May 12, 2023: Hamadira
Clinic 11...done and dusted. Another mission in the books. We are hot, tired, grubby, grateful to be able to help but ready for a rest. We saw just over 400…
May 11, 2023: Monoywa
Clinic #10. It's been a long haul...the train is almost into the station, nearing the end of the line. Social tanks are overcapacity emotional tanks are running on fumes and…
May 10, 2023: Viyalo
Another clinic in the books. This has been our busiest and most attended so far this mission with well over 600 attending and these numbers don't include the Jiggers clinics…
May 9, 2023: Kedohi Friends
I should call this blog Tails From Beneath the Net, since I write this at night in my bed all tucked in under the mosquito net...usually. Beneath the Net Today…
May 8, 2023: Chavakali
As we go into clinic #7 I would like to wish The Squad and all our colleagues a Happy Nurses Week. I have had the privilege of working with so…
May 7, 2023: A Little R & R
Today was our day off and yay...we got to sleep in...or so we thought...0530 there was the daily call to prayer sounds (this happens every morning), followed by early morning…
May 6, 2023: Igunga
Today we reach the midpoint of our stay. We're all tired, ready for a break. Clinic went smoothly enough but busy. Jiggers clinic also saw several people. From a bit…
May 5, 2023: Wangulu
Today was a day that my get up and go, got up and went, so I stayed behind to get some needed rest and did not attend clinic. By reports…
May 4 2023: Wodanga Chavuli
Today was a regular start to our day, with no early meetings to attend we arrived at our clinic site on time. Todays clinic opened with drumming and singing. Always…
May 3, 2023: Itegara
Today we had a bit of an earlier start as the whole team was to meet with the Governor of Vihiga County. This is the county that CNFA visits every…
May 2, 2023: Budaywa
Apologies for the delayed post. After taking the scenic route (read took a wrong turn) we arrived at our clinic site more or less on time. A small contingent to…
Day 1: Part 2
May 1, 2023 Kigama Friend's Church, our first clinic post Covid. A lot of mixed emotions going into day 1, that of excitement, anticipation, perhaps some fear or trepidation, a…
Day 1
Start of our week of clinic. We have had a full building all day and still going.
Prep Day
Busy day for the squad today. Following a hearty breakfast we made a road trip to Kisumu for our medication order, a side trip to the Masai Market for some,…
More Planes, Trains & Automobiles
To quote The Proclaimers "I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more..." in our case over 16,000 km to get to our final destination... you do the…
Ready for Departure – Mission 2023: Post Pandemic
As we finalize our packing, review our checklists, sit on that suitcase to get it closed....our team is in the final stretches of readying themselves for departure, and are extremely…
2023 Mission
The final countdown is on for our 2023 Mission. Merely 3 more sleeps until we depart. Are we excited??? Heck yes!! Some trepidation? Probably. After 3 years of not being…
The 2023 Mission
At the time of writing, late July 2022, we are planning to proceed with our next mission in late April 2023. Naturally, many factors must be considered in making this…
CNFA 2022 Online Auction
Bidding is NOW OPEN! Check out the amazing auction items! For more information click here!
CNFA Wine Fundraiser 2021
CNFA + Fielding Estate Winery Click here to go to the event page for more information!
3rd Food Distribution Program Complete!
Thank you to everyone who donated! Our team was able to provide essential food products to over 1,100 families and to the homes of 50 shut-ins. See our Projects Page…
Save the Date!
The CNFA 2021 Online Auction in lieu of our annual Out of Africa gala opens April 11th at 10am!! Check the auction page frequently leading up to that date as…
Like-new Shoes Distribution!
As part of our Covid-19 Relief Program, we have been able to distribute 130 pairs of new shoes to children! Check out our Projects Page for more info!
2nd COVID-19 Food Distribution now complete!
The 2nd COVID Food Distribution Program has completed! Thank you to every single person who donated and allowed us to exceed our goal and providing basic food to 1,226 families,…
2nd Food Distribution underway!
