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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…
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…
11 women, 200 suitcases
Jambo! The day has officially arrived, we’ve touched down in Kenya. All 11 of us and what feels like 1200lbs of supplies that we’re…
Pictures from Clinic Week One
Below you will see another wound, as well as Jeff treating Jiggers. Johnstone moves around so fast I haven't got a picture of him! Jerry is so great with that line…
Clinic Day 6 – Inguga
Today, clinic was alongside of what seemed to be a main thoroughfare rather than a more isolated location. The hustle and bustle of Saturday traffic was an added attraction for…
Clinic Day One Itegero – April 25, 2016
After traversing some crazy, bumpy roads we arrived at the village of Itegero. Lots of constructions means the nation is developing so, how can we really complain? We were terribly…
Clinics tomorrow
Habari from Kakamega! Brief intro. I am Michelle, Gail's niece, and I have the privilege of doing the blog this season. Quick update: We picked up the medications today from…
Hamadira
This was day 11 and the last day of our series of clinics. We treated well over 500 patients today and provided treatment for those infected with jiggers. We conducted…
Kigami – North Maragoli
We had a very successful clinic today. It was held in the Kigami Friend’s Church, a larger space than yesterday, which made working much easier. We treated 538 patients in…
Budaywa – Basali West
Today’s clinic was held in a Friend’s Church, which is actually a Morman church. It was a typical Kenyan church, with corrugated iron roofs and a very dusty concrete floor.…
Thank You From Kenya
At times, we are too busy to remember to thank people who helps to make our lives better. So before I slept yesterday evening, I wrote a small reminder on…
Kedohi
Another sunny and hot day in Kenya…I see from photos that North Bay has snow…brrr. We showed the pictures to our Kenyan staff and the general consensus was that it…
Chavakali
A successful clinic today in a Friend’s Church…it was roomy and even had glass in the windows. We treated 690 persons, held our jigger’s clinic, treated 12 wounds, and picked…
Jiggers
The word Jiggers has been mentioned in this blog on several occasions. This week we have treated well over 400 persons but the joyful news is that because of prior…
Out of Africa Gala
Canadian Nurses for Africa is holding our second annual Out of Africa Gala in support of our work in Kenya. It will be held on February 23, 2013 at the…
Kedohi, Wednesday May 9, 2012
We held our tenth clinic of the mission at a Friends Church in Kedohi. If you are an old blog follower, you may remember that last year our van, after…
Tuesday May 8, 2012, Viyalo
This morning we set up our clinic at Viyalo in the Viyalo Friends Church. It was quite a large building and so we were able to at least navigate without…
Monday May 7, 2012, Chavakali
Now that we have had our day off, it is time to get back to work. We travelled to the area of Chavakali, which is near Evojo School. This is…
Sunday May 6, 2012, Chavakali
Today was a “sleep in day”. Like most days when you plan on sleeping in, you find yourself awake at the usual time. The nice thing was the opportunity to…
Two Babies
One of the most difficult things to see in Kenya is the suffering children. Whether it is from malnutrition, malaria, or worms, it is always a heartbreaking thing to witness.…
Jiggers- Warning Disturbing Photos
Hello and love to all my family and friends. Once again we are having an amazing trip. The impact of what we do here each year never seems to amaze…
Margoli, Saturday May 5, 2012
Today we drove to a small church in the community of Margoli. We had initially been scheduled to work at a previous years location in Kakamega. The church, which was…
Kigama, Friday May 4, 2012
Today was a good day. No one was arrested; no one ran out of gas; and the police ignored us. Even the ATMs are working. We drove to the area…
Wangulu, Thursday May 3, 2012
What a day we had! We left the Sheywe Guest House shortly after 7:00 am and travelled to a bank to get some money. The ATMs were down and had…
Mundungu, Wednesday May 2, 2012
This morning we left Kakamega at the usual time and travelled about 40 minutes from the city into a very rural area. The foliage was very thick, green and heavy…
Budaywa, Tuesday May 1, 2012
This morning we left the Sheywe Guest House shortly after 7:00 am and drove into a very rural area of Kenya. There are no businesses around this area, and the…
We have spent the day organizing ourselves
We have spent the day organizing ourselves. We had to bully the staff here a little to have them remove both beds from the room we use to store the…
This is a special day
This is a special day. Aggrey arranged for a 14 person van to pick us up from St Anna’s and to take us to Leo Chemist to meet an old…
Today started with a smile.
Today started with a smile. Lynn woke everyone up but couldn’t seem to get Trish to respond. After repeated pounding at her door, I said I would continue the effort…
Thursday April 26, 2012
It is hard to believe that we have arrived once more in Africa to start our medical mission of 2012. The flight from Canada was long, 15 hours in the…
Jackson and his new wheelchair..thank you to everyone!!!
Canadian Nurses for Africa want to thank everyone who donated to our wheelchair fund and made it possible for Jackson Najoli (13) to have his own wheelchair. When he came to…
Thank you from Gail Wolters
It has been an amazing and successful week. We heard many sad stories along with stories of human triump. Our hearts have been broken and we have also rejoiced. I want…
Tuesday May 10, 2011
We left Kakamaga today at 8:30 am on the Easy Coach. It is similar to a Greyhound Bus and certainly more comfortable than the van we had yesterday. The highway…
Monday May 9, 2011
Gail, Trish and Dawn have stayed behind to handle the logistics of ending a campaign of this size. Marie Mackay has invited us to visit a school we can see…
Sunday May 8, 2011, Sicherai
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! Today was our last clinic day. We started early again but didn’t leave the guest house until about 7:40 am as we were in Kakamega…
Saturday May 7, 2011 Emmedira
Today we drove about 1-1/2 hours to a rural location called Emmadira. We set up our clinic in a church, but you knew that didn’t you? Today’s church was near…
Viyalo, Friday May 6, 2011
It is hard to believe that it is Friday already. Today we drove to a small community church located next door to a school. Once we saw the school, we…
May 6, 2011
Hi,I have a moment and want to tell you something. Yesterday we treated a 10 year old boy who had lost the ability to use his body from the waist…
May 5, 2011, Kidosi
Today was a very busy day. We set up our clinic in a church, beside a primary school. It was a good day as we treated everyone who was in…
