Serving Kenya Through Vision Care
GFV Mission Trip Report | April 12-23, 2025
A team of 12 volunteers from Great Faith Vision (GFV), along with a representative from Chariots for Hope traveled to Mulango, Kitui and Maai Mahiu, Kenya to provide eye screenings and comprehensive eye examinations for the children at AIC orphanages and members of the local communities. The team also established an eye screening clinic at the AIC Mulango Health Center.
Local pastors and our team leader shared the Gospel with patients as they waited to be registered and members of our clinical team had meaningful opportunities to pray with patients throughout the day.
Our travel team trained and collaborated with 26 Kenyan healthcare workers at each location—52 in total—working side by side to provide eye care services for 800 patients, including children. This far exceeded our original goal of reaching approximately 500 patients.
The clinics were scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM each day and patients began arriving much earlier. Our team stayed on site each day until every patient was examined. A few days this worked out to be approximately 12+ hours.
All services, including eyeglasses and eye drops were provided at no cost to the patients.
We dispensed 456 prescription eyeglasses and 63 sunglasses.
Of the 456 eyeglasses dispensed, 164 were ready made glasses
and were dispensed on site. The remaining 292 prescription eyeglasses with polycarbonate, single vision, bi-focal and progressive lenses were shipped to Kenya from the USA upon our return.
A key objective of our trip was to establish a sustainable, ongoing eye screening clinic. We are happy to report that we successfully trained two local nurses to perform vision screenings and to dispense ready-made eyeglasses, sunglasses, and eye drops.
We are extremely grateful for the prayers, encouragement, and generous financial support of our community—this journey would not have been possible without you.
A big thank you to our partners at Chariots for Hope, AIC Health Ministries, AIC Mulango Health Center, and the dedicated teams at the AIC Children’s Homes in Kitui, Mulango, and Maai Mahiu.
We also extend our sincere appreciation to the Government of Kitui and the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority for their vital support and collaboration.
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InSight 2024
GFV hosts its first informational dinner.
We are thrilled to share that GFV’s first informational dinner was a resounding success!
A heartfelt thank you to all who supported us with their attendance, volunteering and contributions.
The event spotlighted and celebrated the collective impact of our volunteers and supporters to date and highlighted projects for partnership and financial investment.
John R. Kreidler Memorial Clinic
This event also honored John R. Kreidler, GFV board member who passed away unexpectedly on June 10, 2024. We unveiled the plaque to be displayed at the eye clinic under development at AfriHope Mission Hospital in Berekum, Ghana, naming it in his honor.
A special thank you to Laurie, Tiffany, Tim and Bri Kreidler who were able to attend and participate in the unveiling and dedication ceremony for the John R. Kreidler Memorial Eye Clinic.
Looking Ahead
As we look ahead, we remain committed to our mission and are eager to engage with more of you as, together, we can do greater things.
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Did you know
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246 million in the world have moderate or severe visual impairment**
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80% of visual impairment is avoidable (readily treatable and/or preventable)**
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Restorations of sight is among the most cost-effective interventions in health care
Consider
Proverbs 14:31 "Whoever is kind to the needy honors God."
Psalm 67:7 "We are blessed to be a blessing to peoples of the earth that they will fear Him."
Matt 28:19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.."
Isaiah 6:8 "And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
**International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
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