Serving people in need is our greatest joy. Most ( not all) of the people who join us on our medical mission trips are followers of Jesus.

Jesus tells us that when we feed a hungry person, or clothe a naked person, or heal a sick person in his name, we are feeding and clothing and healing Jesus Himself.

Jesus says " As you did it to the least of these my brothers and sisters, you did it to me." ( Matthew 25: 31 to 46)​

One of the best parts of medical mission trips is falling in love with the children.

In fact, it's the best part.

And it changes you.  On the inside.

When you return home, you see the world differently.

Many people, including the young woman pictured here, describe our medical mission trips as a " life-changing experience".​

These are the people we are helping.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported the work of Kateri Medical Services.  Your contributions help us to help about 20,000 people every year.

You can make a big impact with your donations. It costs us about $4.50 to help each person. A donation of $45 brings medical care to 10 people.  $450 helps 100 people with medical care. $4,500 helps 1,000 people.

And one more thing. 96.5 % of your donation goes directly to building clinics, paying doctors and nurses and lab technicians and pharmacists. We keep our overhead very low. All of the Americans on our team work for no pay. And we all pay for our own travel expenses when we travel to Nigeria.

​Dr. Okeme Arome tells about the work of Kateri Clinic.  We serve rural people who live about 90 minutes drive from an urban center where there are more advanced medical facilities and medical specialists.  Most of the residents of Kateri and surrounding villages cannot afford the medical care available in cities. So our doctors provide basic healthcare for a wide variety of ailments, including malaria, typhoid, dysentery, child birth problems and road traffic accident victims (RTAs). Our doctors are generalists who must improvise to offer a wide range of services which are key otherwise available to the rural poor.

The “Nancy Mason Memorial Health Centre” in Iburu is dedicated to the memory of the late Nancy Mason. 
when she was a child, Nancy dreamed of being a missionary.  Her missionary dreams were put on hold when she married after graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in nursing in 1962.

Besides raising her own children, Nancy worked as a school nurse in an elementary school in South Windsor, Connecticut for 26 years, overseeing the health of more than 500 young children.  Nancy always had a heart for children.

Nancy came down with breast cancer in 1983 and fought a long and courageous battle.  She died in 1996.  In 2013, Nancy’s husband, the Rev. Alan Mason, donated funds to Kateri Medical Services to cover the cost of construction of the new clinic in Iburu.  In a joint decision by Kateri Medical Services and the Diocese of Kaduna, we dedicated the new clinic in Nancy’s memory.

At the Dedication Service in July 2016, Bishop Timothy Yahaya, head of the Diocese of Kaduna, told the congregation: “This Clinic is dedicated to the memory of a woman who wanted to be a missionary when she was a small girl.  She was a school nurse who dedicated her life to caring for children.  In this clinic, her work will go on.  And she is now serving as a missionary here in this place dedicated to her name."

Every year the Tapestry Singers holds a concert to help raise funds for our medical mission in Nigeria. This money is used to purchase medicine and medical equipment needed for the Summer outreach. 

This is a free concert open to the community. There will be a concert on Saturday, June 2 at 7pm as well as a second concert on Sunday, June 3 at 2pm. A freewill offering will be collected afterwards. 

This concert has been held for the past 10 years and has raised over $50,000 to support the clinics in Nigeria. 

​Please share this event with your friends and family, we look forward to seeing you!