In northern Kenya, a drought is occurring unlike any in 40 years— possibly the worst ever recorded. The land has dried up, leaving minimal food for camels and goats to graze, and thereby leaving the local pastoralist communities in Marsabit and Turkana without their primary food sources. This drop in necessary sustenance and malnutrition is especially affecting young children, the most vulnerable among those communities.
The Missions of Hope (MOHI) Health Mission launched many critical health initiatives this fall that sent CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson running here, there and everywhere across Kenya.
Raelyn Nicholson, nurse and CMF team member serving with the Missions of Hope health team, has spent the past several weeks traveling around Kenya assessing more than 1,500 pre-primary MOHI students for malnutrition, and some of the results were troubling.
A partnership between Missions of Hope International (MOHI) and CURE International is providing life-changing services to children in Kenya, according to CMF team members Raelyn Nicholson and Rebecca Fielding.
Handwashing is really catching on in the Missions of Hope International (MOHI) schools in Kenya, reports CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson. The handwashing initiative was begun last year in an effort to control the spread of the coronavirus.
“We are celebrating the opportunity to fling the gates of MOHI schools wide open!” reports CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson, who serves with Missions of Hope International in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Kenyan government is working hard to slow the progression of COVID-19 in that country, reports CMF team member Raelyn Nicholson, and Missions of Hope International (MOHI) is also doing whatever it can to help its communities.
