On the road to new plans - and a special meeting in Valencia

Project update August 2025 - Koroboi Foundation

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In our previous blog, we proudly recounted the successful completion of the project around the new beds at Kibara hospital. A visible step forward, made possible by the support of so many. Now, together with the hospital board, we look further ahead.

We feel the right time has come to work with the hospital board to start making concrete plans for the short and medium term. We have now been provided with a clear statement from Kibara: an overview of medical equipment and resources that are in urgent need of replacement. This list focuses on three crucial parts of the hospital:

the operating room
the laboratory
and the maternity ward

These include outdated, defective or missing equipment and materials that directly affect the quality of care. Of course, as a foundation, we don't want to simply purchase, but careful consideration. Consider:
🔧 reliability and maintenance
💡 ease of use in local conditions
📉 Depreciation and expenses
🧭 which is most urgent?

A New Milestone for the Koroboi Foundation: Signing the MoU

Photo: Doctor from Valencia performs an ultrasound on a sick child in Kibara (photo courtesy of doctor involved, the child and parents).

UVC website photo: Kibara hospital and UVC Valencia collaboration

Photo website UVC: UVC Valencia volunteers with children at Lake Victoria in Kibara

To deepen this process and arrive at the right choices, we decided to further intensify our cooperation with the hospital administration. In September 2025, therefore, we as a board will travel to Valencia, for a face-to-face meeting with:

Bishop Simon of Bunda, chairman of the hospital board
His assistant and secretary Maria Almudena
And Pedro Bayarri, affiliated to the University of Valencia

The University of Valencia has maintained a valuable cooperation with Kibara hospital for several years. A good example is the special project in which Spanish therapists and students worked together on innovative paediatric rehabilitation Based on occupational therapy. Read more about it in this article:
👉 UCV - Proyecto pionero de terapia ocupacional infantil en Tanzania

During our meeting in Valencia, we want to deepen our relations, strengthen our mutual commitment and above all, the plans that are now on the table going to concretise together. This is an important step towards a better-equipped hospital in Kibara.

💬 Good to know: this trip is funded entirely from the private funds of the board and does not constitute a burden on the assets of Koroboi Foundation.

In our next newsletter we look back on the past six months and look ahead to this meeting and the next projects.

Sharing together, with love.
- Koroboi Foundation