We collaborate with Kairuki Hospital and Kairuki Health and Education Network. This weekly program began ten years ago after discussion with community leaders and traditional healers. It provides education, medical care, and vaccinations to over 200 pre and post natal women and their children weekly, and anyone else who shows up who would otherwise have no access to medical care. Nurses (and a doctor when available) go to a central location, a bar in Mikocheni village and under a big tree in Boko, to treat mothers and their children, and provide vaccinations, pap testing for STD’s and cancer, and HIV testing as requested. Two clinics operate weekly in different locations.
As part of this clinic, nurses teach students weekly at the primary school (ages 5-15) about basic health. This includes HIV prevention, clean water, and other pertinent topics.