The Shikuri Project

09/20/2026

❤️ 30 CHILDREN. 100% ON TREATMENT. ZERO DEATHS.

We are proud to share the latest clinical and program performance results from The Shikuri Project in Homa Bay County, Kenya.

Our August 2026 quarterly clinic provides encouraging evidence of how the health of our children has changed since their initial clinic in March 2025 17 months’ ago.

📉 Painful crises: down 88.5% → 10%
🏥 Hospitalizations: down 92.3% → 23.3%
🩸 Blood transfusions: down 65.4% → 23.3%
❤️ Severe anaemia: down 61.5% → 6.7%
🌡️ Febrile illness: down 92.3% → 6.7%

✅ 30 children are enrolled in care
✅ 100% remain on hydroxyurea
✅ 100% receive active community follow-up
✅ ZERO deaths since the program began

These numbers represent much more than statistics.

They represent children experiencing fewer painful crises, fewer hospital stays and fewer serious complications — and families receiving the continuous care and support their children need.

Our work at Ndhiwa Sub-County Hospital is showing what can be achieved when early diagnosis is followed by continuous treatment, clinical monitoring, preventive care, caregiver education and community follow-up.

And our work is far from finished.

As sickle cell screening expands across Homa Bay County, more children will be diagnosed. Shikuri is working to help build the critical bridge from diagnosis to lifelong care, so that a positive sickle cell diagnosis is followed by treatment, monitoring and hope.

Our goal remains clear: to help dramatically reduce preventable deaths among young children living with sickle cell disease.

To our clinical team, Community Health Practitioners, partners, supporters — and especially our Shikuri families — thank you. ❤️

Together, we are showing that where a child is born should not determine whether that child survives sickle cell disease.

Healthy Children. Brighter Tomorrows.

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08/21/2026

See Our Children Thank Our Donor

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We are delighted to share another important milestone for The Shikuri Project as we complete our Sixth Quarterly Sickle Cell Clinic, on August 7, 2026, in partnership with the County Government of Homa Bay.

At this clinic, 30 children living with sickle cell disease, most of whom are under 5, who are enrolled in the Shikuri program received pneumococcal vaccinations—a critical intervention that helps protect them from potentially life-threatening bacterial infections, including pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infections.

Children with sickle cell disease are at significantly greater risk of serious pneumococcal infection because the disease can impair the function of the spleen, which plays an important role in fighting infection.

That is why prevention is such an important part of the Shikuri model.

Our children receive a comprehensive package of ongoing sickle cell care that includes:

❤️ Regular quarterly clinical follow-up
💊 Hydroxyurea and other essential medications
🧪 Laboratory monitoring
💉 Preventive vaccination
👩🏾‍⚕️ Specialist medical oversight
🏡 Community and caregiver support and education

This clinic was made even more special through the generosity of Dr. Babette Weksler, Board Member of The Shikuri Project, who donated the pneumococcal vaccines for our children.

Thank you, Dr. Weksler, for helping us protect our children—not only by treating sickle cell disease, but by preventing the serious illnesses that can threaten their lives.

Six quarterly clinics represent something very important to us: continuity of care. Sickle cell disease cannot be addressed through diagnosis alone. Children need consistent medication, monitoring, preventive care, clinical follow-up, and support for their families.

Through our partnership with the County Government of Homa Bay, we are working to demonstrate that this kind of comprehensive, continuous care can prevent avoidable illness, improve health outcomes, and give children living with sickle cell disease the opportunity for healthier futures.

Six clinics and counting. ❤️

Help Us Reach the Children Still Waiting

The Shikuri children you see receiving care are among the fortunate ones. Hundreds more children living with sickle cell disease are still waiting for the treatment and ongoing care they need.

Join us in reaching them.

Your donation can help provide essential medications, laboratory monitoring, vaccinations, clinical follow-up and continuous sickle cell care — giving more children the opportunity to grow, thrive and live healthier lives.

DONATE TODAY — HELP US REACH THE NEXT CHILD

Together, we can ensure that no child is left waiting for care.

08/19/2026

❤️

We are delighted to share another important milestone for The Shikuri Project as we complete our Sixth Quarterly Sickle Cell Clinic, on August 7, 2026, in partnership with the County Government of Homa Bay.

At this clinic, 30 children living with sickle cell disease, most of whom are under 5, who are enrolled in the Shikuri program received pneumococcal vaccinations—a critical intervention that helps protect them from potentially life-threatening bacterial infections, including pneumonia, meningitis, and bloodstream infections.

Children with sickle cell disease are at significantly greater risk of serious pneumococcal infection because the disease can impair the function of the spleen, which plays an important role in fighting infection.

That is why prevention is such an important part of the Shikuri model.

Our children receive a comprehensive package of ongoing sickle cell care that includes:

❤️ Regular quarterly clinical follow-up
💊 Hydroxyurea and other essential medications
🧪 Laboratory monitoring
💉 Preventive vaccination
👩🏾‍⚕️ Specialist medical oversight
🏡 Community and caregiver support and education

This clinic was made even more special through the generosity of Dr. Babette Weksler, Board Member of The Shikuri Project, who donated the pneumococcal vaccines for our children.

Thank you, Dr. Weksler, for helping us protect our children—not only by treating sickle cell disease, but by preventing the serious illnesses that can threaten their lives.

Seven quarterly clinics represent something very important to us: continuity of care. Sickle cell disease cannot be addressed through diagnosis alone. Children need consistent medication, monitoring, preventive care, clinical follow-up, and support for their families.

Through our partnership with the County Government of Homa Bay, we are working to demonstrate that this kind of comprehensive, continuous care can prevent avoidable illness, improve health outcomes, and give children living with sickle cell disease the opportunity for healthier futures.

Six clinics and counting. ❤️

Help Us Reach the Children Still Waiting

The Shikuri children you see receiving care are among the fortunate ones. Hundreds more children living with sickle cell disease are still waiting for the treatment and ongoing care they need.

Join us in reaching them.

Your donation can help provide essential medications, laboratory monitoring, vaccinations, clinical follow-up and continuous sickle cell care — giving more children the opportunity to grow, thrive and live healthier lives.

DONATE TODAY — HELP US REACH THE NEXT CHILD

Together, we can ensure that no child is left waiting for care.

05/15/2026

🎉 Today, May 14, we celebrate a powerful milestone for The Shikuri Project! 🎉

One full year of continuous clinics completed for our inaugural cohort of children in Homa Bay County, Kenya—and the results have been spectacular.

We proudly congratulate our patients, caregivers, community health workers, medical partners, and generous donors whose commitment made this possible.

Please see details and photos in the attached news release from Homa bay County…. Because of you:

❤️ Children once at high risk are now thriving

💊 Medication adherence exceeds 95%

🏥 Hospitalizations and pain crises have dramatically declined

👩‍👧 Caregivers are more empowered and informed

🤝 Community health workers have ensured no child is left behind

This is more than a program milestone—it is proof that continuous, structured, community-embedded care saves lives.

To every donor who believed…

To every caregiver who persevered…

To every health worker who walked village paths…

To every child who showed courage…

THANK YOU.

Together, we are transforming survival into hope, health, and future.





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12/19/2025

Dear friends,
I’m happy to share that our work is featured in today’s Kenya Star (December 19, 2025).

Please take a moment to read and share the article. With your support, we can mobilize resources to expand our work and save more lives.

If you’re able, please consider donating here:
👉 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4HSZ7R3V49PZG&ssrt=1766159474411

Thank you for standing with us.