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Reaching patients in Kalifi County

Reaching patients in Kalifi County

With our support Malindi Palliative Care Centre in eastern Kenya are developing their patient care in the community.   The centre serves the whole of Kalifi County and its population of over one million. Community care is essential to ensure

Lee Barker November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 News, OTHER NEWS No Comments Read more

Judith’s story

Judith’s story

Judith lost her husband to liver cancer. She told us her story. “My husband was ill from cancer. When he started being ill I had so many problems, I struggled for a long time. I took him to many hospitals

Lee Barker September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Stories No Comments Read more

Improving life and death in rural Kenya

Improving life and death in rural Kenya

Our latest project to train an extra 129 community health volunteers across Kenya has just come to an end and we are delighted with the results. Our hospice partners in Kenya have done an amazing job at training these volunteers

Lee Barker July 25, 2019July 25, 2019 News, OTHER NEWS No Comments Read more

Pamela’s story

Pamela’s story

Pamela first discovered a lump in her breast five years ago. With no money for transport or hospital costs she had to take out a loan of 20,000 KSH (around £150) to pay for medical care. She was diagnosed with

Lee Barker June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Stories No Comments Read more

Kenya’s Palliative Care journey so far

Kenya’s Palliative Care journey so far

Hospice Care Kenya was founded in 1991 to support the newly opened Nairobi Hospice. This was the first hospice in Kenya and represented the first step in making palliative care accessible to Kenyans. Now, 28 years on, Nairobi Hospice is

Lee Barker June 5, 2019June 18, 2019 News, OTHER NEWS 1 Comment Read more

Peter’s story

Peter’s story

Peter lives with breast cancer and has been receiving palliative care from Kimbilio Hospice since 2015. When Peter is well enough to be at home, he is visited and followed up by the hospice community team, a project supported by

Lee Barker April 23, 2019 Stories No Comments Read more

Poetry in the Crypt is back!

Poetry in the Crypt is back!
Lee Barker February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Events, Friends of Hospice Care Kenya No Comments Read more

Ken’s Story

Ken’s Story

Hospices not only care for the terminally ill but help families cope with the loss of a loved one, during illness and through bereavement. Together with Mercy, a palliative care nurse from Nairobi Hospice, we visited Ken, a young man

Lee Barker February 21, 2019 Stories No Comments Read more

Our 2019 Appeal for Support – Martin’s Story

Our 2019 Appeal for Support – Martin’s Story

Josephine is a community health worker attached to Kisumu Hospice. She introduced us to some of the patients that she is able to support thanks to donations from our generous supporters. This is Martin’s story. “We met Martin at a

Lee Barker February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 News, Stories No Comments Read more

Marleen’s story

Marleen’s story

Eight-year-old Marleen was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017 by Kisumu Hospice. Hospice staff discussed Marleen’s treatment options with her family, recommending radiotherapy. However, despite both of her parents working the family have very little money to spare and

Lee Barker February 15, 2019 Stories No Comments Read more
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