Kenya
Located in East Africa, Kenya is rich in wildlife and natural beauty—from snow-capped mountains to broad plains, to a tropical coastline. In addition to being blessed with abundant natural resources, Kenya has a generally well-educated population and a diverse culture that includes 42 indigenous tribes. While these are significant strengths, Kenya still faces many challenges such as unemployment, poverty, disease, crime amd corruption. Despite these hurdles, the people of Kenya are welcoming and friendly and have a strong vision for the future of their country.
Ministry areas
Education
Maryknoll lay missioners engage in educational initiatives that range from teaching in a grade school and providing job training to marginalized youth at a vocational school to providing scholarships and other educational support and opportunities to orphans affected by HIV/AIDS.
Healthcare
At a dispensary in a slum settlement of Mombasa, we offer direct care to patients living in dire poverty. The dispensary provides 4,000 immunization visits for babies and toddlers each year as well as another 3000-4000 visits for routine outpatient services. In addition, lay missioners also provide health education to vulnerable children.
Healthcare
At a dispensary in a slum settlement of Mombasa, we offer direct care to patients living in dire poverty. The dispensary provides 4,000 immunization visits for babies and toddlers each year as well as another 3000-4000 visits for routine outpatient services. In addition, lay missioners also provide health education to vulnerable children. Learn More
Justice and Peace
Through the Jesuit Refugee Service office in Nairobi, we work on advocacy for refugees and forcibly displaced people in the East Africa region, including influencing governmental and institutional action to address root causes and empowering refugees to be the agents of their own change.
Featured stories
Angela’s Plight
With a year’s time, a widow mourns the loss of her husband, gives birth to their fifth child, loses her middle son and is powerless when it comes to treating an illness that ultimately kills her oldest son. Miraculously, she and her children have found HOPE.
Sweet Transformation
Maryknoll Lay Missioner, Theresa Glaser, offers an update and reflection on her work at the St. John Bosco Rehabilitation Center in Kenya. This recently included the transformation of a dilapidated room into a a new library.
An elder’s mission to form good men
As he balances graduate studies by Zoom, missioner Francis Wayne continues his mission in Kenya—walking alongside incarcerated youth and men in recovery, offering steady presence, practical skills, and hope rooted in dignity and community.
Where we serve
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