Sister Freda's Kenyan Hospital

Medicines Leave for Kenya

GCHope is continuing to aid Sister Freda’s hospital and mobile clinics in Kenya. The medicines will equip the clinic where ailments such as infections, malaria, and HIV/AIDS can be tended to.

2010.02.25 by Harmony Trevino

Medical Mission Team Returns from Kenya

In January this year, Giving Children Hope equipped Saddleback Church Mission Team with several types of medicines to help Cottage Hospital in Kenya which is run by Sister Freda.

Here is a photo update from their trip.

2009.07.23 by Harmony Trevino

Sister Freda gets a visit from Guidelines International Ministry

Sister Freda’s Kenyan Hospital was recently visited by Harold and Darlene Sala, founders of Guidelines International Ministries, and 17 others with 19 suitcases and 19 large boxes of relief supplies.

Together with Sister Freda and her staff, they traveled the slums of Kenya providing food, clothes, medical supplies and God’s word to the people.

Darlene Sala documented the events in a document she calls, “Darlene’s Africa Diary – June 2009.” You can read some of the highlights below and visit their Web Site for a video and the full diary.

Wednesday, June 17 – Medical outreach clinic in Nyayo, about 30 minutes outside Kitale. Without any announcement people began coming as soon as tables were set up in a field under a tree. The young people in our group played with the kids, and others helped dispense medicine. A child about 6 mos. old having a seizure was brought by someone other than her mother—probably had malaria. A woman 9 months pregnant came who had not eaten in 3 days. Sr. Freda handed her little diaper-less and hungry child to Bonnie—who was promptly peed on—a pattern for the day. Many were seriously ill. The lines were still long at the end of the day and people had to be turned away.

Friday, June 19 – After taking pictures at Sr. Freda’s of the cows, tractor and kids, we went to the new Oasis of Hope center to wash street kids, give clothing, and help Sr. Freda with another medical clinic. Then after a quick PB&J sandwich (Have you ever tried to eat a sandwich while hungry kids watch?), we toured Purpose Driven Academy with its 500 students, mostly homeless. We were treated to a program of scripture, music, dance and tumbling. We then met with Pastor Moses Wanyonyi of Deliverance Church as he told us of the post election trauma last year that brought so much heartache to his people. Many of his congregation had to move to other parts of Kenya because their tribe was being targeted. The ladies of the church served us a tasty Kenyan supper.

2009.07.21 by Harmony Trevino

View Photos from Sister Freda's Project

View photos online from our partners in Kenya!

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2009.01.19 by Harmony Trevino

Missions Team to Hand-Carry Meds into Kenya

Giving Children Hope has equipped a missions team from Saddleback Church with several types of medicines to help Cottage Hospital in Kenya which is run by Sister Freda, who is called Africa’s Mother Teresa. She opened the hospital to treat the immediate tribal community 12 years ago.

The medicines will help treat malaria, high blood pressure and viral infections.

2009.01.27 by Harmony Trevino

Another Thank You from Sister Freda

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

Here is a thank you letter from Sister Freda:

Greetings from Kenya in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus.

The entire staff and community of the Sister Freda Hospital wish to extend their sincere gratitude to you on receipt of the medicine. Your generous support will go miles ahead to save the many souls in anguish.

This has come right on time when we are treating severe cases of neglect in places like Kipsongo slum.

Thank you also for the multivitamins, antibiotics,s kin preparations and the re-hydration medicines.

May God bless you abundantly.

Sister Freda Nyanga Robinson.

2008.12.31 by Harmony Trevino

Medicines to Kenya Hospitals

In partnership with Union Rescue Mission and Saddleback Church, Giving Children Hope has sent 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.

Here is a thank you from Sister Freda:

I want to thank you very much for all the medicines that finally arrived yesterday… I did my happy dance, I was so excited. Thank you so much for all your hard work.

God Bless,

Sister Freda

2009.01.30 by Harmony Trevino