Who we are and what we do.
MATIBABU HOSPITAL
Matibabu Foundation is a non-profit organisation that exist to build informed, healthy and prosperous rural communities. It was established in 2001.
Matibabu Foundation is based in the rural community of Western Kenya in Siaya County, offering medical services to over 200,000 people in dire need of access to professional healthcare.
The Foundation runs an accredited hospital satellite clinics and pharmacy and a Nursing College within the community.
Daniel Ogola was only seven years old when his young brother past away at just two months old to a treatable case of malaria. He then spent any little pocket money he received from family and friends to buy paracetamol tablets and disseminated them to anyone he saw was unwell. Even as a child he new that healthcare wasn’t just essential but should be made affordable. He also realised that without proper information members of his community couldn’t make informed decisions for themselves and for their loved ones’ healthcare.
After years of starting and running a community based organisation in Kibra slums in Nairobi where Dan resided in his teens to early twenties he started to yearn to give back to his rural community.
In 2004 after meeting an exchange student from the Student International Training (SIT) program he was introduced to Dr Gale Wagner a medical doctor from US who was eager to offer her support. Together with Dr Wagner, Patrick Amenya, Christopher Owang’, Benta Amenya, Benedict Osieyo, Paul Njihia, Daniel commenced the community health program in his rural home, Ukwala Ugenya in Western Kenya. It was there that health camps with doctors from the US commenced in 2004 which birthed the Matibabu.
MISSION
To provide affordable healthcare and information and medical training to our community to realise universal healthcare to all.
VISION
To build healthy and informed rural communities.
CORE VALUES
1. Respect for human dignity
The community and staff are our most valuable assets. We are committed to understanding their needs, giving attention to their priorities, being accountable to them at all times and fostering a rights-based approach to social justice and equity.
2. Partnerships and Dynamism
At MF-K we actively involve the community, staff and other partners in embracing transformational change, commitment to continual improvement, sharing of best practices and leveraging of resources.
3. Commitment and Professionalism
MF-K is committed to the personal, professional and career development of employees. We are proud of what we do and are dedicated to our organization. We uphold quality of service, teamwork and professionalism by practising transparency, integrity in all actions, mutual and self-respect, good time management and technical competence.