World Vision Kenya has invested KSh 45 million to build a state-of-the-art Level 3 hospital that would serve over 8,000 residents of Ngaakaa-Twaandu in Makindu Ward.
On Tuesday, the World Vision Kenya team and Deputy Governor Lucy Mulili oversaw the project’s groundbreaking ceremony for phase one.
Supported by the Mountain Blue Foundation, the facility will have a maternity wing, a mother and child block, a fully furnished laboratory, an administration block, treatment rooms, a pharmacy and a records office.
The project also include implementing the Kiboko-Twaandu water project to provide access to clean water, purchasing necessary medical equipment and installing solar energy to power the hospital.
In addition to providing healthcare, World Vision Kenya is working with the county government to implement the Kwa-Kamaso water project in Kitise, which will assist 10,000 households.
The organisation will provide solar lamps to more than 4,000 registered school children in the region, equip lead farmers with training on Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), and give 250-liter water tanks to local households in an effort to further enhance livelihoods.