By now you have probably heard of Medical Mercy, especially if you read Dr. Beyda’s blog below. But you may still have some questions about what Medical Mercy is and what it does. So before we focus on Medical Mercy’s efforts in Kenya, here are some more details about Medical Mercy.
 
The medical component of Mission of Mercy’s ministry to impoverished children, Medical Mercy focuses explicitly on the health of our children. Meeting our children’s medical needs is absolutely central to our ministry because proper health is crucial to a child’s ability to fulfill their God-given potential.
 
Our children’s health is at risk largely due to that fact that impoverished environments create conditions ripe for disease. Giant piles of rotting trash, lack of a functioning sewage system, and questionable water sources assault a child’s health on a daily basis. Tens of thousands of these same children die each day due to preventable diseases. Thanks to Medical Mercy, such a scenario will not become reality for our children.

Led by the program director, Dr. David Beyda, teams of medical professionals volunteer to provide medical care for children in our projects around the world. Medical Mercy typically sets up small clinics enabling them to serve anywhere from several hundred to several thousand children in a matter of days. During these clinics the Medical Mercy team will take a brief medical history, perform a health screening and examination, and prescribe necessary treatment from their traveling pharmacy.
 
Another important component of Medical Mercy is the training available for local project workers, as they see the children on a regular basis. Project staff who complete Health Care Worker training learn how to identify and treat common ailments, perform CPR and basic first aid, and provide full health examinations. This training is crucial to ensuring children have access to medical care that prevents a small illness from turning into a major health emergency.
Dr. Beyda and a Medical Mercy team are currently near Malindi, Kenya, serving alongside project staff trained as Health Care Workers. You can read more about their first day of clinics as well as how the Medical Mercy team approaches treatment when the technology we’re used to isn’t available.
 
We highly recommend following Dr. Beyda on Twitter or on his blog. We’ll post more updates as they come, but in the meantime please join us in prayer for this team and their necessary work. Medical Mercy is one of the ways we fulfill our commitment to show a child that he or she matters, and we are so grateful to partner with them.