Childcare CPR & first aid requirements
First Aid & CPR Kenya
If you work in childcare in Kenya — whether at a daycare, preschool, home-based care, or camp — first aid and CPR certification is not optional. It's a licensing requirement, and for good reason: children are among the most vulnerable to choking, allergic reactions, and injuries. Being prepared to respond can mean everything.
What Kenya requires
Childcare in Kenya is a devolved county function under the Constitution and the Children Act 2022, and the Nairobi City County Child Care Facilities Act 2017, with its recently finalised regulations, requires a certificate confirming that all employees have completed first-aid and safety training before a facility can be registered. Other counties, such as Kajiado, enforce similar licensing, and centres operate under staff-to-child ratios that leave little room for delay in an emergency. First-aid certification is therefore not optional here but a genuine condition of opening and running a facility.
Anaphylaxis and medication administration
Epinephrine auto-injectors are not readily available across the country and can only be obtained through importation, and no rule obliges a childcare facility to keep them. The best protection is therefore a caregiver who can recognise the signs of a severe allergic reaction quickly, call for emergency help without delay, and give any doctor-prescribed medication — with the parents' written consent — stored safely and out of children's reach.
How our courses meet these requirements
A recognized, standards-based certification in pediatric first aid and CPR meets Kenya’s requirement and keeps your team ready to act.
Don't wait for renewal day
When a child chokes, drowns or falls, the first seconds decide everything — and it is usually a caregiver, not a paramedic, who is there before any help arrives. First-aid and CPR training gives that caregiver the confidence and skill to act correctly in those crucial moments and gives parents the assurance that their child is in safe hands. A recognised, standards-based certification meets the legal requirement and, more importantly, means the person closest to the child is ready.