CURE Kenya

Kijabe, Kenya

HealthDisabilityChildren & Youth

Faith-based organisationFounded 1998National reach

Profile last updated: July 13, 2026

About

Founded in 1998, CURE Kenya is a faith-based organisation based in Kijabe, Kenya working on health, disability, children & youth.

CURE Kenya is a faith-based, not-for-profit children's teaching hospital in Kijabe, Kenya, operated under the African Inland Church and part of the CURE International network. Opened in 1998 as Kenya's first orthopaedic teaching hospital, it provides funded surgeries, devices, rehabilitation and outpatient consultations for children living with disabilities, alongside emotional and spiritual care for patients and families. The hospital also trains doctors in paediatric orthopaedics as a regional learning institution and runs mobile clinics in remote areas of Kenya.

Location

Kijabe, Kenya

Founded

1998

Organisation type

Faith-based organisation

Focus areas

pediatric orthopaedicsdisabilitychildren's hospitalmobile clinicsmedical trainingfaith-based healthcare

Languages

Causes & programmes

Causes

HealthDisabilityChildren & Youth

Works for

ChildrenPeople with disabilitiesFamiliesPatients

How they work

Direct servicesCapacity buildingAwareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

MYP 4045

Disability · Kenya

A three-year project to improve quality of life for children with disabilities, their families and communities through surgeries, devices, rehabilitation, mobile clinics and improved orthopaedic human resource capacity.

Wezesha Elimu

Education · Kenya

A project funded by CBM Global and Safaricom Foundation that removes barriers to education for children with disabilities, with CURE providing the medical interventions.

Mobile clinics

Health · Kenya

Mobile clinics in remote locations, including Bura, Kargi, Namarei and Kilifi, where children are screened and scheduled for surgery at the CURE hospital at no cost to families.

Countries of operation

Kenya

Funding & support

Ways to support

Corporate partnership

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

SafeCare Level 5 accreditation

Partnerships

CBM Global, Safaricom Foundation, Cheshire Disability, Smile Train, Tim Tebow Foundation, Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF), Carolyn Jane Foundation, Child Fund, M-Pesa Foundation, GardaWorld Security Africa, MOHI, AIC Health Ministries, The College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa