Shoe4Africa Childrens Hospital
The Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital is the first dedicated public children's hospital of its kind in East & Central Africa. Groundbreaking took place on December 31, 2012, construction began on July 7, 2013, and the foundation stone was set on August 21, 2013. The 105-bed hospital was opened for business on 12 August 2015. The institution is a teaching hospital partnering with the Moi University. The site is in the center of Eldoret, the capital of Uasin Gishu county, Kenya. This hospital seeks to help an under-served community where one in one in eight children die before their 5th birthday and 2/3rds of these deaths are from treatable/preventable diseases. 80% of these children will have never seen a healthcare provider in their short life. With ISO 9001:2008 status and 105-beds the hospital aims to bring quality healthcare to the public sector.
The hospital is a project of Shoe4Africa (www.shoe4africa.org), a New York charity focused on creating better health and education outcomes focused in Eastern Africa. Donors have included notable names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Natalie Portman, Rosario Dawson, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Mark Webber, and Anthony Edwards. Celebrity donors help The charity has also raised significant funding for the hospital, and other building projects, through individual donations and the efforts of runners that run Marathons and other road races throughout the world and raise funds through their participation.
Dr. John Kibosia, CEO of Kenya's second largest national hospital (Moi Teaching Referral), said the new facility will be the only one of its kind in the East & Central African region. "It will be another milestone for the hospital and the health sector in the country." The project is expected to cost, at the final completion, Two billion Kenya shillings Link
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On January, 7th 2016, Toby Tanser (Shoe4Africa) and Dr. Wilson Aruasa (MTRH) laid the foundation stone for the 'Eat & Run' kitchen. The new, dedicated kitchen facility will be located next to the Shoe4Africa Children Hospital and will provide child-friendly nutrition for malnourished patients of the hospital.[1] Funding for the kitchen has been secured by the German chapter of Shoe4Africa through a charity run of 500 school kids of the Grandlschule (Grandlschule), a primary school based in Munich, Germany.[2]
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