About KELIN
Kenya legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS
The Kenya Legal & Ethical Issues Network on HIV and AIDS (KELIN) believes in a world where no one lives in fear or oppression; where all have access to decent standard of healthcare and life; a world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
To achieve this, we engage in long-term human based approach work, build resilience, respond to health violation situations, and seek to address the root cause of health violations through our advocacy work.
Vision
Our vision is the full enjoyment of health related human rights for all.
Mission
Our Mission is to promote and protect health related human rights for all.
Our Core Principles
01
Non-discrimination. Committed to inclusiveness, diversity and respectful of multiple perspectives.
All individuals regardless of ethnicity, race, sex, religion, ability, sexual orientation, health status, economic or social status, should be treated with respect, recognizing the dignity and worth inherent in all humans
02
Ethics above expedience.
KELIN staff will work hard to earn and maintain a reputation for integrity, rigor, ethics and fairness.
03
Results for people capacities
Action-oriented approach, results-oriented coordination based on capabilities and operational.
04
Rights-based approaches
as the basis for promoting and protecting health-related rights and actions leading to sustainable and equitable health outcomes for all.
05
Using a strengths-based perspective
Instead of focusing on needs and deficits, KELIN will focus on communities and individuals’ strengths and abilities and focusing on approaches that promote resilience.
06
Collaborate with others
and mutual respect of each other’s mandates, obligations and independence and recognize each other’s constraints and commitments, complimentarily and value-added.
07
Transparency
Consultation, participation, sharing of information, communication
08
Systems strengthening approach
ensuring that all components and key actors involved in upholding health-related rights can carry out their functions in an integrated, comprehensive and coordinated manner that is geared towards long term sustainability and accessibility.