On the 19th of September 2013, visiting members of the Rotary Club of Essendon, Australia toured the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where the Flying Doctors Society of Africa (FDSA) had a team of doctors carrying out Fistula repairs on women from across the country. The team presented a cheque of KShs. 11 million to the …Read More

Rose* is a 6 year old girl who was brutally raped by a neighbor from her village in rural Wajir, Northern Kenya. The impact of the attack on Rose and her family has been huge. Rose has received limited medical treatment through the efforts of the Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW). Rose had initially …Read More

FDSA and OWIT joined forces to set up a Movie Night to raise funds to help fight Fistula in Kenya. This is done by funding a Medical Outreach programme that identifies gaps in health care systems and develops methods and intervention to support hospitals through pre-planned visits by specialists, who provide expert advice, services and training of professional health workers. …Read More

It’s Christmas season once again and even though the weather has been playing tricks on us lately, I believe that the heat will soon creep back in to our bones hence cease all the nesting and cocooning business there is. So many activities take place during Christmas, ranging from church to social outdoor events. More …Read More

Tis the season to be jolly! This Festive season, we are offering a special discount to all our members and clients. If you purchase any new annual or short stay membership between the 1st and 31st of December 2012, we are offering you a 10% discount on the subscription! You cannot afford to be without …Read More

The flying doctors society of africa will be hosting a movie night on the 30th of November at the Sarit Centre. The movie will be starting at 6:45 pm and tickets will be going for kshs. 2000. All ticket proceeds will be going towards our Fistula campaign. You can purchase you ticket online by clicking …Read More

The holiday season will kick off in about two weeks or so! By this I mean the December holidays, which has most of its days jam-packed with parties and an amalgamation of other intriguing activities thanks to holidays such as Christmas, Jamhuri day (Kenya) among others. If am not wrong, majority of us have all …Read More

Wondering what I mean by “why not kill two birds with one stone”? Well…you will find out in a bit. Planning an African safari is not an easy thing (at least not for me) and so, one might find themselves between a rock and a hard place especially if it involves two or more countries. …Read More

Burundi is a country in the great lakes region of Eastern Africa and it’s bordered by Tanzania to the east and south, Democratic Republic of Congo to the west and Rwanda to the North. Even though it’s a landlocked country, much of the southwestern border is adjacent to Lake Tanganyika. Before I made a trip …Read More

2011 marked the 40th year since the inception of the Society. Whilst we celebrated our achievement of having raised Kshs. 1 billion for AMREF’s Outreach Programme, we used the time to reflect on the work we have done serving communities in East Africa. As a Council, we agreed that moving forward we will continue to …Read More