Clinic celebrates 25 years

ICROSS Maasai clinic celebrates 25 years of programmes.


Saruni Ole Lengeny announced today that ICROSS will celebrate twenty five years of health programmes at one of our longest serving clinics. After the 1983 drought we worked with communities and villages to provide long term health services owned and run by the communities. By early 1985 we began building funded by the British High Commission. Together with Paul Ole Lasoi, Danieal and Supuk OleNtilai we opened a nutrition programme for Maasai villages in the area. Now 25 years later there is a dynamic health programme serving Many Maasai communities across Maasai land. Following earlier successes building clinics serving the Nomadic communities ICROSS extending Mother and child health, Malaria control and child survival.



The Founder and International Director Dr Michael Meegan met with Maasai leaders today to plan celebrations of Inyonyori Clinic. He said " When I first came here many years ago I decided to work with the communities towards a long term health plan, this would take a life time. We are all excited to see the impact of long term community health and the real change in community owned health systems" The ICROSS model is based on health systems that are people owned and driven.

" We built earlier dispensaries, but this is the one that has co ordinated most of the famine relief, child survival and safe motherhood", said Saruni.

It has served the Maasai Communities since July 1985. There will be events and community celebrations over the next few months to mark the occasion.