Kenya mental health resources: sourced crisis lines, provider sample, rights, workplace wellness.
This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server coordinates mental-health support in East Africa. It uses the Swahili term afya ya akili (“mental health”) and is implemented in Python. The repository is tagged with topics including africa, kenya, mcp, and model-context-protocol.
🛠️ Key Features
MCP server focused on mental-health support coordination
Compatible with claude-sonnet-5 (released 2026-06-30) — Anthropic's most agentic
Sonnet yet. Runs multi-step tool chains end-to-end without stopping short.
Install: pip install afya-ya-akili-mcp · Use with any MCP client.
Kenya mental health via MCP — therapist finder, crisis lines, rights, workplace wellness
Install
bash
pip install afya-ya-akili-mcp
What it does
5 MCP tools covering Kenya mental health resources. 1st world equivalent: BetterHelp / Mind UK.
Tool
Description
mental_health_provider_finder
Licensed mental health practitioners by county
crisis_line_directory
Kenya emergency and crisis lines compiled from public listings (2026-10-07): Befrienders Kenya +254 722 178 177 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm), Kenya Red Cross 1199, 999/112; each entry says how many listings confirm it
mental_health_rights
Rights under Kenya Mental Health Act 2022
workplace_wellness_guide
EAP programs, occupational stress, OSHA
self_help_resources
Online resources, support groups, self-care
Usage
bash
# Run as standalone MCP server
afya-ya-akili-mcp
# Or add to Claude Desktop / any MCP client# Add to your MCP config: {"command": "afya-ya-akili-mcp"}
Part of the Kenya Coordination Infrastructure Stack
This is one of the MCP servers covering the coordination infrastructure of East Africa:
Economic: mpesa · mkopo · bima · soko · sifa · remit · kra · faida Physical: wapimaji · nishati · usafiri · ardhi Social: afya · afya-ya-akili · elimu · kazi · haki-ya-kazi · kilimo · jumuia Civic: nyumba · habari · mazingira · civic-agent-kit
This MCP server is part of the Kenya coordination infrastructure.
Connect it to africa-coord-bus —
the coordination event bus that routes signals between domains automatically.
MIT licensed. Feedback via GitHub Issues only — pull requests are not accepted. Demo data is labeled DEMO and is not suitable for operational decisions. Full policy: docs/architecture/IP_POLICY.md. Security reports: see SECURITY.md.
Part of the East Africa coordination stack
Install & run:pip install reli-cli && reli list — the MCP servers on the official MCP Registry under io.github.gabrielmahia
