Nursing School Sees Tremendous Growth along with Equipment for New Student Labs

The Daystar Nursing School was the only nursing program open in all of Kenya during the Covid shutdown! There are now 474 future nurses in the program, including an amazing increase of around 160 new students for this current year! All of last year’s graduates were able to receive immediate internships and are vital in hospitals throughout Kenya. They are bringing hope to so many struggling in hospitals during the pandemic.

President Laban has shared that Daystar predicts another larger class in the next semester. Daystar is in dire need of facilities to educate so many future Christ-centered leaders serving in hospitals. The university has plans to expand the Nursing School to accommodate the growth. The first step is to procure and ship equipment to arrive as soon as possible for new student labs. The total cost for this was $125,000. The goal has been reached!  Many of you gave generously to fund the $125,000 that was needed!   We are working with a local non-profit, Matter, who specializes in medical equipment.  They worked on getting the equipment and then packing it for ocean freight shipment (the container is 8’ high, 8’ wide and 40’ long!).  

This equipment (for a nursing skills lab for the Athi River campus) provides great momentum for the future of the Nursing school!  President Laban sees this program becoming a flagship program with a great impact on Africa for years to come.

Thank you you so much for your prayers and generous support!