On August 11th, we began our second food distribution program in the Vihiga region. This time we will be giving basic food supplies to 1000 families PLUS 100 shut ins!…
*New Project Alert* CNFA’s COVID-19 Food Distribution Program
On Monday, June 29th, CNFA launched the COVID-19 Food Distribution Program in our communities around Vihiga. Thank you so much for your donations, and a special shout out to our…
Clinic Day 11 – Hamadira – Izava South
Our last day! This morning the tables turned and we sang and danced for the people of Kenya before clinic - with our lead singer Harriet. It was a very…
Clinic Day 10 – Homanoywa – Izava North
Today we transferred a 60 year old lady with an injured ankle to the hospital. Marie and Karen dewormed over 300 students at the primary school. Kenyan nurses Roselyne and…
Clinic Day 9 – Kedohi – West Maragoli
Our clinic today was in the same yard as an elementary school so we had a lot of children running around, we even tried to teach them how to do…
Clinic Day 8 – Viyalo – Chavakali
Today Laura, Harriet and I went to the school next door to deworm many children from kindergarten to grade 8. We had three of the cutest albino children at the…
Clinic Day 7 – Chavakali
Happy Nurses Week! Here we are doing what we do best - playing cards. After a well deserved day off, it was hard to get up this morning - I…
“What direction are we going?” “South north”
Since it was our day off, we split up into two groups - half of us went to the Kakamega rainforest and the other half to the crying stone and…
Clinic Day 6 – Igunga – Chavakali
We were dropping like flies today - three members of our dream team had to stay back from clinic because they were sick but at least they had the toilet…
Clinic Day 5 – Kigama – North Maragoli
Today’s clinic started off a little slow but by the afternoon we had a huge wave of people come through, as well as another torrential downpour. At one point Jeff…
Clinic Day 4 – Wangulu – West Maragoli
Nancy and Kristen went on a home visit to treat an elderly lady who had a severe case of jiggers. On the way back they got their monthly workout in…
Clinic Day 3 – Chavuli Pag Wodanga
Today Meaghan, Hilary and Johnstone went to three homes for jiggers treatments where they sprayed down the homes and clothing of the families and soaked their hands and feet in…
Clinic Day 2 – Budaywa – Basali East
Laura and I slept in Kenya’s finest waterbeds last night after we left the windows open during dinner and a torrential downpour flooded our room. Today Harriet and Johnstone went…
Clinic Day 1 – Isitsi Salvation Army Izava South
We started our day one of clinics in the village of where Solomon greeted us with song and prayer as he does every morning. Marie and Nancy had their first experience…
“I’ll have the vegetable curry for dinner – something new and different”
Today Karen was off to a good start when she locked herself in her room, unable to find her key and then had no running water to shower or even…
“I was worried about the bus at the Rosa Mystica”
Jambo! Well, after 22+ hours of planes, trains and automobiles (thank you gravol courtesy of Nancy and wine courtesy of Lufthansa airlines for making me feel like Annie from bridesmaids…
Final Numbers for 2018 Mission
Hey everyone! As promised, here is the final count for the total number of people seen and treated through the 11 days of clinics of the 2018 mission. We saw…
Last Day of Clinics – Day 11 at Hamadira
When the water works hit you like a tonne of bricks. I’m happy to report that I wasn’t the only one crying on the last day of clinics this year.…
Clinic Day 10 at Homanoywa
When I say north you say pole! Solomon started off our morning with a prayer where he thanked his friends from “the North Pole.” We had a good laugh to…
Clinic Day 9 at Kedohi
Today school was back in session and Laura and Krista dewormed 200 kids and went from classroom to classroom at a school and gave Whitfield’s anti-fungal cream to each child.…
Clinic Day 8 at Viyalo
Today Gail went on a home visit to follow up with a lady who had thyroid surgery done last week - she is recovering and doing very well thanks to…
Clinic Day 7 at Chavakali
Ingrid, Johnstone, Victor and Sara went on a home visit to assess an elderly woman named Gladys. She had a stroke 5 years ago and has since become very weak…
Clinic Day 6 at Igungu
As today was Saturday, it was a shorter day for our clinic. We treated a total of 407 people in about 5 hours. …
Clinic Day Five at Kigama
Our fifth day of clinics at Kigama has been the busiest one so far with a total of 657 people seen. 35 pairs of reading glasses were given, 40 young…
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