ASK launched the mobile Health Wagon outreach project in February of 2019 in partnership with the Ministry of Health and First Lady Edna Lenku of Kajiado County. The Health Wagon serves the needs of children and adults living at Esiteti and four neighboring communities including Embarinkoi, Ilmarba, Oldule and Olmoti.

Many Maasai live in hard to reach areas of Amboseli that can be inaccessible during the rainy season. People in these rural areas do not have access to any form of healthcare and the Health Wagon provides services like childhood immunizations, tetanus prophylaxis and offers basic medicines to these marginalized people. The Health Wagon also provides HIV, malaria laboratory testing, as well as antenatal care, family planning, public health teachings in preventive care, as well as treatment for minor trauma.

The project is managed by ASK’s medical director, Dr. Elizabeth Toro. Two ASK sponsored students, Elizabeth Katamboi and Andrew Kiranto, are the first to graduate from nursing programs and help staff the Health Wagon. They were both proctored by a licensed nurse this past year, while conducting  medical outreach under the direction of  the Kajiado Ministry of Health and Dr. Toro.

Thanks to the very generous gift from Harshad and Bharti Sanghvi, we were able to purchase the mobile Health Wagon. A 4-wheel vehicle was leased to pull the Health Wagon for the first four months and since then it has remained stationary near Esiteti School. We are currently raising funds to buy a Toyota Land Cruiser, so we can continue to service the other designated districts.