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This week marks the 5 year anniversary of the opening of the Lwala Community Hospital!

APRIL 2007

APRIL 2012

Dear Friends,

This week 5 years ago, we opened our doors to seeing patients in the village of Lwala in western Kenya. Fred and I were but medical students. From reading emergency medicine textbooks on the fly, to delivering our first breech delivery with telephone assistance from an OB in Tampa, Florida, to now having nearly 90 Kenyans employed by our nonprofit, the Lwala Community Alliance, we have come a long way. We’ve provided more than 80,000 patient visits! When our parents passed only 6 years ago, there was no local access to HIV care. We now have nearly 1,000 people enrolled in care and treatment! It’s been a team effort. Thank you for your support and thanks to the people on the ground in Lwala for helping us achieve this milestone.

-Dr. Milton Ochieng’

P.S. Want to really see the progress? Click below to watch a recent talk Fred and I gave.

From Clinic to Hospital from Lwala Community Alliance on Vimeo.

On March 21, 2011, the Lwala Community Alliance held a ceremony on site in Lwala to dedicate the new maternity wing. Over 300 people were in attendance, including the Provincial Medical Director, the Minister of Parliament, district education and medical officers, Milton and Fred Ochieng, Executive Director James Nardella and board member Jeff Andrews.

Milton and Fred speak at the dedication ceremony

The Minister of Parliament in attendance at the ceremony

New maternity wing at sunset

In advance of the ceremony, Milton and Fred Ochieng’ made a number of press appearances to discuss the opening of the new maternity wing. Click here to read an article that was published in The Star, a national Kenyan newspaper.