Action in Focus
Action in Focus
Project Manager: Martin McNally
Action in Focus (AIF), registered with the Kenyan Government as a local Non-Governmental Organization, operated in Kenya from 1997 - 2005. Their focus began with helping orphans and street children in Nairobi and Mombassa. Just a few of AIF's past programs include:
- Free Medical assistance in Nairobi and Kwale coastal area.
- De-worming program for children (nation-wide)
- Homeless Aid Program medical check-ups and meals supplied to children and the elderly. (Mombassa)
- Literacy Program for orphans, street children, and refugee children (Mombassa)
- Distribution of educational and character-building materials for children.
- Supplying essentials for prisoners (Mombassa)
- Hosting fund raising events and public awareness exhibitions to aid children in crisis.
- Delivering weekly donations of food, medicine and cleaning supplies to orphanages and homes for street children.
- Distributing 7,000 pairs of shoes and 30,000 pieces of new and used clothing to needy individuals and institutions.
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Nairobi, Kenya
Volunteers, young and old, all pitch in to help with a variety of tasks ranging from dispensing of medicines to keeping stock organized.
Feeding the children at a Street Children's Rehabilitation Home.
In East Africa, many cities suffer from an ever-growing problem of street children. Nairobi is no exception. Some children run away from poor homes, others are sent to the street by their parents to beg, while still others have no alternative, being orphaned due to AIDS or some other misfortune that has befallen their parents.
Action in Focus organizes Medical Camps that offer free medical and dental assistance to the poor. In many rural areas, people have never even seen a doctor, & therefore suffer from many illnesses. Diseases, which are relatively easy to treat, such as malaria and typhoid, amoebas, urinary tract infections, respiratory tract infections, skin diseases, & various eye, ear, nose & throat infections, etc. are things which many people have just learned to live with.
At a recent medical camp, a severely handicapped young man was waiting for the whole early part of the morning for us to begin the camp. Michael, one of our volunteer staff, realized that he had been waiting for a long time, and seeing his situation, brought him to the front of the line so that he could be seen right away.
One of the ways in which Action in Focus helps to raise public awareness of the area's medical needs is though its music and dance troupe.
We organize a literacy program in the Bombolulu area of Mombassa, geared to children from poor backgrounds, such as orphans, street children, and refugee children.
We supply essentials for prisoners in Shimola Tewa, Mombassa, ranging from slippers, cleaning supplies, food and exercise books. We also present character-building classes for the prisoners, which include drama and other media.
Feeding the children at a Street Children's Rehabilitation Home.