Building Healthy Communities
AMREF believes that the power for lasting transformation of Africa's health lies within its communities.
We work with the some of the poorest and most marginalised people in Africa from remote rural areas, urban slums, nomadic communities and areas affected by conflict.
We develop health projects in close consultation with communities so that they are relevant to their specific needs; whether they are living in a slum in Nairobi, an internally displaced people’s camp in northern Uganda or a remote rural area in Ethiopia.
Communities identify their own health needs and AMREF then works with them to develop projects that will meet these needs. We believe that the community is resourceful, and so we put their interests and opinions first – working in partnership at all levels, every step of the way.
AMREF empowers communities to take control of their own health development and to help them demand the assistance and services to which they are entitled.
Across the many communities we work with, AMREF targets those who are most vulnerable to ill health: women, children under the age of five and young people.