Medicine to Reach Kenya

In partnership with Union Rescue Mission and Saddleback Church, Giving Children Hope will send five shipments of pharmaceuticals valued at $2 million, to Sister Freda’s Foundation in Kitale, Kenya.

Sister Freda’s Foundation will use the pharmaceuticals to provide care at Sister Freda’s Hospital, District Hospitals in Kitale and Mount Elgon, Kitale Prison Clinic (1,400 inmates), and mobile clinics that were built due to the post-election violence.

Medical professionals in the clinics will be treating ailments such as infections, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. Medics at the clinic also assist in delivering babies and trauma patients.

Click here to see footage of Sister Freda and her mobile medical clinics.

Kenya is currently experiencing great turmoil over their recent presidential election. Over 250,000 people are displaced and more than 500 have been killed. There are approximately 50,000 people in two refugee camps just outside of Kitale.

Saddleback Church Pastor Steve Rutenbar, who has partnered with Giving Children Hope since 1996, is currently in Kenya.

This shipment is part of Giving Children Hope’s new pharmaceutical program. Giving Children Hope is partnering with other organizations, churches, and indigenous persons to deliver shipments of pharmaceuticals, valued at $400,000, to clinics and hospitals in developing countries.

This is one of the several shipments of medicines scheduled to dispatch to developing countries including Cameroon, India, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.