Rotary Health provides preventive health care services to thousands of children in the poorest neighbourhoods of Kenya, including the slum areas of Nairobi. 

Kate will be a member of a volunteer nursing team working in Kenya for four weeks.

More than 70 volunteer doctors, dentists, opticians, nurses and non-medical volunteers from around the world have been returning to Kenya, annually, to provide their services to a multi-disciplinary team led by Rotary which has been making a difference for the last decade.

More than 12 000 children and young people up to the age of 20 have been screened and treated during these  ‘health and hygiene’ visits. 

There is a focus on those living in the  Nairobi slums of Mukuru, Mathare and Korogocho, where the poverty rate is high and access to preventive health care extremely limited.

Projects that have been undertaken during the visits include the setting up of dental clinics at local schools, eye treatment and examinations where the optical team produced prescription spectacles and specialist HIV/Aids counselling and treatment. 

A 150 foot-deep water well was also built in the village of Mithini, to put an end to residents having to walk miles each day to haul water from a polluted source.

You can assist with this humanitarian project and donate directly to kenyahealth.org. 

You are also invited to attend a fundraising gala screening of the film ‘Breath’ at the Roxy cinema in Nowra, on Thursday, May 3. 

The events starts with refreshments from 7 pm and screening at 7:45 pm and tickets are $20. 

You can purchase a ticket at https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=366418 or contact Kate on 0418 648102.

The film is a highly acclaimed adaptation of Tim Winton's novel about surf, culture and coming of age. 

Movie critic Margaret Pomeranz calls Breath ‘a sublime adaptation of Tim Winton's novel, Simon Baker's debut feature is a knockout! It's just beautiful’.