By Alberto Vásquez Over a decade, Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Kenya (USP-Kenya) grew from a small, largely voluntary initiative into a highly visible organisation of people with psychosocial disabilities. It connected peer-support groups across several Kenyan counties with national advocacy and international human rights work. It helped reshape conversations about mental health in Kenya…

By Liliana Peñaherrera & Alberto Vásquez Movement Stories is a new series exploring how disability activists organise and work for change in different contexts. The aim is to look beyond success narratives and examine the politics behind their work: the strategies, alliances, tensions, and risks that shape it. We begin in Peru with a story…