Surgery in Turkana

Surgery in Turkana is an International Cooperation Project that was established in 2004. Its primary objective is to provide specialized surgical assistance to the population of Turkana, in the North of Kenya.

What is it?

International Cooperation Sanitary Project in Turkana: Surgical Assistance, Teaching, and Research.

What do we do?

To facilitate access for the most vulnerable Turkana population to surgical assistance in the Lodwar and Kakuma Mission Hospitals…

Why?

Turkana has a very precarious health situation, with a doctor-patient ratio of 1/75,000 inhabitants…

Collaborate

Surgery in Turkana

Improve the quality of life of the citizens of Turkana (Kenya) by facilitating health and surgical access to those in greatest need. Every year we conduct 15-day campaigns, covering various specialties.

Donation campaign

There are many ways to collaborate and all are valid. In this case, we present to you the donation campaign to take this project further and further.

Goal: 40,000€

25.560 €
3.000

Surgeries performed

8.700

Patients treated

255

Days of operation

Our goal is to help those who have the least

Who are we?

We are a non-profit organization

  • In Turkana, 220 children die for every 1000 births.

  • Life expectancy does not reach 55 years.

  • The doctor/patient ratio is 1:75,000.

  • They live with water scarcity, lack of communication in the region, and geographical isolation.

We want to try to work for a fairer world and contribute to alleviating, as much as possible, the numerous shortcomings that millions of human beings have.

About us

Much more than a surgical project

Turkana is a way of understanding life and telling it to our children. In search of hope and the conviction that if there are many of us, the world will change, and it will be fairer. Learn about our story in the following video.

Team

Our volunteers

CARMEN HERNÁNDEZ

Medical Director Surgery in Turkana

General surgeon for the digestive system. Since 2007 with Surgery in Turkana.

ROBERTO PEROMINGO

Surgeon

Gastrointestinal specialist.

JOAQUÍN VÁZQUEZ

Director of Logistics and Organization

In the field since 2012 with Surgery in Turkana

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