The Need
"I had to leave my four children under the age of seven at home for nine long months while I sought specialized care for my youngest. All that time, I lived far from home in a hospital so my child could receive the treatment he needed. When Engaruka Hospital opens, families like mine wouldn’t have to endure such painful separations or the heavy cost of traveling so far for care.”
— Maria
What We've Achieved Together
OPD Ready
Our Outpatient Department (OPD) is now ready to open its doors, marking a major milestone in bringing healthcare closer to the people of Engaruka. For the first time, more than… families in this remote community will have access to quality and reliable primary healthcare without the long, expensive journeys to distant hospitals.
Until the maternity ward is open, urgent obstetric and newborn care will be done in the OPD when possible. Similarly, there are 6 beds for overnight observation of sicker patients.
Lab Ready
Our Laboratory space is complete and ready to serve as the backbone of quality healthcare in Engaruka. Families will finally have access to reliable diagnostic services close to home. From acute diseases such as malaria and TB, to maternal and infant screening, to chronic disease monitoring, state-of-the-art lab services have come to Engaruka.
Partnerships
Partnerships make our vision possible.
The generous donation of USD 200,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies from Project C.U.R.E. is just one example of how collaboration is transforming healthcare in Engaruka.
Pincus Family Foundation provided funding for our septic system. They are a private foundation focused on the needs of children around the world, and generously provided capital funds to help us open!
Together, we are proving that when communities and partners unite, even the most remote areas can access quality world-class healthcare.
What Next
Maternity
For generations, mothers in Engaruka and surrounding areas have been forced to travel long, unbearable distances to access pregnancy and infant care. Too often, these journeys come too late, sometimes ending in tragedy for the mother, the baby or both.
The maternity ward at Engaruka Hospital will be life-saving, providing safe deliveries, skilled birth attendants and timely interventions for high-risk pregnancies. The unit will include 2 delivery rooms and an operating theater for high-risk pregnancies, ensuring that emergency procedures like C-sections can be performed without delay. It will also have a prenatal clinic and a nursery/neonatal ICU. With your support, we can complete and equip this critical unit, ensuring that mothers and newborns receive the care they need, closer to home.
General Theater
Today, families in Engaruka face heartbreaking delays when surgery is needed. Whether it’s a child with appendicitis or an accident victim, patients are forced to bear long distances to reach a facility with an operating theater. For many, that journey has led to loss of limbs. Sometimes, lives are lost along the way.
The General Theater at Engaruka Hospital will change this reality. It will enable life-saving surgeries, emergency interventions and routine operations to be carried out right here in the community. With your support, we can equip and open the theater, ensuring that urgent surgical care is never out of reach.
Wards
When patients in Engaruka need to be admitted for care, they currently have no local option. Families are forced to travel long distances for hospital stays. A journey that is costly, exhausting and often dangerous for those who are already sick. For many who cannot afford the trip, the only option left is to resort to odd methods, which puts lives at risk.
The inpatient wards at Engaruka Hospital will change this reality. They will provide a safe, clean space for recovery after surgery, management of serious illnesses and specialized care for children and mothers. With dedicated wards, families will no longer be torn apart by distance or burdened by overwhelming costs nor forced to choose between unsafe alternatives and no care at all.
With your support, we can finish building the wards, ensuring that every patient who needs admission can heal close to home, surrounded by their loved ones.
Why It Matters
Maternity
“My first wife labored for three weeks. We used a motorcycle to reach the hospital, but it was too late and we lost her and the baby. My second wife also experienced complications. We lost the baby, but she survived. If there were a hospital nearby, I wouldn’t have lost them.”
— John
Surgery
“I almost drowned with a patient while rushing her to get emergency services in Karatu (35 miles away). We were forced to wait for more than 12 hours for rescue to get to us. The water had already entered the vehicle. It was only by God’s grace that we survived but my leg got injured by the rocks in the river.”
— Rosy
Wards
"I had to leave my four children under the age of seven at home for nine long months while I sought specialized care for my youngest. All that time, I lived far from home in a hospital so my child could receive the treatment he needed.”
— Maria
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