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Kenyan Churches Tackle Abandonment and Suicide Among Older Men
Original: Kenyan Churches Combat Abandonment, Suicide Among Older Men
Churches in Kenya are stepping in to address a growing crisis of loneliness, family abandonment and suicide among older men, a group often overlooked by social support systems. Congregations are offering counselling, community programmes and pastoral care to men who have been left isolated or without financial and emotional support in later life. The report highlights how faith communities are filling a gap left by public services.
Why now: Fresh reporting on an under-discussed mental health and family crisis affecting older men in Kenya.
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- Kenyan Churches Combat Abandonment, Suicide Among Older Men · Christianity Today
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