Projects

Africa Healing Foundation (AHF) works in hard-to-reach communities to provide and address health related services such as mental health support, nutrition, youth problems, physical health and fitness. This helps the organization to identify gaps in the communities and provide solutions to close those gaps.

Our outreach programmes are tailored to have the whole person in mind and therefore incorporate different activities that address the physiological, psychological, emotional, and social needs of vulnerable people. This is done through various outreach programs; whose main purpose is to educate and encourage preventative care through the following channels:

The AHF team goes into the communities to educate the people with regards to how they will help them improve their mental health as well as the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle. In our preliminary research, we discovered that there is a link between health and poverty. The lack of finances, information or access to health services is a barrier in the early intervention and prevention of diseases. As an organisation, we aim to address this disparity by reducing the inequalities to health and education access in order to create a healthier and better future for all.

One of the benefits of the community farming is that the people are able to grow their own crops so that they are able to eat healthy. Furthermore, they will also be able to sell their produce in order to raise capital for use in the home. This greatly improves their mental health as they are no longer worried about provision and finances. Additionally, they get to learn that certain types of foods improve their mental health as well. For example, did you know that avocados help reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and they also calm your mind when you’re anxious? And did you also know that ginger is great for your muscles?