UHAI CENTRE - Key Persons
Edwin the founder and director of UHAI Centre is a successful recovering alcoholic (after over 10 years of alcohol abuse) whose life has changed tremendously. Upon recovery in 2011, he realized that many were affected and stigmatized; he underwent rigorous professional training conducted by NACADA in collaboration with NAADAC. He eventually graduated as a certified addiction professional in 2014.
Today, Edwin is a Certified Addictions Professional, a consultant on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Persons with Substance Use Disorders (PSUD's); Edwin is a member and Country Director Global Goodwill Ambassadors (GGA), International Society for Substance Use Disorders (ISSUP), Addiction Prevention and Rehabilitation Association of Kenya (APRAK), World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) and Kenya Certification for Addiction Counselors - NACADA. Edwin, shares his testimony of successfully surviving alcohol addiction in the links below.