Putting life into their days with compassion and care
A new Hospice Care Kenya project, in partnership with Embu County Referral Hospital, is providing vital support to families of children with cerebral palsy. Led by Dr Christine Marete, the project delivers practical training and emotional support to caregivers, helping them
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Kenya, yet many face their illness in silence. Societal expectations, stigma and the distressing side effects of treatment make it difficult for men to seek help. As a result, too
We’re thrilled to announce that thanks to generous funding from The Austin Bailey Foundation, we’re expanding our Every Child Counts project into Nyeri County!
For the past decade, we have proudly provided partial sponsorship for nurses pursuing the Higher Diploma in Palliative Care Nursing at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC). This initiative has been instrumental in strengthening the palliative care workforce across Kenya,
For two years, palliative care nurses Alice and Susan provided compassionate care to patients under challenging conditions at Kanyakine Hospital in Meru County. With limited resources and no dedicated space, they worked tirelessly in hospital corridors and even under trees
We’re incredibly proud to share how, thanks to generous donations from our supporters in the UK, we were able to provide emergency support to our hospice partners in Kenya during a critical shortage of morphine. This support enabled us to
“I joined the volunteer team because I wanted to start giving back to my community. The training was inspiring: such a parade of bright, heartful people sharing their knowledge on palliative care. And the volunteering has been rich: meeting good
Everything that has been achieved in Kenya by HCK over the past 30+ years, in the early days until now, is down to the hard work and generosity of many individuals; founders, trustees, staff and volunteers, our hard-working Kenyan partners,
This hero story focuses on a Hospice Care Kenya trustee – Sharon Maweu. As a Kenyan, Sharon offer HCK valuable insight into Kenyan culture and contexts, as well as her valuable experience in the humanitarian sector. “As one of HCK’s
We have received reports from our hospice partners of serious delays in morphine procurement and delivery by the Kenyan Ministry of Health. Initially, our partner hospices told us they were having to ration their morphine supplies; now, many have completely