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Thanks to generous support from UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, SC Johnson & Son, Inc., the Virginia Wellington Cabot Foundation, and numerous private donors, CFK is in the process of constructing a new, eco-friendly Tabitha Clinic. Projected completion: December 2007.

TABITHA CLINIC

TABITHA CLINIC

clinic photoFounded by the late Tabitha Atieno Festo, a widowed registered nurse from Kibera, Tabitha Medical Clinic is a community-based medical clinic that provides primary healthcare and youth-friendly services to Kibera residents in partnership with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Tabitha Clinic offers healthcare to all residents on a sliding-fee scale. The clinic treats approximately 20,000 patients each year (over 100 daily) and offers basic laboratory, pharmaceutical, and children’s health services. The clinic is one of the only medical facilities in Kibera that staffs two fulltime physicians. 

CFK has provided training for volunteers in the community to become home-based care providers, a program that has received generous support from Stop Hunger Now.  Tabitha Clinic welcomes volunteer medical students and faculty from UNC and Duke University Medical Schools.