How we work
We work with governments, donors, and the private sector to increase financial resources allocated for primary health care, with a more concentrated focus on the community level.
We partner with governments at national and local levels as well as multilateral institutions to champion the widespread adoption of effective policies, procedures, and strategies that improve the quality, efficiency, reach, and scope of health at the community level.
We connect with like-minded partners through coalitions and campaigns that promote a collective goal for community health within the larger panafrican agenda.
We help amplify the voices of community health workers by supporting them to advocate within their own countries, so they become digitally empowered, remunerated, supervised, and equipped with the right tools and resources to do their jobs.
To support our entrepreneurs as they launch their first businesses, we provide extensive business skills and financial literacy training designed for participants who have limited or no formal education.
The curriculum is holistic, covering sustainability, goal-setting, leadership, and family support. It promotes environmental practices, gender equity, and life skills. Engaging households ensures women participants receive support throughout the program.
The interactive training materials are led by our business mentors and use an approachable, visual, and concise format which focuses on learning by doing. The in-person lessons are delivered through a mixture
of instruction, videos, and hands-on sessions.
Our curriculum can easily be layered with additional components to meet unique needs of communities across Africa. For example, to help reduce the chronic rates of acute child malnutrition in northern Kenya,the curriculum in that region has additional training modules on nutrition and hygiene.
After one year, each community holds a graduation ceremony for our entrepreneurs and celebrates all of their hard work and what they’ve accomplished. Additionally, BSGs equitably share out the money contributed to their savings since the start of the program.
While our program formally ends at this point, the lasting impact for our entrepreneurs, as well as their families and communities, has only just begun.