During the final season of their father’s life, Fred and Milton Ochieng carried his vision with them back to Dartmouth College and Vanderbilt University. They began to raise awareness in their sphere of influence; on the Dartmouth soccer team, in the Navigators Christian fellowship, through the Vanderbilt community service foundation. Drawing on many resources, they raised $25,000 in the spring of 2005.

They formed a committee in the U.S. to offer technical advice and fundraising support, which includes Dr. Peter Wright at Vanderbilt, Dr. Bill Young at Dartmouth, Craig Parker at Dartmouth, and others. They also sought technical advice from Prof. Jeffrey Sachs of the UN Millenium Project, and visited Sauri, one of the Millenium Villages near Lwala in Nyanza province, Kenya.

 Fred and Milton returned to Lwala in the summer of 2005, and broke ground on the clinic. The community worked together to build the clinic according to a plan designed by the Migori District Ministry of Public Works, following a model established for the Millenium Development Villages. Dartmouth College volunteers assisted in the construction of the clinic in the summer of 2005.

Milton met Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of the UN Millennium Project in New York in May 2005.

The Ochieng’s visited one of the Millennium Villages in Sauri in Nyanza, Kenya. Dr. Sachs and Dr. Cheryl Palm offered a blue-print of the Sauri clinic and great advice on starting the clinic.

The galvanized ironsheet roofing was completed in November 2005.

Dartmouth students working hand in hand with Lwala residents picking rocks for the foundation (Summer 2005)

A committee of 21 people comprising 3 from each of the 7 clans was elected. The committee interviews local skilled contractors, buys building materials, mobilizes community members to bring water, sand and stones from sources around the clinic site, and accounts for expenditure and transactions. Currently, all donations are tax deductible and are channeled through the Vanderbilt Department of Finance and wired to the clinic account in Kenya. Details of the Lwala Clinic Account in Kenya are as follows:

Erastus Ochieng’ Lwala Community Memorial health Clinic
National bank of Kenya Limited
Kisii Branch
Hospital Road
PO Box 2435 Kisii 40200
Kenya
Swift code NBKEKENXXXX

Lwala Community Alliance (based in Dartmouth College USA)

Milton Ochieng' (Vanderbilt Medicine 2008)
Frederick Ochieng  (Vanderbilt Medicine 2010)
William W. Young, MD (ObGyn Dartmouth Medical School)
Craig Parker  (Dartmouth Navigators Campus Minister)
Joel Wickre (UCSF School of Medicine)
Cathy Chamberlin (Dartmouth College)
Jeremiah Brown, PhD (Dartmouth Medical School, Public Health)
David Pyke, PhD
Susan Pyke 
Sarah Young
Caitlin Reiner (Dartmouth College 2006)