At Tumaini, we are blessed with donors from many backgrounds—each bringing unique gifts to our shared mission. Today, we’d like you to meet Jennifer Davis, a Senior Research Manager at City of Hope whose work focuses on immune effector cell therapy—an approach that strengthens a patient’s own immune cells so they can better recognize and fight disease.

Jennifer was introduced to Tumaini through Valley Christian Church and has partnered with us for more than seven years. She sponsors two children from the coastal region of Kilifi and traveled to Kenya for the first time in 2023 with her church’s Vision Trip team.

Nothing prepared her for what she saw.

While visiting Kolewa, Jennifer toured the Kilifi County Medical Clinic. When asked to describe it in one word, she said simply: “Horrified. The clinic, serving nine villages, had only three small rooms with open windows, no privacy, and almost no supplies. Patients waited outside in the heat. There were only two nurses—Jennifer’s “sister nurses,” as she saw them—doing everything they could with almost nothing in their hands.

The nurses explained that pregnant mothers sometimes waited six to eight hours for an ambulance, depending on weather and road conditions. Many community members had stopped seeking care altogether because they believed nothing could be done for them. Others walked long distances or spent money meant to feed their families just to reach larger towns in hopes of finding treatment.

This is the reality for thousands of families along Kenya's coast. And yet this is where hope enters the story.

This year, Jennifer is returning to Kolewa during Tumaini’s regional medical outreach, a two‑day clinic that brings compassionate care, health education, lab testing, and essential medicines directly to the villages. For communities that feel forgotten, this outreach is a reminder that they matter and that someone sees them, values them, and is willing to stand with them.

Jennifer has partnered with Tumaini to raise the fundsneeded to make this outreach possible. Together, we expect to treat at least 500 patients each day. But without adequate funding, hundreds may go withoutcare.

This is where our village here in the U.S. can strengthen the villages in Kenya.

Will you join Jennifer and Tumaini in bringing healing,dignity, and hope to nine rural communities? Your gift of any amount will directly fund medical consultations, lab tests, pharmaceuticals, supplies, and support for local staff. For families with no other access to care, this clinic is a lifeline.

💙 Give today and help make hope a reality.

With gratitude,

The Tumaini Team