What We Do
What We Do
People of Morkorio gathering for the mobile clinic
What sets Grace4Kenya apart from many other missions is that we have chosen to develop a four-branched “holy-istic” approach of health, education, faith, and financial opportunity. The individual grants include both charitable aid and community development that can be replicated in other villages and counties.
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Health
Mobile Medical Clinics
Community Health Evangelism
Bendera Clinic and Hospital
2
Education
George Kendagor Christian Academy
Opportunity International EduQuality
3
Faith
Bible Faith Church of Kenya
Scholarship and Building Funds
Church Planting and Pastor Support
4
Opportunity
Community Health Evangelism
Income Producing Initiatives
1
Health
- Mobile Medical Clinics
- Community Health Evangelism
- Bendera Clinic and Hospital
2
Education
- George Kendagor Christian Academy
- Opportunity International EduQuality
3
Faith
- Bible Faith Church of Kenya
- Scholarship and Building Funds
- Church Planting and Pastor Support
4
Opportunity
- Community Health Evangelism
- Income Producing Initiatives
Health
Prenatal visit
Pharmacy in the vehicle
Nutritional food supplement
Children getting worm medicine
Mobile Medical Clinics
Private donors and the Grace4Kenya founders started the BFC mobile medical clinics and have supported them since 2007. Each month the medical team visits and sets up a temporary clinic for the day in one of six remote villages. They provide free health care including well baby care, nutritional support for malnutrition, immunizations, prenatal care, family planning, and medical care for people of all ages with acute illnesses. Each month in 2023, the mobile clinics provided 1,000 free visits for medical care to the people in Pokot County who otherwise would not have had access to medical care. The average cost of running these clinics is just over $2/person/visit.
Doctor in examining room
Laboratory
Well-baby clinic
Hospital pharmacy
Bendera Clinic and Hospital
The Bible Faith Church (BFC) Medical Dispensary in Bendera was started as an organizational headquarters for the mobile clinics and has grown to a full-time clinic offering well-baby care, pre- and post-natal care, and urgent care for illnesses and emergencies. It includes its own laboratory and pharmacy which are both strong profit centers. After a decade of providing care, the clinic has become self-sustaining. In early 2024 hospital volumes were doubling compared to 6 months prior, for both out-patient and in-patient care. In 2023, 110 babies were delivered at the hospital.
Sign
Bendera Hospital
Surgical suite
Infant warmer in the hospital delivery room
BFC Bendera Hospital was constructed in 2019-2020 to accommodate the outpatient clinic and emergency room on the ground floor and then add maternity, pediatric and adult care as funding, furnishing, and staffing allowed. The hospital was approved early in 2021 as a level 3b non-surgical 24-bed inpatient hospital. Thanks to generous donors, the maternity ward and surgical suite are fully furnished and equipped. Recently, Grace4Kenya funded the purchase of the adjacent lot for expansion of ancillary medical services. Optical care and ultrasound services were added in 2024. A dental unit still needs to be funded.
Chicken wire for kitchen gardens
Homestead in Kaprom
Mud hut
Prayer to bless the homestead
Community Health Evangelism (CHE)
In 2012, members of the Kenyan medical team were trained in the global strategy of Community Health Evangelism (chenetwork.org) and started a pilot program in the village of Kaprom which was already being served by the mobile clinics. Through local training conferences held at the BFC Bible College, CHE has now expanded to other villages in the county. CHE integrates discipleship and church planting with disease prevention and community-based development. Community Health Evangelism (CHE) is a Christ-centered educational program that is being used by churches and organizations in 126 countries. CHE equips communities to identify issues and mobilize resources to achieve positive, sustainable change. Lives and communities are transformed as people come to Christ and work together to address local needs.
Education
Newly built school
Computer lab
GKCA students
Girl's dormatory
George Kendagor Christian Academy (GKCA)
GKCA was started over a decade ago and can now accommodate up to 350 students from preschool through grade nine. The rapid and consistent growth of the primary school historically resulted in many classrooms being located in “temporary” buildings. Due to a recent change in government regulations of schools, the government is now requiring schools to be held in “permanent” structures for accreditation. Construction of the new permanent school building began in 2021 and was opened for students in January of 2023. Money still needs to be raised to complete the plumbing, furnishings and equipment for the school.
Scholarships
Many of the local students are unable to afford tuition because their families tend to be subsistence farmers from the surrounding rural, agricultural area. Greentree Community Church and Grace4Kenya provide ongoing support to bridge the gap between tuition collected and operating costs for the primary school.
EduQuality (edufinance.org/what-we-do/education-quality)
In 2023, Opportunity International introduced its EduQuality program to over 130 schools in western Kenya including GKCA. The Program teaches best practices for managing a school, educates teachers on the content of the new nationally required Competence Based Curriculum, and provides techniques for implementing the new requirements.
Faith
BFCK Church council
Pastor Peter's motorcycle
Lelan regional church
New church plant
Bible Faith Church
The denomination was founded by the late George Kendagor and is continued now by his sons and others. George’s son, David Kendagor, was brought to America by Central Presbyterian Church (Central) to earn a Master’s Degree in Divinity at Covenant Seminary in Saint Louis. Their intention was for David to return to Kenya to establish the Bible College and spread the gospel. With the help of Randy Mayfield, the retired mission's pastor at Central, David returned to Kapenguria, Kenya to build and establish the BFC Bible College which trains and equips pastors to plant churches in the region. Central continues to support David Kendagor and his work. Grace4Kenya recently added a Scholarship Fund vetted by church leaders and a Building Fund.
Church Planting and Pastor Support
Students graduating from the Bible College earn a diploma in theology and continue to receive financial support as they plant churches. Central Presbyterian and Greentree Community Church, both located in Saint Louis, have been long standing supporters of the Bible College and BFC denomination. The thirty BFC pastors receive a supplement to their income, health insurance, and social security from Grace4Kenya. Eleven pastors so far have also received a Honda motorcycle, helmet, driving lessons, and insurance so that they can reach the people in their congregation and attend denominational meetings and training.
Opportunity
Kitchen gardens
BioFarms
Poultry keeping
Avocado farming
Community Health Evangelism
CHE is currently the program used to give communities a foundation by helping them improve their standard of living using local resources and training. Through CHE programs families will be able to improve financial stability and diversify income. The CHE pilot program was started with three trained staff serving six villages and has expanded to all the BFCK pastors being trained and mentored in running the program for their areas. Grace4Kenya’s role is to fund training events, support four paid staff, and cover the cost of transportation to visit the villages for implementing the programs.
Income Producing Initiatives
Typically, after addressing health and hygiene issues, the CHE staff teaches about nutrition gardens and selling surplus produce. Farmers raise bananas, mangoes, and avocados as well as vegetables to supplement their typical diet of kale, maize, rice, and beans. The next CHE project is to start “table banking” groups to purchase chicks and start poultry raising for protein and to sell extra eggs and chickens for income. As a community they immunize their chickens against bird flu.
The first income producing initiative has been to connect residents with BioFarms through the CHE program and BFC pastors. BioFarms instructs small holder farmers in planting and raising Hass avocados. Once the avocados are mature BioFarms, helps harvest and market the crop. One tree can yield enough income to pay school fees for one child for a year. Grace4Kenya is going to continue to pursue other partners to collaborate with who can equip and mentor the people in income producing projects.