Kateri Clinic
  • Home
  • Our Clinics
    • Kateri Clinic
    • Iburu Clinic
    • Gidan Waya Clinic
    • Gusau Clinic
    • Port Harcourt Clinic
    • Bari Clinic
    • Ikara Clinic
    • Kebbi Clinics
  • We Are
    • Mission
    • Board
    • Partners
    • Newsletter Archive
  • We Serve
    • The People
    • Rural Areas
  • We Do
    • Medical Outreach
    • Mobile Clinics
    • Treatments
  • News
  • Contact
  • Donate

Kateri Board Members Travel To London To Honor Our Long-Time Mission Partner

9/25/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
On September 4, several members of Kateri Medical Services board of directors traveled to London to honor Archbishop Josiah Fearon as he was commissioned as the new Secretary General of the Anglican Communion.  In this new role, he serves as an ambassador to all of the Churches of the world-wide Anglican Communion, which includes 80 million people in 165 countries of the world.  

Pictured above is 1) Archbishop Josiah, 2) a large group photo with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the former President of Nigeria Osulegun Obasanjo, many visiting archbishops and bishops from all over the world. 3) A smaller group photo with Archbishop Josiah, his wife Comfort and visitors from the U.S. and Canada.

During the service of commissioning, Archbishop Josiah was recognized for his role as a reconciler between different Christian groups and also between Christians and Muslims in his native Nigeria. We have been part of this mission of reconciliation through the work of Kateri Medical Clinic since our inception..

Thirteen years ago, Archbishop Josiah, Rev. Tom Furrer, John Hart and Jim Lawson shared a dream to open a medical clinic in a rural market town of Kateri.  The Kaduna Diocese had been given funds to renovate a building but had no funds to pay the medical staff.  Rev. Furrer, John hart and Jim Lawson agreed to try to raise the funds at their parish Trinity Church in Tariffville, Connecticut. The following spring, they held their first fund raising event, hoping to raise enough funds for one doctor and one nurse for three years.  They needed to to raise $45,000 to reach the goal. In one night, they raised $ 48,000 and the clinic was up and running.  It has continued ever since. The motivation for the clinic has been to demonstrate the love of God through medical care.  Even though the clinic is funded and administered by Christians, we offer medical care to everyone: Christians, Muslims and adherents of African traditional religions. Our main goal is to provide simple , decent medical care to people in need.  A secondary goal is to be a force for reconciliation between adherents of different faiths.  We strive to present an alternative religious narrative of reconciliation (rather than the dominant narrative of violence between Christians and Muslims ) in Nigeria.
0 Comments

Final Statistics For Our Faithcare Mission

9/23/2015

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
We helped a record number of people on our annual intensive medical mission from July 26 through August 8.

All together, we provided medical service to 7,708 people.  Of these about 33% were children.  About 33% were Muslims and 66 % Christians. About 60% female and 40% male.

Eye care was provided to 1,500 people and 894 pairs of presciption eye glasses were given to individuals who needed them.

Dental care was provided your 900 people, including many extractions of rotten teeth.

Counseling and prayer we're offered to 6,500 people. Of these, 204 people made a significant spiritual commitment. (Everyone is offered spiritual counseling and prayer, but if they do not wish to receive it, we provide medical care and medicine as we do with event other patient.)

Several patients who were diagnosed with cataracts we're schedule for surgery at our regular clinic in Kateri.  On September 19 and 20, a team of eye surgeons conducted an intensive eye clonic.  During this two days, 48 people received surgery to remove cataracts. 

This year was our best year so far in terms of the number of people we were able to help.  Thanks to all of our supporters for making this possible.
0 Comments

    News

    RSS Feed

    Categories

    All
    Awards
    Bari
    Board
    Events
    Fundraising
    Gidan Waya
    Grants
    Gusau
    Healthcare
    Iburu
    Ikara
    Kateri Clinic
    Kebbi Clinics
    Mission
    New Horizons Fund
    Newsletter
    Outreach
    Partners
    Port Harcourt
    Refugees
    Rural Doctor
    Statistics
    Stories

    Archives

    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014

    Past Newsletters

    Join our mailing List

Subscribe to Newsletter
Kateri Medical Services Inc
11 Church Street
Tariffville, CT 06081 USA
Phone: (860) 212-6994
Picture
Picture
Picture
© 2022 Kateri Clinic. All rights reserved.
Webdesign by PluginMatter.
  • Home
  • Our Clinics
    • Kateri Clinic
    • Iburu Clinic
    • Gidan Waya Clinic
    • Gusau Clinic
    • Port Harcourt Clinic
    • Bari Clinic
    • Ikara Clinic
    • Kebbi Clinics
  • We Are
    • Mission
    • Board
    • Partners
    • Newsletter Archive
  • We Serve
    • The People
    • Rural Areas
  • We Do
    • Medical Outreach
    • Mobile Clinics
    • Treatments
  • News
  • Contact
  • Donate