Reliving the Merciful Love of Christ for the Sick
The Order of the Ministers of the Sick, a living part of the Church, has received from God, through its Founder St. Camillus de Lellis, the gift of reliving the ever-present merciful love of Christ for the sick and bearing witness to it to the world.
In Kenya we live this gift through hospitals, chaplaincy, formation, parishes and community programmes.
How We Serve the Sick and Their Families
Hospital Chaplaincy
Pastoral care at The Nairobi Hospital, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, St. Mary’s Mission Hospitals (Nairobi and Nakuru) and Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, Mombasa.
Health Care Facilities
Tabaka Mission Hospital (Kisii) and St. Camillus Mission Hospital (Karungu).
Vulnerable Children
Dala Kiye Children Welfare Home in Karungu serves the most vulnerable children.
Parish Ministry
St. Peter, Kwihota and Mary Help of Christians, Ndundu (Archdiocese of Nairobi); St. Camillus, Nyamarambe (Diocese of Kisii); St. Camillus de Lellis, Rodi (Diocese of Homa Bay); and Junda, to be erected soon (Archdiocese of Mombasa).
CADIS Kenya
Camillian Disaster Services International (CADIS), which operated as the Camillian Task Force (CTF), is now a registered non-governmental organisation (NGO) serving vulnerable populations.
Clinical Pastoral Education
Training in pastoral care of the sick at Bolech House, Nairobi.
St. Camillus School of Nursing
Training nurses at Tabaka, Kisii.
- Health care
- Chaplaincy
- Outreach
- Formation
- Mercy
- Health care
- Chaplaincy
- Outreach
- Formation
- Mercy
Our Ministry in Pictures
Scenes from our hospitals, school of nursing and income projects that keep our facilities running.
Responding to Emergencies
Camillian Disaster Services International (CADIS), which operated as the Camillian Task Force (CTF), is now registered in Kenya as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) serving vulnerable populations.
Food Emergency Relief Program
Funded by CADIS International, CADIS Kenya launched a food relief program on 9th June 2020 for vulnerable households in the informal settlements of Kuwinda and Gataka. It was the first project implemented under CADIS Kenya.
CEI Project Call for COVID-19
Through the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI) project call, CADIS Kenya helped three Camillian health facilities acquire medical equipment: St. Camillus Health Center Ndundu, Tabaka and Karungu Mission Hospitals.
P. Avi: An Authentic Camillian
Fr. Francesco Avi, missionary doctor and surgeon, served the sick in Taiwan and then for 32 years at Tabaka Mission Hospital. He died in Cremona, Italy, on 18th March 2020, the eve of the Feast of St. Joseph.
Fr. Paolo Guarise remembers his confrere in a tribute and an interview recorded on his last day in Kenya.
Fr. Francesco Avi (1934–2020)
Partner with Our Hospitals and Programmes
Medical volunteers, donors and partner organisations help us reach more of the sick.