Medical Benevolence Foundation

Infrastructure Improvements: MBF receives grants from the USAID American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) program in support of construction projects in Kenya. One such recently completed project in 2022 was the completion of a 60-student dormitory on the campus of the Clive Irvine School of Nursing at Chogoria Hospital in Kenya. We are currently constructing two additional structures (Student Classrooms and Staff Housing and Offices) at Chogoria. We began construction in February of 2024 and expect to complete construction in the first half of 2025.

Mission education: An important mission of MBF is to work with the church of North America to effectively and thoughtfully partner in ministry with the church in developing countries. This includes a spiritual ministry program whose training is led by MBF and leaders of its partner institutions and is implemented to staff members of our partner institutions. Additionally, MBF launched the Center for Global Nursing Development in 2017. Through the Center for Global Nursing Development, MBF has taken an international leadership position to create opportunities to engage and develop nursing practices and nursing education in the developing countries we currently serve.

Medical supplies and equipment: In every developing country, access to up-to-date, medical equipment and lifesaving medicines is extremely limited. At the same time, millions of dollars' worth of medical equipment and pharmaceuticals are discarded by hospitals and companies every year in the U.S. Working with a number of U.S. based partners, MBF ships refurbished and new equipment, as well as much needed medicines and supplies, to international hospital partners in Malawi and Haiti. Working operating room lights and mobile ultrasounds, for example, enable the doctors and nurses to treat their patients safely and effectively. Beds and exam tables improve levels of patient care. Sterile supplies reduce the chance for infection. Medicines reduce pain and suffering.