AN EYE 4 AFRICA - Sight For The Unsighted in Kenya

$255 of $160,000 goal

Given by 4 generous donors in around 6 months

An Eye Clinic/Hospital bringing optical (glasses) and ophthalmology surgical services (cataracts etc) to the poor of Webuye, Western Kenya.

International

Personal research among health providers, community leaders and ordinary people of the immediate area of Webuye (population 400,000 - surrounding area 4,000,000) indicated that the greatest health need of the community is for eye care. Life for the sight impaired is difficult, to say the least. A disability that prevents people functioning properly in daily life. The proposal is to build a centre ( initially 25x18 metres) to provide services relating to eye health including Optical (glasses) and Ophthalmology (cataracts etc.). This will require consultation rooms, an operating theatre, preparation and recovery facilities etc, including the (expensive) equipment involved.

The project is being overseen by Dr Job Waluhku, a GP and trainee Anesthetist, and Kathy Tait, a New Zealand Registered Nurse experienced in running both eye theatres and eye clinics. See their photo on site.)

Local and international doctors, opticians and ophthalmologists will provide the services.

Once established the facility would be self sustaining through undertaking profitable health insurance work eg. cataracts, and part charges to the level people can afford.

Additionally, the land is on a 6 acre compound owned by a registered Kenyan Trust, Nehemia Ministries Kenya, and being offered free of charge to facilitate this project. The compound contains other income generating operations, including horticulture and greenhouses, fish farming, poultry and shortly, a guesthouse and conference centre .The income generated will be used to to subsidize the hospital.

Specifically, the funds will be used for:

1. Construction of a quality stone building, dimensions of 25x18m (450 sq. m. ie. 4500 sq. ft.) $60,000.

2. Interior fit out. $20,000.

3. Installation of Operating Theatre. $20,000

4. Purchase of necessary medical equipment for diagnosis and treatment. $30,000.

5. Upgrade of compound to produce ongoing income more effectively. $30,0004805640

TOTAL REQUIRED $160,000

A case of 'people helping people help themselves'.

Walking With Jesus Ministries' involvement (page creator)

We, Kathy and David Tait are fully committed to this project to the extent of relocating from New Zealand to Kenya to live in the compound on a long term basis.

Kathy is experienced in the eye field.

David is a businessman who has set up and run a wide variety of businesses including 'Seekers Megamart', a chain of up to 10 large charity shops in NZ and Vanuatu, to raise funds for self help projects in Africa.

David also, for the past nearly 20 years, has operated the Lords ministry, Walking With Jesus Ministries, a registered NZ Charity, providing revelatory kingdom teachings through the internet and personal visitation to many thousands of people round the world. The present kingdom of God is both spiritual and practical, and this project is a reflection of these.

About us

A kingdom ministry dedicated to growing disciples of Christ worldwide through the SPIRITUAL (revelatory teaching) and the PRACTICAL (building and operating an Eye Clinic/Hospital in Webuye, Kenya.)

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DR TONY EDWARDS JOINS THE CREW AS A NZ ASSOCIATE 22 May 2017

We are very pleased to welcome our most recent addition Dr Tony, to the team. Tony’s medical and entrepreneurial skills are a most valuable addition.

After 8 years in solo general practice, Dr Tony Edwards became a founding director and shareholder of The Doctors Group, which originated in Napier in 1989. Originally set up to provide weekend medical services, The Doctors introduced many revolutionary business concepts into the medical world including 40 hour weeks for doctors within the practice, transferring regulatory paperwork to specialized staff, adding new services to practices, and many more. The Doctors have now grown into New Zealand’s largest doctors’ network, with 49 outlets and 500 doctors. The Doctors Group became part of Radius Medical in 2005, which was in turn acquired by Green Cross Health (then Pharmacybrands) in 2011. The Doctors is the primary brand of medical centres for Green Cross Health Medical.

Tony has been a board member of Medical Centres within the group since 1989. He is currently chairman of Te Matau a Maui Health Trust which is the owner of Health Hawke’s Bay Limited. He continues in his part time integrative Medical Practice at The Doctors Napier, where he is also the Managing Director. Dr Tony Edwards was a University of Queensland graduate in 1979.

Welcome Tony!

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