Under large trees in front of Asumbi Mission Hospital, they stand in a circle around a huge cake: 50 Community Health Champions, the coordination team and representatives of the Ministry of Health. It is January 2026 – exactly one year after the project started. Dr Isa Rait is back on site.
One year of Community Health Champions in Asumbi Read More »
Singing, dancing, hugging – and in the middle of it all, women clutching their vouchers tightly. For the widows of the St. Monica Village cooperative in Nyabondo, the distribution of the prizes from the Dentists for Africa Christmas raffle is a very special moment every year.
Christmas Raffle 2025/26: When hope dances Read More »
Singing, dancing, people in traditional clothing, dignitaries: on the morning of November 26, 2025, a colorful parade accompanied by drums and various groups of revelers made its way across the festival grounds of Nyabondo and through Nyabondo. Under the organizational leadership of Sr. Seraphine, head of the Kenyan office of DfA, the Kenyan teams had
25 years Dentists for Africa Read More »
Edwin is one of over 1,200 children whom Dentists for Africa has supported through its sponsorship program. Our staff member in the Kenyan sponsorship office tells his story.
Godchild Edwin: “Without education we have no hope” Read More »
In the last part of the moving report series, DFA project manager Katharina Weiland-Zejewski reports on the impressive Easter raffle.
Easter, cinema & a medicinal plant: a moving farewell to the widow’s cooperative Read More »
Part 4 of the report by Katharina Weiland-Zejewski: How teen mothers get knowledge and practical support and children learn to brush their teeth.
In April, Katharina Weiland-Zejewski, honorary director of the widow project, Anne-Kristin Henker, program manager and Nicholas Koech, former godchild, today traveled to the board of Dentists for Africa (DFA), together with their families to Kenya.
Great joy over school equipment, paint boxes and tyres Read More »
In April, Katharina Weiland-Zejewski, honorary director of the widow project, Anne-Kristin Henker, program manager and Nicholas Koech, former godchild, today traveled to the board of Dentists for Africa (DFA), together with their families to Kenya.
New projects in the widow village: washable diapers and play equipment from car tires Read More »
In April, Katharina Weiland-Zejewski, honorary director of the widow project, Anne-Kristin Henker, program manager and Nicholas Koech, former godchild, today traveled to the board of Dentists for Africa (DFA), together with their families to Kenya.
With the whole family in Nyabondo – working with the widow project Read More »
How young people from the Dentists for Africa sponsorship program in Kenya are learning to help shape their community through a community charity walk—with heart, attitude, and energy.
Living values: Sponsored children visit elderly people in Nyabondo Read More »