NewsMay 13, 2012
K.C. nursing student helps homeland
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A nursing student whose life was changed when she met a medical missionary while growing up in Kenya is planning a mission to her native land. Grace Mbuthia of Kansas City is raising money and seeking medical supplies for a 10-day medical camp in the Kenyan village where she grew up...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A nursing student whose life was changed when she met a medical missionary while growing up in Kenya is planning a mission to her native land.
Grace Mbuthia of Kansas City is raising money and seeking medical supplies for a 10-day medical camp in the Kenyan village where she grew up.
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The Kansas City Star reported she and three nurses from Joplin, Mo., will leave May 28. Twelve nurses and two clinical officers are ready to help her in Kenya.
Mbuthia said it's all a way to show her gratitude to a Canadian medical missionary who treated her heart problems for free when she was a young girl. Her family eventually moved to Joplin, but lost its apartment in last May's tornado.
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