M-PESA Foundation, in partnership with Zuri Health and Lion Sight First Eye Hospital, has benefitted over 3,000 residents through a free medical camp held at Unoa Grounds, Wote Town, Makueni County.
Among the key medical services provided at the camp included women’s health consultations, where women received services such as breast cancer screening, prenatal clinics, antenatal checkups and child clinics. Other services included eye care consultations, dental screenings and general doctor consultations. Earlier on, the Foundation handed over 100 Mama Packs to new mothers and expectant women at Makueni County Referral Hospital to boost maternal health.
(TOP: Makueni County Deputy Governor Lucy Mulili – left – and Sophiah Zubeda, MPESA Foundation’s Programme Manager – centre – gift Janet Katumbi, a new mother, with a Mama Pack at The Makueni Mother and Child Hospital in Makueni on 22nd February 2025 during the M-PESA Foundation Medical Camp).
“Health is one of our key pillars, and through these medical camps, we have taken critical services closer to people across the country. By integrating technology into these medical camps, we can follow up on their progress after getting treatment. These camps enhance our health interventions through partnerships with county governments ensuring we reach more communities,” said Nicholas Ng’ang’a, M-PESA Foundation Chairman.
Makueni marks the 25th medical camp in the second phase of the programme, where over 53,000 people have benefitted from free critical medical care in 18 counties, including Nairobi, Machakos, Taita Taveta, Nakuru, Kwale, Siaya, Migori, Kajiado and Kisii among others.
Leveraging technology, the camps offer patients free follow-up consultations with doctors via SMS and WhatsApp for up to six months.
In Makueni County, Safaricom, through its Foundations, has implemented several health interventions, including the construction of a Kshs 27 million maternity complex at Tawa Sub-County Hospital and a free fistula camp at Makueni County Referral Hospital where over 200 women received surgery and treatment.
Under Safaricom Foundation’s Ndoto Zetu initiative, facilities such as Itumbule Health Centre, Kako Health Centre, Kilungu Sub-County Hospital and Kalamba Dispensary have received equipment to improve service delivery.
Since its inception in 2010, the M-PESA Foundation partnered with Kenyans on large scale and long term highly impactful social projects. It aims to promote Health, Education and Environmental Conservation for the social and economic benefit of the people of Kenya and has reached over 3 million people over the years.
Under health, the Foundation has invested in Uzazi Salama, a Maternal and Newborn health project and Daktari Smart, a telemedicine programme that links and provides treatment to children in 6 hard-to-reach counties in Kenya. In education it supports bright children from poor backgrounds through the M-PESA Foundation Academy.
Under environmental conservation, they have invested in a fencing project at the Mau Eburu forest to curb recurring human-wildlife conflict, partnered with Reteti Elephant Sanctuary to help protect the orphaned and abandoned elephant calves in the Sanctuary and partnered with NRT to establish and conserve viable and genetically diverse population of Roan Antelope within Ruma National Park in Kenya
Under Integrated livelihoods M-PESA Foundation has partnered with the Kenya Red Cross Society to rehabilitate Nyalani dam in Kwale County to improve food security and livelihoods for the people of Kinango.
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