Mentorship
Military life can be a source of psychological stress for families. Military personnel join the service at a relatively young age, and many of them also start their families early.
Many military wives are unemployed and totally dependent on their husband’s incomes.
Frequent duty station deployment and transfers, injury or death of an officer or service member are realities that many military families have to face.
MENTORSHIP PLANS
Given this nature of their work requirements, many KDF officers and service men do not live with their families.
Often, there is minimal preparation and support for families to cope with these realities.
Frequent and prolonged absence of fathers from home could contribute to an increase in family challenges such as mental health issues, gender-based violence, substance abuse, truancy among children, financial mismanagement, and general despondency.
MENORSHIP CALLS
Mentorship could play a critical role in ensuring the stability of families. Currently, there is minimal or no formalized system for mentoring young families, the youth as well as widows within KDF.
Families are critical to the well-being of serving military personnel in terms of offering support for their day-to-day operations.
mentorship@mwak.ke
(+254)718111186