TRANSFORMING Lives in Kenya and beyond through Mercy and Love
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MERCY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Population:
The staggering statistics by UNICEF show that despite improvements in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades, 1 in 13 children die under the age of five, compared to 1 in 195 in developed nations. Infectious diseases (such as pneumonia, malaria, and diarrheal diseases) constitute the most common cause of death in children under the age of five years old. If this trend continues, 31 million children under the age of five will die in Africa by the year 2030. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa has 3 public children’s hospitals (two of those located in South Africa) to cater to the continent’s 450 million children.

Intervention:
The proposed 500 bed state-of-the-art center for excellence in pediatric healthcare is slated to be the first mission hospital of its kind in Nyanza-Kenya and East Africa. We envision an accessible, affordable children’s hospital that delivers compassionate, quality care to the entire East African region. The hospital will also include a maternity wing and an outpatient/primary care building dedicated to keeping children and pregnant women in the community healthy.

Outcome:
When compared to previous years, the expectation is that mortality rates will improve among children
under 5 years old due to timely access to affordable medical services/medications and an overall
healthier population due to access to affordable primary care services. Primary care consists of education, early intervention, and surveillance.

Budget:
Phase 1 – $1 million USD
Outpatient Building – consisting of primary care services such as dental, ophthalmology, mental health, immunizations, & general practitioners.

Phase 2 – $80 million USD
Inpatient Building & Diagnostics – consisting of ER and inpatient units such as med-surg, critical care, OR, newborn nursery, and oncology.
Proposal available on request.

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Leave a lasting legacy that will impact generations. Save precious lives of children from preventable deaths. Depending on the level of your donation, you can have a ward or building listed in Memory of a loved one or in Honor of your name.

Email: info@mercyandlovefoundation.org

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Benjamin Sande

Treasurer

Ben Sande understood the power of educational excellence to lift many from the cycle of poverty and desperation at an early age. It was while growing up in a system where elementary education was not free, that he saw first-hand how High School was a luxury beyond the reach of many intelligent students. That built up his resolve to use education as the steppingstone to his future. Ben’s first job out of high school was as an untrained English and Geography teacher and despite better professional prospects, his drive and thirst for higher education brought him to the USA. Twelve years after graduating from high school, Ben enrolled as a college freshman and began the pursuit of his higher education dreams.

After landing in the US, Ben enrolled in New Jersey City University embarked on parallel programs in the School of Business for a degree in Accounting, and in the College of Arts and Sciences for a degree in Computer Science. After the undergraduate degrees, he enrolled in Seton Hall University’s dual MBA / MA program where he studied Finance and International Relations.

Currently Ben works as a Controller for a Not-for-Profit Financial Institution. His daily activities include investments management and preparing monthly financial reports. An avid advocate for process improvement, Ben is always on the lookout for operational redundancies with a view to developing new strategies using technical tools.

When he is not number crunching, Ben’s extra-curricular activities include cycling in nature trails especially in the COVID-19. He expects to re-engage in high school and college level tutoring/ mentoring for underprivileged students in the Washington DC metro area when life gets back to normal.