2008 Year In Review

Every year, Open Arms International touches thousands of lives with medical care and the love of Jesus. Look at what your generous support made possible in Eldoret, Kenya in 2008:

During outreaches

Treated more than 3,000 people in medical, dental, and eye clinics
Served 1,300 children through children’s ministry
Led almost 1,000 people to Christ
Evangelized to 2,575 people and gave Bibles to 300 people
Distributed 800 meals outside of our regular feeding program (OAI feeds
100 children 4 times per week, year-round)

In the aftermath of the Kenya post-election violence

Relocated 260 internally displaced people (IDPs) back to their homelands
Rebuilt 6 homes destroyed in the violence
Fed 200 children for 30 days
Provided 100 school sets to students taking exams in the IDP camps
Distributed hundreds of bags of rice, maize, and porridge to IDP camps
Worked alongside other organizations to treat 12,000 people in IDP camps

Jigger Digger

Removed jiggers from 18 children’s feet (and some parents)
Provided new socks and shoes for 96 children
Fumigated 24 homes for jiggers (38 rooms) and fumigated the local school
Provided 24 new mattresses for the children in those homes

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Open Arms International is an international humanitarian and development organization dedicated to raising children in Africa and India orphaned by AIDS, civil warfare, disease or other tragedy to reach their full potential.

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