Kianga Kids
Our Vision
To multiply the hope of the gospel in AEPC churches and surrounding communities in the slums of Nairobi and rural Kenya by developing holistic, kingdom focused, and sustainable community health programs so that the churches will grow and be spiritually strengthened
- Holistically-focused Healthcare: Spiritual, Physical, Social, and Emotional
- Kingdom-Centered: Building up the local church body to be an outward focused church towards the community to care for its own members to lead the community towards knowing Jesus love and being a part of the Body of Christ
- Ministry owned by the local church as arm of the church to the community and its own church body
- Sustainability by the community
How Will This Vision Be Accomplished?
By God’s grace, we seek to accomplish this vision by speaking and demonstrating the Gospel and the compassion of Christ when building relationships, providing health education, providing preventative health programs, illness monitoring, and caring for the weak & hopeless in the AEPC churches and surrounding communities.
Children in the slums of Nairobi have lived far too long under dark clouds of poverty, malnutrition, and disease. Our hope is to communicate by word and deed the promises of Christ that influence body and soul.
Dependent on the Father, we seek to use our skills in healthcare to peel back a bit of the darkness in Nairobi and allow the “Kianga” (Burst of Light) of Jesus to pour into the lives of these children and their families.
Please partner with us in communicating the hope of the Gospel through healthcare by giving a financial gift.
Lois Carr, LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse)
Lois has been an LPN since 1975 and has served with WHM since 1984. Thirteen of those years have been in Africa. For the past several years, God has given her a desire to use her nursing skills for His children in Nairobi’s slums.
Kimberly Tipton, FNP (Family Nurse Practitioner)
After visiting Kenya in 2002, God gave Kimberly a love for the people in the slums of Nairobi. Upon completing her Master of Nursing degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner, she returned to Nairobi with WHM in February 2007.
Preventive Health
- Growth and development monitoring
- Provision of daily multi-vitamins
- Periodic vitamin A supplementation
- Well-child exams
- Mosquito net provision
- Community health days
- Home-based care education
- Training Kenyans in community health care
- Nutrition and hygiene education
- Quarterly meetings with parents
- Education on disease symptom recognition
- Swahili health educational handouts
- Supply first aid kits for schools and churches
Diagnosis and Treatment
- Community assessment (home visits/relationship building)
- Development of charting system
- Care of acutely and chronically ill children
- Referrals for hospitals, specialists, and community resources
- De-worming medication provision
- Help to achieve immunization coverage for students
- Provision of first aid
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