Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery

by Faraja Cancer Support Trust
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Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery
Cancer in Kenya: Giving a real chance of recovery

Project Report | Nov 26, 2018
Celebrating a Milestone

By Cindy Ogana | Fundraising Manager

Our Trustees and donor celebrating a milestone
Our Trustees and donor celebrating a milestone

For the eight years that Faraja has been in existence, we have successfully provided emotional support to patients and their care givers through our free complementary therapies, information, support groups, art and music therapy for children with cancer and most recently, through financial assistance. 

However, the need for timely and good medical intervention is still paramount, especially now that the number of patients diagnosed with cancer has risen from 20,000 to 40,000 annually. The waiting list at Kenya's largest Referral Hospital ,the Kenyatta National Hospital,  can be long and government insurance does not cover all the costs. Most patients cannot afford to pursue treatment in private hospitals because of financial reasons. For these reasons, the Faraja Medical Support Fund  (FMSF) was launched on 12th November 2016 to provide financial assistance to patients in Kenya. FMSF is a corpus of funds that when invested will assist 50 patients every year forever.

The money raised for the Medical Support Fund has primarily been sourced from various supporters, sponsors and events. Initially,Faraja conducted a pilot project for the fund in 2014 from donations received from Faraja friends and supporters. The Pilot funded 86 patients at a cost of Shs 9,924,120 and 90% of these patients are doing well. 

From October 2017 we started using the funds from the FMSF. Shs 7,133,698  ($70,000) was available for support and we financially assisted 43 patients at a cost of Shs 3,771,982 ($ 30,000)  and 84% of the patients are doing well.

On Wednesday 14th November, the FMSF reached a milestone where, with a donation of $50,000 from one of our donors,  the fund achieved its initial target of $ 1million

Despite achieving this milestone, there is still  a lot more that needs to be done to assist more patients every year. The more the medical fund grows, the more patients we are able to assist. 

On behalf of Faraja Cancer Support Trust, we would like to thank each and every one of you for supporting us in achieving our milestone.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Faraja.

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Faraja Cancer Support Trust

Location: Nairobi - Kenya
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Twitter: @FarajaTrust
Project Leader:
Olivia Shah
Nairobi , Kenya
$86,098 raised of $100,000 goal
 
721 donations
$13,902 to go
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