Tiba Foundation Champions of the Boda Girls

Happy Birthday to our Board President, Dr. Bill Plautz!

We are deeply grateful for your steady leadership, your commitment to strengthening community health systems, and the care you bring to every conversation and visit. Your support of Tiba continues to help shape thoughtful, grounded approaches to health and healing.

Wishing you a year ahead filled with good health, joy, and continued impact!

At Matibabu, we’re seeing what changes when grief isn’t pushed aside or carried alone. Families come into spaces like the Serenity Garden to sit, reflect, and be with what they’ve lost - supported by counselors and a community that understands grief as part of care, not separate from it. These simple, grounded spaces make room for people to mourn in dignity and begin to heal together.

We are so proud of Nancy Akeyo, founding CEO of Boda Girls, who has been nominated for the Kayana Innovation Excellence Award! Her dedication to Boda Girls' success is a true inspiration ✨ Please vote for her to win at this link: https://bit.ly/KayanaAwardsVoting26

Happy Birthday to Tiba Board Member and long-time volunteer, Dr. Michael Mellenthin! Thank you for your dedication and care 💖

Maternal Health Week is a reminder that safe pregnancy and childbirth should never depend on where a woman lives.

Around the world, too many women still face preventable risks - without access to skilled care, transportation, or timely treatment.

At Tiba Foundation, we see how investing in systems, training, and community-led solutions can change that. When women have access to care, families and communities are stronger.

Maternal health isn’t just a health issue, it’s a foundation for everything that follows.

This Earth Day, we’re thinking about access.

For many communities in rural Kenya, reaching healthcare can mean traveling long distances over difficult terrain - challenges that are only growing as climate change brings more extreme weather and unpredictable conditions.

Boda Girls are helping change that, making it easier and safer for women to get where they need to go, even when the journey isn’t simple. Many are now riding electric motorcycles, reducing emissions while expanding access to care.

Because access to care shouldn’t depend on the road, the weather, or where you live.

We love our volunteers!

They bring more than time. They bring expertise, curiosity, and a deep commitment to making systems stronger.

Through our work with Matibabu Foundation, volunteer Quality Improvement experts partner with local leaders to study challenges, test solutions, and build processes that last.

They lead webinars, share knowledge across continents, and show up in person to train and support medical teams. Their impact is not one moment. It is ongoing, thoughtful, and deeply collaborative.

From clinical guidance to operational insight, our volunteers help turn good care into better care.

We are incredibly grateful for the role they play in everything we do.

Happy Birthday, Mary Ann van Dam! 🎉

Thank you for your lasting impact on the nursing school that proudly bears your name, and for continuing to celebrate with graduates each year - it means so much to our nursing community. Wishing you a wonderful day!

Real, lasting change in community health goes far beyond clinics and equipment.

It is about shifting mindsets, building trust, and creating environments where people feel seen, supported, and empowered.

Through our partnership with Matibabu Foundation, that transformation is happening every day.

Supporting HIV+ individuals to lead with courage by openly sharing their status and staying committed to treatment

Championing inclusion by uplifting people with disabilities and supporting their caregivers

Elevating women through education, jobs, and opportunity. From scholarships to the growth of Boda Girls, expanding access to care and income

This is what community health really looks like. People leading change from within.

A new cataract machine - donated by FIGS - is already changing what’s possible for patients we serve.

Cataracts are one of the leading causes of preventable blindness, but treatment requires the right equipment, and access is often the biggest barrier.

This machine means:
• More surgeries performed locally
• Shorter wait times
• Restored vision for patients who would otherwise go without care

It’s not just a piece of equipment - it’s independence, mobility, and dignity returned.