About Tenwek School of Nursing

About Tenwek School of Nursing

Caring in Christ’s Name

Tenwek Hospital College of Health Sciences (Formally Tenwek School of Nursing) has been training qualified nurses since 1987.The college has a well-earned reputation as one of the best nursing schools in the country, and its graduates are the principle source of quality nurses for Tenwek Hospital.

Our vision is “To seek to be a Christian Centre of Excellence for training nurses by providing outstanding nurse education.”

Tenwek Hospital College of Health Sciences (Formally Tenwek School of Nursing) has been training qualified nurses since 1987.  In 1999, it graduated its first class of Registered Community Health Nurses.  The college has a well-earned reputation as one of the best nursing schools in the country, and its graduates are the principal source of quality nurses for Tenwek Hospital.

The hospital was founded in 1937 by missionaries from World Gospel Mission and has since grown to be a leading teaching and referral hospital in the region and one of the largest mission hospitals in Africa. It is a non-profit faith-based organization, a ministry of Africa Gospel Church and in partnership with World Gospel Mission.

We have a capacity of 300 beds and offers a wide-range of quality and affordable primary and specialized healthcare services.

Through partnerships with various organizations, long term and visiting physicians (Facilitated through Samaritan’s Purse), provide Tenwek patients with expertise in hospital care, out-patient treatment (Supported through USAID), and HIV/AIDS care through the PEPFARprogram.

Tenwek is also supported by Friends of Tenwek (FOT), a U.S.-based non-profit organization dedicated to developing key relationships and resources that help Tenwek fulfill its mission.  FOT has raised funds through various organizations and private donors to support the projects and goals of Tenwek Hospital in addition to keeping those who have visited Tenwek in the past informed and involved with what’s happening at Tenwek today. 

“Nothing we do at Tenwek Hospital would be possible without the complete and sanctifying love of our Savior Jesus Christ. He is the reason for our ministry. We work to meet the needs of the whole person, as reflected in the Hospital’s mission statement.”

Location

The college is a department of Tenwek Hospital, located 240 kilometers from Nairobi in Bomet County. Just 5 kilometers from Bomet town, Tenwek is situated in the hills at the edge of the highlands. As part of Tenwek Hospital, the college is administered as a subsidiary of Africa Gospel Church.

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