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CNFA 2022 Online Auction

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  • Post published:May 22, 2022
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Bidding is NOW OPEN! Check out the amazing auction items! For more information click here!

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3rd Food Distribution Program Complete!

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  • Post published:June 13, 2021
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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…

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Like-new Shoes Distribution!

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  • Post published:October 5, 2020
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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!

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2nd COVID-19 Food Distribution now complete!

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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,…

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2nd Food Distribution underway!

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  • Post published:August 13, 2020
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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!…

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*New Project Alert* CNFA’s COVID-19 Food Distribution Program

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  • Post published:August 1, 2020
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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…

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11 women, 200 suitcases

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  • Post published:April 21, 2018
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            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…

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Pictures from Clinic Week One

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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…

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Clinic Day 6 – Inguga

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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…

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Clinic Day Five – Kigama Pictures

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Clinic Day One Itegero – April 25, 2016

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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…

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Clinics tomorrow

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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…

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Hamadira

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  • Post published:May 8, 2015
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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…

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Kigami – North Maragoli

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  • Post published:May 1, 2015
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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…

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Budaywa – Basali West

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  • Post published:April 28, 2015
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 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.…

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Our fearless leader!

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Thank You From Kenya

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  • Post published:October 26, 2013
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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…

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Kedohi

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  • Post published:October 23, 2013
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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…

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Chavakali

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  • Post published:October 21, 2013
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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…

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Jiggers

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  • Post published:October 20, 2013
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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…

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Sunday Oct 13, 2013

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Out of Africa Gala

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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…

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Kedohi, Wednesday May 9, 2012

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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…

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Tuesday May 8, 2012, Viyalo

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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…

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Monday May 7, 2012, Chavakali

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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…

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Sunday May 6, 2012, Chavakali

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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…

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Two Babies

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  • Post published:May 7, 2012
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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.…

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Jiggers- Warning Disturbing Photos

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  • Post published:May 7, 2012
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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…

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Margoli, Saturday May 5, 2012

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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…

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Kigama, Friday May 4, 2012

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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…

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Wangulu, Thursday May 3, 2012

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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…

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Mundungu, Wednesday May 2, 2012

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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…

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Budaywa, Tuesday May 1, 2012

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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…

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Ikobera, Monday April 30, 2012We held our first clinic in a Salvation Army Church in the community of Ikobera.  The closest school to the church and our clinic was closed…

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We have spent the day organizing ourselves

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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…

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This is a special day

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  • Post published:April 29, 2012
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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…

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Today started with a smile. 

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  • Post published:April 29, 2012
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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…

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Thursday April 26, 2012

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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…

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Jackson and his new wheelchair..thank you to everyone!!!

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 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…

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Photos, May 8, 2011

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Thank you from Gail Wolters

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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…

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Tuesday May 10, 2011

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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…

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Monday May 9, 2011

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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…

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Sunday May 8, 2011, Sicherai

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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…

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Saturday May 7, 2011 Emmedira

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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…

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Photos

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Viyalo, Friday May 6, 2011

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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…

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May 6, 2011

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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…

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May 5, 2011, Kidosi

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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…

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Trish Corbett – RN, BN, MSN, GNC

Trish has sat on the CNFA board of directors since 2011 and served as Treasurer from 2013 to 2015. Trish has been a member of five past medical mission, as part of the lead team. Present and past nursing experience includes Geriatrics, Emergency medicine, Intensive Care and Public Health. Trish also serves on the BOD of the Geriatric Nurses Association of Ontario, Hamilton chapter.

Nancy Vandenbergh – MN, NP-PHC

Trained as a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Nancy has had a wide and varied nursing career mostly in paediatrics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Her experience includes Paediatric Critical Care, Emergency as well as providing care to adult patients with cardiac issues. She provides primary care of patients at a Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic (NPLC) and is Director of Health and Wellness at a summer camp in Ontario.

