Kokwo Eye Clinic

World Hope is building an eye clinic in a small town called Kokwo Toto in East Pokot. In this town, children have to travel 200 kilometers to the nearest hospital in order to receive any kind of major medical care let alone any eye care. As a result people die of minor injuries that go untreated. Children go blind because some small foreign body may have lodged in their eye.

Because this area is so remote the government doesn't even include it in the national census. This area is called Pokot because of the native tribe that is indigenous to this part of Kenya. These are pastoralist people who are nomadic. There is nothing here... no water... no electricity... little medical care.

Light House Christian Center

Our second project brought much joy to the small community in Kaloleni Kenya, where we were able to help fund the construction of Light House Christian Center.

Shoe Project

We were deeply moved to help Pakistan when it was struck by a devastating earthquake in its Kashmir region. We quickly contracted with some designers in China to make us children's sneakers. The effort resulted in 4000 pairs of sneakers that made their way by sea to Pakistan and then they were distributed by Samaritan's Purse to students in 10 newly-built schools.

Eye Camp Kenya

In 2006, World Hope conducted its first eye camp in Machakos. We were able to partner with Dorcas Aid International to gather street children to receive eye glasses, much needed eye medications as well as much needed hugs and care. We partnered with Dr. Sigrid Mueller from the Netherlands as national nurses to bring excellent care to over 500 children. As you can imagine some of these children had walked over 20 miles one way just because they had heard about this eye camp. World Hope also donated to the efforts of First Love, which is an organization working with the children of the slums of Kibera. They not only have a daily feeding program but they have also now built childrens homes to house both boys and girls.

Eye Camp Harvesters

In 2006 World Hope also partnered with Harvesters International to go deep into a part of Kenya where we had never been before. This area is called the Pokot region. It is the northern third of Kenya and doesn't see much aid from missionaries or non-profit organizations because it is remote. I could hardly believe what I was seeing when I went to the Pokot region. I had been to places where there was no water available... but not like this... The area was so dry and the people had so little that they moved from one location to another through the desert-like bush to find water and any kind of food. When I saw the dire need in this place, I knew that this was our last frontier in Kenya... Here we would concentrate our efforts to love those forgotten children.