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!
Every Child Counts – reaching more families in Nyeri County
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
Day Care sessions helping to educate and empower
The team at Nyeri Hospice in central Kenya have been working hard on bringing day care services to people with life-limiting illness. Nyeri’s Day Care service, supported by Hospice Care Kenya, brings together people of diverse ages and needs, but
Bringing palliative care to rural communities
As part of our project to expand community palliative care in Kenya, Nyeri Hospice is working hard to train 60 community health volunteers. Nyeri County in central Kenya has a large rural population, where many live remotely from any health
Ann’s Story
Ann (pictured right) lives alone on a small farm near the town of Nyeri. She has advanced breast cancer. Like many Kenyans, she has no money for surgery or chemotherapy. She relies on her daughter Grace (left) and her hospice
James’ story
James (not his real name) is 74 years old and has 11 children and many grandchildren. When James was diagnosed with prostate cancer he was unable to afford the cost of chemotherapy. However, James lived within reach of a hospice