National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) and the Chiromo Hospital Group (CHG) have  entered into a service agreement through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the Level 5 specialized mental health hospital extend its services to Kenyan athletes in a joint campaign dubbed Tufunguke Wanaspoti

 The purpose of the MOU is to establish a collaborative agreement between NOC-K and CHG in the provision of promotive, preventive, and curative mental health services to Kenyan sportsmen and women.

Tufunguke Wanaspoti will see the sportsmen and women trained on how to identify, control and manage mental health-related conditions and build awareness by way of structured mental health talks as well as carry out digitized self-mental health wellness assessments.

“This is a very defining moment for us at the National Olympic Committee of Kenya because we are marking another milestone in our partnership development with strategic stakeholders that add value to our athletes and assist them to perform optimally in their specialties,” NOC-K’s Secretary-General, Francis Mutuku noted.

Mutuku assured the hospital group that was represented by its Chief Executive Officer Vincent Hongo during the signing ceremony, that NOC-K shall mobilize and facilitate its members for the critical services of mental health awareness talks and wellness through conferences and online platforms and other related ways towards the continuous sensitization on psychosocial matters.

 During the recently held Tokyo 2020 Olympics, NOC-K enhanced the services to the athletes by providing a range of technical personnel to complement the work of coaches and other athlete entourage teams in the areas of sports science, strength and conditioning, nutrition, sports psychologist, among others.