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In a bid to give back to their parent country, a group of Kenyan professionals living in the United States came together to form an non-profit organization, Innovative Technologies Advancement & Research Campus (ITARC), that promotes health well-being and organizes medical missions in various parts of Kenya.
ITARC, registered as a 510(c)(3) non-profit in the US, aims to be an educational and organizational system that enables communities to work together to identify and address their own physical, social, intellectual and spiritual challenges especially to communities living in slums in Kenyan urban area such as Nairobi, Kisumu, Mombasa and Nakuru.
“One of our key non-profit strategies is to teach communities to take responsibility in addressing their own needs,” the NGO says. “ITARC strives to create efficacy in communities worldwide by providing medical aid and resources towards poverty alleviation”
"Provision of food, clothes, education, surgeries, medical services and love to our communities are some of services ITARC offers to communities," says Dr Nelly Kangethe, ITARC's CEO, and Co-chairman and Health Director.
The NGO says that it plans to build infrastructure such as medical facilities as well as improve living conditions including sanitation infrastructure and in the future.
In a program dubbed Kenya Medical Mission, ITARC will be holding a medical mission in Kenya from September 8th to 21st, 2017. During the Mission, various communities around Kenya will be educated on self-examination on common health conditions ranging from breast cancer, prostate cancer, testing sugar levels and monitor blood pressure.
Other services will include provision of free mosquito nets to prevent malaria, diabetes screening, health physical assessment, eye services (mainly glaucoma screening), HIV screening, dental check, children assessments and blood pressure screening.
The medical mission will be carried out in Machakos, Nakuru, Loktoiktok , Ruiru, and Murang’a.
To facilitate its upcoming mission to Kenya, ITARC has organized a Fundraising Dinner in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, August 19th, 2017.
Fundraising Dinner Details:
- Date/Time: Saturday, August 19th, 2017 from 5pm to 11pm
- Venue: Supreme Ballroom (7830 Philadelphia Rd, Rosedale, MD 21237)
- Charges: $45 online per person, $50 per person at the door, or $80 per couple
- Hosted by Dr Nelly Kangethe, DNP, RN, CCM, CMCN
- For more information please call 443-844-6001, or email nelly@itarcinc.org
Online donations towards the Mission are also accepted at www.itarcinc.org/Give_ITARC.html or www.gofundme.com/Kenya-Medial-Mission-2017.
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Their cause is noble and I applaud it.
In a "perfect world", the government would have policies,and projects to eliminated poverty,plus living in slums.May be it does,but since we have had Kibera and Mathere slums in Nairobi for over 50 years I wonder if these government programs work at all.I guess doing away with slums is not a priority.Mind you Kibera slum is the largest in Africa.Iam sure nobody knows how many people live there.
Anyway, the good book says for whom much is given,much is expected.Being in the USA these professionals are in a better position to help the underprivileged in their Kenyan communities.Did I just read that the diaspora(USA...) remittance was record high last month?
This non profit organization has done many amazing things including education and providing help where help is strongly needed. This trip is far from being a vacation but a mission coordinated and executed by a variety of men and women in different fields whose ultimate goal is fulfilling necessary medical needs and the betterment of society.
@ Anonymous, do not be a coward and say who you are and where you are from. If your location is missing or not mentioned put some effort to contact the organizer and work towards creating positive posts. Its very easy to seat behind a computer hiding and not making any effort to help others. If an organization is going out and putting an effort to help others do not bring them down with your negativity.
Ask for my contribution when you visit my town.It is vacation time and you want to visit "home" you maybe a non profit organization but you can still generate income to fund your trip instead of relying on donations