Do you or someone you know have kidney disease?   

Does someone you know need a kidney transplant? 

KCE cares!  The KCE Program serves low-income and disenfranchised adults with kidney challenges.  KCE provides education, guidance, information and inspiration to help you find constructive solutions.  We build bridges between vulnerable populations and resources/support services in the medical community in order to reach better outcomes for our clients.  We facilitate access to both local and national resources.

Email: kce@camarin.org

Shar Carlyle, Program Director

tel 415.526.7523 | fax 415.457.9677

Community Action Marin | 29 Mary Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 | phone 415.526.7500 • fax 415.457.9677 | cam@camarin.org

Donations

The KCE Program is sustainable with your help.  Your tax deductible donations ensure that more people will receive the gift of a healthy, productive life.   Please make your check payable to:  CAM/KCE, Attention:  Shar Carlyle, KCE/Community Action Marin, 29 Mary Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 

The Challenge

 As of April 2012,  over 114,000 people are waiting for organ transplant in the United States.  If you are in need of a kidney transplant you are particularly at risk.  Due to a severe organ shortage, thousands will endure grueling dialysis with a 5-year survival rate of approximately 35%;  at 10 years, only 10.5% have survived.  The failure to meet this demand has sparked a paradigm shift, from sole reliance on deceased donor kidneys to actively embarking on living donor transplant searches. Innovations such as paired donations and Web assisted altruistic living donation are allowing more people to live with better outcomes.

The Goal

We are working toward a future in which everyone who needs a kidney transplant receives one.

 

Client Services
  • Participants must be adults over the age of 18, or in the company of a parent or legal guardian. The KCE program is staffed solely by peer volunteers.  CAM, the KCE Program and its volunteers do not provide medical advice, therapy, or make medical decisions.  For medical questions, please consult your physician.
  • KCE consultations, by appt. M-F, 9 am to 12 pm.  Private, confidential, HIPAA compliant
  • Assessment of client’s current situation and action plan
  • Peer coaching and support
  • First hour is free; additional coaching time $60.00/hr. by donation
History

In 2008, in response to a nationwide gap in vital information for adults with kidney challenges, cofounders Shar Carlyle and Jerome Strom paired up to launch Strom Kidney Education Fund. In 2010, to better reflect our mission the program was renamed Kidney Community Education, "The KCE Program." The KCE program was created to help those caught between the challenge of a life-threatening health condition and constructive solutions. 

 

Medical Advisory Board

 

We gratefully acknowledge our medical advisors, Gordon Manshil, M.D., and Vasyl Warvariv, M.D.  Grateful also to Community Action Marin for serving as our Fiscal Agent.