Jim Koenigsaecker

Photojournalist

Safari Doctors

Location: Sacramento

Nationality: American

Biography: Jim Koenigsaecker dedicated the first 10 years of his adult life to newspaper journalism. He worked his way up from a copy boy to an editor, but, his passion was always photojournalism. During the glory days of newspapers, Jim covered everything... read on

Salama Bakari, Posho Mohammed and Shanga Nzole carry medicines ashore to the Safari Doctors clinic in the village of Kiangwe, Kenya.

Aweer people arrive at the Safari Doctors clinic in the village of Bahamisi on Pate Island in Kenya. The Aweer are a marginalized, indigenous people who subsist on hunting and gathering along the coasts of Kenya and Somalia.

Doctor Mila Ibrahim examines a patient on Pate Island in Kenya.

Amina Shee checks the blood pressure of a women in the village of Kiangwe.

Nurse Harrison Kalu prepares to vaccinate an infant in the village of Kiangwe, Kenya.

Nurse Harrison Kalu vaccinates an infant in the village of Kiangwe, Kenya.

Fatima Ali, age 4, carrying a bundle of Ukwaju fruit she has collected to make into juice in the village of Kiangwe, Kenya.

Captain Fahmi Said steers the Mama Daktari along the coast of Kenya.

Dr. Athman Vae places an IV in Omar Shongwa in Shongwa’s mud hut in the village of Bahamisi, Kenya. Safari Doctors makes house calls for people who are too ill to visit their clinics.

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Jackson Mugambi hangs a bag of IV fluids for Omar Shongwa on the wall of Shongwa’s mud hut in the village of Bahamisi, Kenya.

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Captain Fahmi Said and Maryam Abdallah load medicines aboard the Mama Daktari at Shela Pier in Kenya.

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Captain Fahmi Said weighs anchor on the Mama Daktari off the coast of Kenya.

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Shanga Nzole and the Safari Doctors team aboard the Mama Daktari off the coast of Kenya.

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Safari Doctors

Copyright Jim Koenigsaecker 2022

Date of Work Aug 2021 - Aug 2021

Updated Nov 2021

Location Lamu, Kenya

Archived as Documentary, Editorial, Health/Healing, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Illness, Journalism, NGO, Photography, Photojournalism, Poverty

Safari Doctors is a social enterprise based in Lamu, Kenya. Their team of doctors and nurses sail to remote villages along the coast of Kenya near the boarder with Somalia to provide much needed medical care.