She has lived overseas, providing humanitarian work in the country of Ghana. Currently she is working at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre as part of the COVID-19 response at the Assessment Centre, working with Infectious Diseases and managing COVID patients at home as well as vaccinating.

Nancy has a Masters in Nursing, is an adjunct lecturer at the University of Toronto Bloomberg School of Nursing and has been a clinical instructor at the university level for many years.

She has a passion for women and children’s health in low income settings and conflict areas. She volunteers at a Refugee Health Centre and also for Global Medic, a global disaster relief organization. She has been to Kenya with the 2019 CNFA Medical Mission.

Meaghan Harris – RN

Meaghan graduated with a BScN in 2011 and is currently pursuing graduate nursing studies. Meaghan has been involved in CNFA since 2018 and has been on the past two medical missions. She has work experience in internal medicine, surgery, surgical oncology, and critical care. Meaghan is excited to have joined the BOD and brings a strong passion for nursing and helping her community.

Margaret Vokes – B.A., M.A.

Thirty+ years of experience helping organizations to set – and achieve – specific goals in international and domestic markets. Specialist in helping organizations to make sound decisions based on research, analysis, due diligence, feasibility studies and strategic partnerships.

Significant professional experience in international development, organizing and leading trade and investment missions to and from various countries and regions of the world.

Currently focused on Volunteer work. In addition to joining to the Board of Canadian Nurses for Africa in 2022, I also serve as a Volunteer Advisor with the Canadian Executive Services Organization (CESO), a non-profit agency funded primarily by the Government of Canada. This involves providing time and energy to advance social and economic change working in partnership with international organizations.

Also focused on work with the Rotary Club of Oakville Trafalgar as a member of the International Service Committee and the Club’s Board of Directors, as well as fundraising initiatives.

Jacinda Mills – Treasurer

Jacinda is one of the newest CNFA board members. Currently, she relishes the challenges in her role as a staff accountant with Henderson Roller Smit Professional Corporation in Oakville. Her skills developed over the past 10 years in public accounting will help CNFA meet its goals and support the organization’s clinical missions to Kenya. She is excited to join the board and is looking forward to the rewards of being one of such a dynamic group of women.

Gail Wolters – RN (ret’d), Founder and Past President of CNFA, Honorary Board Member

Gail worked as a front line hospital nurse in hospitals across Canada, as well as Northern Outpost Nursing in remote communities of Ontario and Manitoba. She worked in many areas including Neurosurgery, Trauma, ICU and the Emergency Department. As well, Gail has volunteered in a variety of capacities with an array of community organizations.

In 2007 Gail became acutely aware of the poverty and lack of health care in Western Kenya. Deeply moved to make a difference, she founded Canadian Nurses for Africa with the intent to provide free medical care to the people of these communities. As Team Leader, Gail has lead ten successful medical missions to Kenya. She also oversees the implementation and monitors the public health programs.

After ten years of development in the Kakamega and Vihiga regions of Kenya, there is a marked improvement in the overall health in these communities, which local people and leaders attribute to the health care provided by Canadian Nurses For Africa. Gail stepped down from the President’s role in 2021 and the board of directors in 2022. She remains a valuable resource to the board of directors and is now an honorary board member.

Patti Harbman – NP-PHC, MN, PhD.

Trained as a primary care and acute care nurse practitioner (NP), Patti has worked in a wide range of nursing roles throughout her career, mostly in acute care and ambulatory care cardiology settings. She also has experience in emergency and walk-in clinic settings.

Patti completed her PhD in Nursing (University of Toronto), where she developed and tested a NP intervention for patients following heart attack. Following her PhD she completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship with the Canada Research Chair for Health Interventions.

In her most recent position as a Nurse Scientist, in partnership with McMaster University, she developed an innovative approach to improve patient care by teaching healthcare providers how to integrate research and leadership activities into their practices. Currently Patti is taking time off from her academic work to pursue activities such as the CNFA medical mission work in Africa and becoming a competitive dressage rider. Patti is very excited about being a member of the CNFA team and hopes to contribute to the success of future missions.