1983
940
100.500
7
Project start
Total number of doctor deployments
Treatments
yearly
German Doctors
on site
Aid in Kenya’s impoverished areas
Kenya’s economy is considered the most productive in the East-African community. However, income there is very unequally distributed so that many people live in poverty. The most important branch of the economy is agriculture, in which about 2/3 of the population work – often earning very little. The effects of climate change with flooding, frequent droughts, and failed harvests endanger people’s very existence. Many people living in rural areas flee to the cities. The fewest find a job with a sufficient salary, cannot pay the high rents, and land in crowded tin huts often lacking electricity and sewage-disposal systems in the slums. Many suffer from infectious diseases, like gastro-intestinal illnesses, HIV and tuberculosis .
Our medical projects
Our German Doctors treat people who cannot pay for private medical treatment in Kenya’s impoverished regions. Physiotherapy, nourishment programs, and training of local colleagues complements our work.
Athi River
Thanks to the enormous engagement of the local team in Nairobi, we were able to open the out-patient clinic ‟Fanaka Health Centerˮ serving people in the slums surrounding the rapidly growing industrial city Athi River in 2020.
Kilifi
We concentrate on mother-child health in Kilifi County, one of Kenya’s poorest area. Mothers can finally safely give birth in the new labor room.
Korogocho
Approximately 200,000 people live at the edge of Kenya’s largest garbage dump, many of whom collect useful waste. Our volunteer doctors and the local team hold consultations here once a month.
Nairobi
We have been providing medical aid in the middle of one of Nairobi’s biggest slums for almost 25 years. We maintain a HIV program and a nutrition center for undernourished children in Mathare Valley.
‟People in the Mathare Valley slum depend on us. That’s why we kept the clinic open even during the corona pandemic. We also notice with concern how hunger is increasing in the population. Many people lost their jobs due to corona and no longer know how they can feed their families. We had had 150 people seeking medical aid daily before the pandemic, but this suddenly increased to 800, and there were still more people asking to be accepted into our nourishment program."
George Audi
German Doctors’ Project Manager in Kenya
