Kenyan woman living in Israel narrates living through raging war

• Wanja Mwaura, once a renowned philanthropist who took children to school, cared for the sick and built houses for the homeless, is now dodging missiles, just like other people in the country
• Mwaura was taken ill in 2024, and she was battling multiple sclerosis that required more than KSh 2.5 million to treat at the time
• Currently, Wanja is hospitalised in Israel, and she faces challenges due to ongoing conflicts affecting her health and safety and the intense war this time started when she was about to return home

Israel: Renowned philanthropist Wanja Mwaura, who went to Israel for treatment, has shared how she is surviving the current raging war between Israel and Iran, and she said that it is the most intense one she has seen in the country.

For many years, Wanja was a celebrated philanthropist who built houses for the needy, took their children to school, cared for orphans and took on other cases of activism. Many were saddened to learn that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

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The latter is a condition where the immune system attacks the nervous system, and after trying to get the best treatment in Kenya, she had to move to Israel for treatment. At the time, she was seeking KSh 2.5 million for treatment.

This is after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis—a condition where the immune system attacks the nervous system. She told NgGossips that since her diagnosis, her health had taken a toll, affecting her lower limbs and making her unable to walk.

When did Wanja leave Kenya?

Wanja Mwaura left the country in 2024 to seek treatment for a condition that could not be treated in Kenya, and after the treatment, the doctor had given her a clean bill of health; she was due to return to the country in March.

“The doctor gave me a clean bill of health, and that is why I was intending to return home. I found an ongoing war, and it stopped, and in July last year there was another one between the US and Iran; that lasted for two weeks,” she said of her experience.

According to Wanja, this time the war is very intense, and it is something that she had not bargained for; here they are talking of missiles, rockets and not gunshots.

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“You have to find a way of becoming like one of them, and you have to learn about what happens during the war. There are so many ways of alerting you that there are going to be missiles, and there is a red alert that comes to your phone showing a rocket has been fired; you need to go to a protective area,” she said.

“It tells you the timeframe you should be at the bomb shelter, and that is 90 seconds to get away from where you are to the nearest shelter. All public facilities have bunkers; you can get them on the roads, hospitals and schools,” she said.

Kenyans in Israel check on each other all the time, and even when a siren goes off, they check on each other, and so far, they have been quite safe. Wanja said the Kenyan consulate gave them a link to register and nothing more than that because of a lack of communication.

She, however, shared that it is not a whole-day thing, and you can go about your normal day-to-day things. Public gatherings such as schools or going to the synagogues are, however, banned.

US-based woman raises money for Wanja Mwaura

In 2025, Wanja was on the receiving end of kindness as she battled multiple sclerosis, as a woman from the USA came through for her.

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US-based Kenyan Wairimu Kimani and the Diaspora Prayer Closet delivered on their promise to support the costly treatment of the young woman.

Well-wishersj rallied both locally and internationally for Wanja’s recovery and kept intensifying ongoing fundraising efforts.

Source: NgGossips