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The journey for change…

Every dollar matched 1:1 by Grand Challenges Canada while the CAD 640,000 match runs.

Our Impact

On people, animals and the places in between.

People reached

33,026

Jan–Jun 2026

Over half the 65,000+ full-year target

Implementation sites

69

Jan–Jun 2026

17 facilities · 30 schools · 22 villages

Patient visits

111,703

Cumulative since 2020

Animals treated

25,709

Safari Vets, since 2020

Ambassadors trained

337

Since 2017

184 women · 153 men

Conditions treated

13,415

Jan–Jun 2026

1.42 per patient

Children under five

2,227

Treated, Jan–Jun 2026

Bicycles distributed

200

With World Bicycle Relief

Travel time down 47%

Impact Reports

From the field — our annual and mid-year reporting, with the research behind it.

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Annual Report 2025

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Mid-year 2026
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January – June 2026

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GCC Integrated
Baseline

August 2026

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Annual Report
2024

January – December 2024

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Annual Report
2023

January – December 2023

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Annual Report
2022

January – December 2022

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Distance is the diagnosis

Kenya’s North Coast is defined by isolation, insecurity and climate shock. These are the counties Safari Doctors was built for.

641
maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in Garissa
38 / 41
infant deaths per 1,000 live births, Tana River and Garissa
23%
modern family planning use in Tana River, against 57% nationally
22
villages reached by outreach in the first half of 2026

What We Do

Three connected pillars. Each works on its own; together they are what we mean by One Health.

Youth Health Ambassadors at a training session in Lamu
Pillar oneYouth

Youth Health Ambassadors

Young people aged 18–25, recruited from the villages they serve and accredited as Community Health Workers. 337 trained since 2017.

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Women waiting at a Safari Doctors mobile clinic
Pillar twoAdvocacy

Women’s Voices & Advocacy

Maternal and reproductive health, and the organised women’s groups carrying those priorities into county health budgets and service design.

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Pillar threeOne Health

One Health Outreach

Mobile clinics by boat and road, the Safari Vets clinic at Shela, medical centres across Lamu County, and a referral pathway into Shungwaya Hospital.

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Ways to Give

Costs taken from our own programme budgets. Pick the one you want to hold open, and we will tell you what happened to it.

$78

One month of a Youth Health Ambassador’s stipend

$195

One emergency boat transfer, at night, in any weather

$350

A medical backpack — blood pressure monitor and diabetes screening kit

$775/mo

A full-time midwife for Kiangwe, where Mama Fatuma has delivered babies for a lifetime

$2,100

One Safari Vets camp: vaccines, drugs, transport, logistics

$5,800

One full monthly medical outreach, start to finish

Field Dispatches

The latest stories and updates from Lamu, Tana River and Garissa.

A Youth Health Ambassador leading a classroom session
YouthEvidence

Building health systems that listen earlier

What the 2026 baseline told us about what young people in Lamu already know, and what they are still asking for.

9 February 2026

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Quarterly update

Journey for Change: Q3 2025

Three months of outreach across Lamu, Tana River and Garissa, by the numbers.

31 October 2025

Bicycles distributed with World Bicycle Relief
PartnershipAccess

200 bicycles, and 47% off the journey to school

Travel time down from 146 minutes to 77. Monthly transport cost down 98%. Three local mechanics trained.

25 February 2025