About us
Operation Ear Drop Kenya is a charitable organization
Operation Ear Drop Kenya (OED-K) is a charitable organization founded to provide preventive, surgical and rehabilitative services to Kenyans with hearing problems with emphasis on underprivileged children. OED Kenya targets those Kenyans that are unable to access these services due to financial problems, unavailability of specialized services in their areas, and/or lack of appropriately trained health workers.
Our history
Operation Ear Drop was originally founded in the Netherlands in November 1983 with the aim of providing free ear operations to needy children in Kenya. A local chapter, OED-K was formed in 2003 to take care of activities in Kenya. Initially, the program was providing free ear surgery for needy children in Nairobi Hospitals using volunteer ENT specialists from the Netherlands.
Our Services
OED Kenya provides
Operation Ear Drop Kenya has successfully provided service to improve the lives of thousands of hearing impaired children in Kenya for over 25 years. OED-K has expanded its activities to include:
- School hearing health programme in Informal settlements in Nairobi in Collaboration with Nairobi City County.
- Provision of free quality hearing aids to hearing impaired children in partnership with Starkey Hearing Foundation.
- Screening of noise induced hearing loss, health education and provision of ear protectors to Jua Kali artisans in collaboration with the Retirements Benefit Authority.
Ear Surgery Sessions
Surgical Outreach missions around the greater kenyan area
The surgery session targets the underprivileged in the society. The surgeries will be conducted by the volunteer team of Doctors from Netherlands in collaboration with the University of Nairobi-ENT department of surgery.
Case studies
Our Recent Projects
OED Kenya targets those Kenyans that are unable to access these services due to financial problems, unavailability of specialized services in their areas, and/or lack of appropriately trained health workers.
Operation Ear Drop Kenya
The 3rd Annual East African Endoscopic Ear Surgery Course
concluded successfully on Saturday 25th November 2017 at Nairobi Surgical Skills Center, University of Nairobi. The course was organized by Operation Ear Drop Kenya and the faculty included Dr. Chimmy Omamo-Olende (Kenya) and Prof. Mohamed Badreldine (Egypt).
