SUMMARY

Praise the Lord! Through the generous giving of many financial contributors, the health clinic was opened in 2023! This new health clinic in rural Kenya now serves the village of Koposes and all surrounding communities of people, of which has a large population of elderly and children. There are no other effective health facilities available, and the community no longer must travel many miles for life-saving medicines and basic health services. Having access to a medical facilities is giving peace of mind and healthy bodies to a community once at significantly risk of deaths from typhoid, malaria, infections and other treatable diseases.

CHALLENGE

Without any health facilities, the sick are at a high risk from life-threatening maladies. Despite the fact that these are highly preventable and treatable, malaria and other waterborne diseases are rife and particularly affect the elderly and children of the community. The area also has a secondary school that serves five villages and there are no health services or health education for these adolescents.

LONG-TERM IMPACT

The new clinic has increased the overall well being of the village by helping pregnant women have safer births, providing preventative interventions and health education for malaria and HIV, immunizing children, and providing treatments for waterborne disease, etc. The clinic also contribute to the local economy by keeping people healthy enough to work through the agriculture season and not fall victim to illnesses that keep them from tending their fields.