Health programme
Our healthcare program focuses on supporting Masai people in the Masai Mara region of Kenya. This program stems from our belief that all people deserve access to quality healthcare services, regardless of their location or circumstances.
Do you know the challenges of Masai life?
The Masai are a tribe with a rich cultural heritage and a way of life that has endured for centuries. They live in harmony with nature, building their manyatas (traditional houses) out of mud and travelling great distances to fetch water. However, this way of life also entails significant challenges in terms of access to basic health services.
Mercy Mburu with several members of one of the Masai tribes she works with
With Mercy's help, Mbele has already covered the healthcare costs of 45 Masai families! This has enabled several women to give birth in hospital, thus ensuring their safety and that of their children. Such a basic right here is considered a real privilege for Masai women, who also have to travel two hours by motorbike to get to the hospital.
In addition to the Masai Mara program, since June 2024, Mbele covers the healthcare costs of 24 children at the Ah-Gah-Pay Mercy Children's Center orphanage and 18 families in Gatanga, Kenya.
In Mercy´s own words:
The suport you are given us for the women to deliver in hospital is overwelming. I am praying with you if you are able to take more women in and suppor them in this way... You have saved lives!
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