In rural Kenya around 70% of people live below the poverty line. Many have limited acces to sanitation, clean drinking water, healthcare and education. 

Ann and John as registered nurses representing Scotland are  volunteering  to work on the Healthcare Outreach Programme in rural Kenya.  We are joining  a team of nurses  from around the UK. This  Outreach Progrmme was initiated in 2011, after an approach by Kenyan healthcare professionals  who requested  assistance in providing much needed  healthcare for rural communities. In response  to this request 19 nurses offered their  services, through the journal of Nursing in Practice. This year is the  third opportunity to support this Outreach Programme.

It  will be  a challenging  experience for us providing care in this  environment as many of the children live in poor conditions and suffer  from debilitating illnesses such as TB, HIV,malaria and intestinal worm infestations causing delayed development and chronic ilnessess. Those particularly at risk  are the children who are under  5 years of age. 

As part of the  team we will be providing  generic healthcare for the  communities with  particular focus on treating  jiggers. Jiggers are  tiny  fleas that live in the  soil and  burrow into  the  soles  of  the  feet. This  can  cause ulceration and  in extreme  circumstances may lead  to  amputation as a  result of  severe infections.

Last year the team supplied flip flops to cover the children's feet,  preventing re-infection.

Your kind donations  will  go  towards providing  necessary  equipment, drugs, malaria diagnostic kits, jigger  treatments, vaccines and flip-flops for the children. These  items  will  be  sourced locally  to  support the local economy.

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