Projects

Romania 2024

June 1, 2024

We had a great group including 3 internists, one Pediatrician(YAY!), 3 RNs, and 3 assistants from the US accompanied by a lovely contingent of Romanian translators/drivers/helpers. As in the past, we coordinated with Sprijin Fara Frontiere who provide underserved and remote villagers with…

Philippines 2024

March 10, 2024

We held very successful medical clinics in Estancia seeing 600 patients overv4 days. Our fantastic US crew partnered with local public health nurses, teachers, friends and family, and on one day a pediatrician. The support we received was amazing. We identified new cases of hypertension, diabetes,…

Kenya 2023

September 10, 2023

We had a successful trip despite a few beurocratic issues. Our planned 1st clinic day at Kamuchege was cancelled at the last minute by the county governor. So went to Kamahia primary school and pitched in painting classrooms with paint and supplies we previously purchased. This is one of the…

Romania 2022

August 5, 2022

We had another successful trip to Tulcea visiting some of the same villages as last year as well as adding some new ones. Once again, we partnered with Sprijin Fara Frontiere who not only continue their work helping poor Romanian communities but now are also assisting Ukrainian refugees and are…

Romania 2021

August 5, 2022

We had 5 medical clinics in 4 days in the villages of Pecenaega, Nicolae Balcescu, Nifon, and Sinoe of eastern Romania. We also visited 8 homebound patients! Our patients presented with numerous cases of uncontrolled or undiagnosed diabetes and hypertension, a variety of acute and subacute…

Zanzibar

August 5, 2018

In 2016 we made a connection with CHaRA, a faith based charitable organization, doing humanitarian work on the semi-autonomous island Zanzibar. They had hoped we could do medical clinics similar to those we do in Kenya. Through CHaRA we connected with ZANA, Zanzibar Nurses Association, and had…

Hawa Orphanage

August 5, 2018

Josphat Kanui has a strong relationship with the Hawa Boy's Home where so-called street children, typically with unknown parents, are adopted and provided with housing, education, and skilled trade training. We have made several visits to the orphanage donating educational supplies, uniforms,…

Water Filter Connection

August 5, 2016

When we decided to pursue deworming, we explored ways to decrease the rate of reinfection. During a presentation to the Soroptimist of Loomis Basin, one of the members gave us the name of a group they had donated to in the past and felt that they could be of assistance to us. The group was the For…

Eyeglass Distribution

August 5, 2016

For Unimedlink's 2014 trip we were donated 300 pairs of prescription eyeglasses not all of which were useable. The need for these glasses was overwhelming; we distributed 213 pairs and sadly had to turn people away due to time constraints and availability of matching prescriptions to patients. We…

Kenya

August 5, 2014

The Medical Clinics We provide basic medical screening (mostly hypertension and diabetes), promote health education and disease prevention. We are fortunate to be able to administer available medications provided by the dispensary. The Medical Camp attracts people that often don’t visit the clinic.…

Birthing Center at Kagaa Dispensary

August 5, 2014

We have adopted the Birthing Center at the Kagaa Clinic in order to assist the Clinic staff with their delivery of services. In 2013 there were 100-recorded live births at the center. This was projected to be only 40% of the births in the area. The other 60% were delivered at home. This placed 60%…

Kagaa Clinic

January 1, 1972

Sam’s family has a history of service, volunteering their time and providing financial support for their community. Sam's father, Simon Kaniu, provided financing and other assistance in constructing the Kagaa clinic in 1972. He continued to support the clinic and, along with Sam’s older brother…