Bethany Relief and Rehabilitation International

Provide healing for children who have acquired and congenital anomalies through surgical and rehabilitative care.

Train African doctors as pediatric surgeons through an accredited training program under the College of Surgeons of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA).

Support the work of pediatric surgeons in Kenya, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Sierra Leone and Uganda by subsidizing the cost of much-needed pediatric surgery;

Send a team of nurses and therapists to Mobile Clinics across Kenya to screen for children who need surgery and follow-up with the children who have already had surgery;

Provide medical care and rehabilitation for children at Joytown Primary School for Children with Disabilities in Thika, Kenya

Train physicians in pediatric surgery and neurosurgery;

Educate people across Kenya in the prevention and care of children who have medical conditions requiring surgery.

We have two missionary surgeons, Dr. Britney Grayson and Dr. Jason Axt plus eight African pediatric surgeons trained by BethanyKids working in seven countries in Africa, i.e. Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Ethiopia and Sierra Leone, Zambia, and Cameroon.

We have five therapists working full-time at the Joytown School to provide physiotherapy, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy and wheelchair fitting.

We raise approximately $1 million each year to subsidize the cost of surgery for families who cannot afford it, to operate mobile clinics, to train pediatric surgeons and to operate the therapy program at Joytown School.

We have three people currently in training as pediatric neurosurgeons.

We have made and continue to make progress toward our goals. We provide pediatric surgeries in 7 different African countries thanks to our model, which emphasizes partnerships with local hospitals and the training of new pediatric surgeons. Since 2004 we performed 36,900 pediatric surgical procedures.

As part of our longterm commitment to children’s health, we have provided 27,469 rehab sessions since 2004. In addition to that, we have worked to provide quality wheelchairs and other assistive devices to children needing them.

Since 2004 we have provided outpatient clinics as well as mobile clinics to ensure quality follow-up care is provided. These clinics also give us the opportunity to meet new patients who would benefit from our programs.