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Patient Number 10
10. It’s the percentage of the world that’s left-handed and the number of hours of sleep that a baby needs, but it also has another meaning—for Shadrack. You see, Shadrack was our tenth patient. He is literally Number 10 in the whole history of CURE! Back in 1998, before CURE Kenya was even operating in […]
Advancing essential surgery through equipment maintenance
“If we can improve the efficiency of the OR, it is possible to save more lives.” Keith Miles, Executive Director of Safe Surgery Initiative. When you think about surgery, probably the first thing that comes to your mind is: “Is this safe? Is my child going to come out alive? What are the health implications […]
Pastors train at CURE Kenya
At CURE Kenya, we are always seeking to grow, looking for new ways to serve our patients, ways that address our patient’s needs fully and in the end bring glory to God. In an attempt to do this, we have many trainings on various aspects of our ministry. In July, we had a team of […]
Medical volunteer inspires scholarship
Above: Ruth (HR), Stephen, Samuel, and Robin “I learned about CURE from a Christian medical magazine in 2002. At the end of the article they said they needed nurse anesthetists. I was looking for a short-term, faith-based medical mission, and I felt God was speaking to me in this article about CURE and calling me. […]
New hope for Jecinta
Photos by Samuel Chege and Naphtali Foster Meet seventeen-year-old Jecinta. Jecinta is a shy girl from central Kenya who loves being in the company of her friends. Playing volleyball is one of her favorite hobbies. She is the third born in a family of four children. In 2017, she was supposed to go into ninth […]
Celebrating Maryanne’s Healing Journey
Maryanne is cheeky, adorable, welcoming, happy, and all of those sweet things you can’t help but notice every time you see her. Maryanne is seven years old and has a limb deformity that developed after she turned two. Her legs mysteriously began bending awkwardly around the knees, giving her mom, Maureen, worry. Maureen found herself […]
Learning to integrate spiritual ministry in healthcare
“I received a training called ‘Saline Process’ training,” Kellen told us when we sat down with her. “This training is all about coaching the healthcare workers on how to be witnesses of Jesus Christ in the healthcare system.” Kellen has been working for CURE Kenya for the last 15 years and is currently the nurse […]
Volunteers from retirement village visit CURE Kenya
God allows connections to happen everywhere, and if you have a heart to serve others, God will make those connections happen. In Pennsylvania, God connected a retirement community, called Garden Spot Village, with CURE. For the past several years, staff and residents from Garden Spot have visited CURE hospitals on their “Travel with Purpose” trips, […]
Ivy’s ODP tour!
About a year ago, we broke ground on CURE Kenya’s new outpatient department building (OPD), a replacement for our old and overcrowded one. After months of supply deliveries, machine noises, and thousands of hours of labor, it is now basically finished and being put to use! “It’s beautiful!” said Felix, our young patient who admired […]
CURE Kenya celebrates 20 years of service
On Friday, July 27th, 2018, CURE Kenya celebrated big time! There was cake, a ribbon cutting ceremony, special visitors, and lots of shared hugs and laughter. We had good reason to celebrate: CURE Kenya turned 20 in 2018, and we decided to commemorate the occasion by unveiling our brand new outpatient department building (OPD) to […]
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