuals, families, institutions, and communities, we seek to make mental wellbeing part of healthier and more supportive environments.
Lasting change happens when people are supported not only as individuals, but within the families, schools, workplaces, and communities where they live.
Collaboration
Our Partnerships
Stronger together, greater impact.
Sustainable mental health outcomes are built through collaboration. We work alongside institutions, humanitarian agencies, schools, community organizations, and development partners to extend access to meaningful support.
Working Across Sectors
Connecting expertise, resources, and community knowledge.
Our partnerships allow us to combine professional expertise with local knowledge and trusted community relationships, helping us respond to mental health needs in practical and culturally responsive ways.
Mental HealthYouthCommunityHumanitarian ResponseWorkplace Wellness
Collaboration in action
Selected Collaborations
Organizations contributing to mental health and community wellbeing.
6Partner Organizations
Youth & Community
NCCK
National Council of Churches of Kenya
Youth mentorship programmes and psychosocial support for young mothers, promoting resilience, confidence, and personal development.
Partnership & collaboration
Workplace Wellness
MCK
Media Council of Kenya
Employee counselling, workplace mental health programmes, psychoeducation, and trauma support for media professionals.
Partnership & collaboration
Youth & Humanitarian
Plan
Plan International Kenya
Adolescent mental health, psychosocial support, counselling services, and humanitarian emergency response initiatives.
Partnership & collaboration
Emergency Response
KRCS
Kenya Red Cross Society
Psychological First Aid and psychosocial support for communities affected by floods and other emergencies.
Partnership & collaboration
Humanitarian Support
World Vision
World Vision Kenya
Trauma counselling and psychosocial recovery programmes for survivors of devastating community fires.
Partnership & collaboration
School Mental Health
GAI
Global Art Interventions
School-based art therapy programmes that use creativity to promote healing, emotional expression, and resilience.
Partnership & collaboration
Community Networks
Rooted in the community
Mental health support grows through trusted relationships.
Our community-based collaborations include youth networks such as Ghetto Girls and Vision Thinkers Youth Groups, supporting life skills training, mentorship, emotional regulation, and positive youth engagement.
Youth mentorshipLife skillsEmotional regulationPositive engagement
Interested in creating meaningful mental health impact together?
Explore partnership opportunities→Stories of Change
Our Stories
Behind every programme is a human story.
Impact is more than numbers. It is reflected in the people, families, young people, and communities who find support, regain confidence, and discover new possibilities.
Featured Story
Approved beneficiary stories and photography can be featured here to bring the organization's impact to life.
A Journey Toward Healing
When people have somewhere safe to turn, healing can begin.
Real Time Psychosupport works to make mental health support accessible to people who may otherwise face financial, social, or geographic barriers to professional care.
Stories that inspire change
Real experiences • Real communities
Community Mental Health
Creating spaces where people can speak without fear
Through community-based counselling and psychosocial support, Real Time Psychosupport creates safe spaces where individuals and families can seek help, be heard, and begin their journey toward healing.
Read the story→
Youth Empowerment
Helping young people build resilience
Youth mentorship, life skills, emotional resilience, and psychosocial support help young people develop healthier ways of navigating challenges and building their futures.
Read the story→
Humanitarian Response
Supporting communities after crisis
During emergencies and disasters, psychological first aid and trauma-informed psychosocial support help affected communities begin processing experiences and rebuilding resilience.
Read the story→
Share the impact
Every voice matters.
With informed consent and appropriate safeguarding, real community stories can help others understand the importance of accessible mental health support.
Meet Our Team
Compassion starts with people.
Behind every conversation, every safe space, and every step towards healing is a team committed to helping individuals and communities thrive.
Get to know usUnited by purpose
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Dedicated team members. One shared commitment to mental health, dignity, and community wellbeing.
Healing Minds. Restoring Hope. Empowering Communities.
The people behind the mission
Meet the people making a difference.
Our team brings together leadership, counselling, project coordination, community outreach, and resource mobilization.
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/ 01Executive Director
Gladys Akumu
Provides strategic leadership and guides the organization's vision, partnerships, and commitment to accessible mental health support.
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/ 02Counselling Psychologist
Christine Owira
Provides professional counselling and psychosocial support, helping individuals and families access compassionate, client-centred care.
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/ 03Community Outreach Lead
Monicah Njeri
Strengthens community engagement and leads outreach initiatives involving individuals, families, schools, and community networks.
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MM
/ 04Project Officer
Mathews Muiruri
Supports project implementation, coordination, monitoring, and activities that advance mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
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/ 05Resource Mobilizer
Viviene Akumu
Supports resource mobilization and relationship-building to help strengthen the resources available for community mental health initiatives.
Real Time Psychosupport
One team. One purpose.
Different strengths. One shared commitment to compassionate care.
Together, we work towards a future where mental health support is accessible, communities are resilient, and everyone is treated with dignity.
Connect with our teamOur Work
Gallery
Moments that make a difference.
A glimpse into the people, communities, and activities that shape our work in mental health and psychosocial support.
Community
Community Mental Health
Creating spaces where people can connect, learn, receive support, and build resilience.
Education
School Mental Health Programs
Youth
Supporting Young People
Awareness
Mental Health Awareness
Outreach
Community Engagement
Psychosocial Support
Counselling & Support
Wellbeing
Building Resilience
Community-centred
Every interaction is an opportunity to create hope.
Through counselling, outreach, education, mentorship, and community engagement, we work alongside people to strengthen mental wellbeing and build supportive communities.
Our work is rooted in people, relationships, and communities. Every moment reflects our commitment to healing, resilience, and hope.
Make a difference
Your support can change someone's story.
Every contribution helps Real Time Psychosupport bring compassion, emotional wellbeing, and psychosocial support closer to the people and communities who need it.
Compassion in action. Stronger people. Healthier communities.
Our purpose
Healing Minds. Restoring Hope. Empowering Communities.
Why your support matters
A little support can make room for hope.
Access to mental health and psychosocial support can make a meaningful difference in people's lives. By supporting our work, you help us strengthen community initiatives, encourage resilience, and create spaces where people feel heard and supported.
Whether you give, volunteer, or collaborate with us, your contribution can become part of a wider effort to build healthier communities.
Get involved
Make your contribution count.
Find a way to contribute that matches your resources, skills, or organisation's mission.
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Financial Support
Help expand access to counselling, psychosocial support, and community mental health programmes.
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Donate Resources
Contribute essential materials, equipment, and resources that strengthen our community initiatives.
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Volunteer With Us
Share your skills, experience, and time to help create more supportive and resilient communities.
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Strategic Partnerships
Work alongside our team to develop initiatives that make mental health support more accessible.
Featured programme
Support Her Rise.
Her Rise supports young mothers in Mathare through safe spaces, emotional wellbeing activities, peer support, GBV awareness, and resilience-building.
Your support or partnership can help strengthen the programme and the support available to young mothers.
Be part of the change
Together, we can build a more compassionate world.
Let's explore how you, your business, or your organisation can support the mission of Real Time Psychosupport.
Start a conversationGet In Touch
Let's create healthier communities together.
Whether you need mental health support, want to partner with us, or simply want to learn more about our work, our team would love to hear from you.
Community • Care • Connection
Support starts with reaching out.
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Where expertise meets compassion.
We believe reaching out for support should be simple, respectful, and accessible.
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Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya
Our community-based work is rooted in Mathare and the communities we serve.
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Telephone: +254713964300
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