Sh30m boost for maternal health drive
Nearly Sh30 million has been donated to First Lady Margaret Kenyatta’s campaign to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.
The Ford Foundation, through Regional Representative Maurice Makoloo, gave Sh15 million, Housing Finance Corporation of Kenya’s board chairman Steve Mainda presented Sh10 million on behalf of the company, while Chinese Ambassador Liu Xianfa donated incubators valued at Sh2.3 million.
Others were the Murang’a county government (Sh2 million) and the Miller Foundation (Sh2 million).
The Murang’a county government will also finance a mobile clinic from its health budget. The clinic will be dedicated to the Beyond Zero campaign.
Meanwhile, spouses of Cabinet secretaries donated Sh600,000 towards the cause. The cash was presented to the First Lady at State House in Nairobi by Mrs Pamela Macharia, wife of Health Cabinet Secretary James Macharia.
Receiving the donations, the First Lady (above) thanked the organisations and individuals for their support.
“Your support truly warms my heart. With unity, we can make maternal and child health care services accessible to less-privileged Kenyans,” she said.
