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Kenya Medical Mission Trip

Westminster initiates mission to Kenya

A team of 23 people from Westminster Church went on a vision trip to Kenya in October 2006 to discern the role we might play in medical mission and AIDS relief. Several of the exploration team have a medical background. The medical team worked at Kikuyu Medical Center, a few others worked with New Life Homes, a facility which cares for children suffering from AIDS, and yet another group traveled the area investigating how Westminster might meet some of the additional needs of Kenya. This group returned to Westminster and formed a focus group to help direct our future efforts in Kenya. In September 2007 another group traveled to Kenya to continue the work begun in 2006. On the agenda are school building and upgrading projects, possible vacation Bible Schools, educational discussions in the Mathare slum, more work with New Life Homes Orphanage and another visit to Tutu Hospital. See video of visit to a school serving children in Mathare slum near downtown Nairobi.

How it all began ...

A gift of $250,000 started Westminster Presbyterian Church's outreach efforts to Kenya. On Saturday, June 11, 2006, Westminster gave a $40, 000 gift for a mobile medical unit to Tumutumu Hospital to take medical help and supplies into the parts of Kenya stricken with poverty and AIDS. The gift included an additional $10,000 to the Medical Benevolence Foundation to use as it saw best in meeting the medical needs of the world.

Learn more about the Medical Benevolence Foundation.

Make a donation to the Medical Benevolence Foundation.

Learn more about Tumutumu Hospital.

If you are interested in learning more about the medical mission trip, contact Anne Hendrix, Director of National/International Outreach (336) 299-3785 or anne.hendrix(at)westpreschurch.org.