Christmas Mission Offering
KAPSOWAR MISSION HOSPITAL CHARITY AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND
For 2023, our annual Advent Mission project will be the Kapsowar Mission Hospital Charity and Scholarship Fund. The Kapsowar Mission Hospital is a 130 bed hospital that provides the majority of medical care to a remote region of northwest Kenya. The Gospel and Christ’s love is shared with the patients, staff, and visitors to the hospital. The people in the region are primarily farmers whose average income is $100/month. Jerry and Elizabeth Koleski travel from Tucson to Kapsowar annually to provide medical services at the hospital and in the community.
The Koleskis are starting a charity and scholarship fund to help people with the cost of healthcare. These funds would be distributed as needed to patients and families who would otherwise be unable to pay for them. Some examples of what funds would be used for are the following:
- Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) screening ($30/ session)
- RHD is the primary heart disease killer of children and young adults in the region
- Will help expand RHD screening to other locations in Kenya
- Maintain and update ultrasound equipment for RHD screening (as needed)
- Penicillin shots for children with Rheumatic Heart Disease ($1.50/child/month)
- Will help prevent potentially fatal progression of the disease
- Ambulance transport of patients to the large government hospital ($70/person, which can be two-three weeks pay for many patients, or $300 to Tenwek specialty hospital five hours away)
- CT scan or MRI $40-$55
- Specialty drugs for TB or HIV $57-$70
- Surfactant used to mature newborn babies lungs $220
- Lab tests for sickle cell anemia $30
- Community Health Evangelism (CHE) Training of Trainers in Nairobi ($300/student)
- Will train people in the villages around Kapsowar to teach their own neighbors to solve their community’s health issues
Having a charity fund can be a literal life saver, as well as a source of funds to promote health and development. Please make sure to designate “Advent Mission Project – Kapsowar Mission” on your contributions. Thank you for supporting the physical and spiritual health of the people in Kenya!