The Spouse of the Deputy President Pastor Dorcas Rigathi is set to roll out a health village for the treatment and rehabilitation of youth addicted to drugs and substance abuse.
In a statement, Pastor Dorcas said the program will have addicts taken to a home set-up treatment and rehabilitation centre that offers a holistic approach to their road to recovery.
She visited Kfar Izun, Israel, which has transformed many youths to benchmark on the best model of such villages that she plans to set up in Kenya.
"The kind of treatment here is a holistic kind of program that addresses the individual in an in-depth way. It is a home where they come and go out having been initiated into an independent life," she said.
Unlike a boarding facility for rehabilitation, she said, the health village addicts are made to feel at home which makes it easier for their recovery.
The facilities also offer freedom to the addicts during the treatment period which lasts between five to eight months.
"The facilities will go a long way in rehabilitating boys already in drugs and substance abuse. The concept removes the mentality of enslaving, gives them freedom and validates their dreams," she said.
"They also offer skills to the youth before they are integrated back into the community and do follow up on recovering addicts."
During her tour, she listened to some of the success stories from the facilities of addicts who are on their way to recovery.
Yossi Harel-Fisch of Well-Being International Global Advisory Group’s said the model has been successful in Israel and rescued many youths.
“We can already imagine how to translate the models and long-term success and tailor it to Kenya where we will then pilot it and spread it in Africa," he said.
More than 120 youths from various parts of the country are currently under rehabilitation in Timau and other centres across the country under her program.