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 Mission Statement
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The African Mission Healthcare Foundation exists to support the effective and compassionate medical efforts of mission and church organizations across the continent. The Foundation seeks to link the generosity of individuals, philanthropy and churches to increase the reach and impact of effective on-the-ground healthcare workers. |
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HIV & TB Training | |
Started in 2004 by AMHF CEO Dr. Jon Fielder, the successful HIV clinical training program at Kijabe Hospital in Kenya faced closure because of budget cuts. Having trained over 700 clinicians in concert with Nazareth Hospital, this widely acclaimed mentorship program was too valuable to end.
AMHF stepped in to both continue the HIV training component and to add a new TB preceptorship in concert with the Kenyan National Leprosy and Tuberculosis Program. The TB training curriculum is based in part on Dr. Fielder's book Tuberculosis in the Era of HIV. The goal is to improve the recognition of HIV-related tuberculosis in settings with limited access to diagnostic equipment. We believe this initiative can literally save thousands of lives through improved and faster detection.
In the first year, 180 participants will receive 1-2 weeks of close supervision from Kenyan and missionary doctors. The unique training model includes lectures, seeing patients in the clinic and on the wards, and discussing cases and journal articles. |
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A community health worker in Malawi visits an HIV-infected mother and her HIV-negative child to provide counseling and support through a program funded by AMHF. |
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Dear Friends,
I am pleased to announce two exciting developments for the African Mission Healthcare Foundation!
First, we are now an IRS-recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization. (To see our IRS letter, click here.) We are grateful for the pro bono legal services provided by Weil Gotschal & Manges.
This certification means that AMHF may itself receive tax-deductible donations. For updated giving information, please see the last section below.
Second, we are thrilled to announce a new initiative funded by a very generous friend of Africa. For the next three years, AMHF will assist our on-the-ground partners Dr. Rob Congdon and SIM in developing a medical center in South Sudan. More information regarding this life-saving project is available below.
Thank you all for partnering with us.
Grace,
Jon Fielder, MD
Chief Executive Officer
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Doro Primary Health Center, South Sudan
Following years of turmoil and conflict, relative peace and stability have, at least temporarily, returned to South Sudan.
 Missionary physician Dr. Rob Congdon, with two decades of experience in Africa, has been slowly re-building a former mission health center in a remote area of the country. Along with a dedicated team of missionary and Kenyan nurses and newly trained Sudanese health workers, primary health care and nutritional rehabilitation services have been offered to thousands of Sudanese since 2008. A new maternity is nearing completion.
 Thanks to an extremely generous gift, development of this center, the only quality health care for hundreds of miles, will continue. Planned activities include completion of the maternity, renovation of the outpatient clinic, construction of hospital wards for adults and children, a new Nutrition Village, a TB and leprosy treatment center, and housing and administrative blocks. In addition, resources are available to provide medicines and to support the daily operations of the center, which will care for 75,000 outpatients and inpatients over the next three years.
We will certainly keep you updated regarding the progress of this exciting new initiative! |
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How to Help
As with our past efforts, this work is only possible through the kindness and generosity of our friends. For a complete list of the projects we are assisting or intend to support, please visit our website.  | | The Binghman University Teaching Hospital Vesico-Vaginal Fistula Center in Jos, Nigeria, where AMHF is supporting corrective surgeries for 200 women and ongoing care for another 1500 this year. |
AMHF is now a 501(c)3 entity and as such may receive contributions in its name and issue tax-deductible receipts. Checks may be made out to African Mission Healthcare Foundation. Gifts may be sent to: Heritage Christian Church Attention: April Walters 7413 Maxtown Road Westerville, OH 43082 If you are interested in supporting a particular program please write to me directly. No administrative charges are applied by AMHF. We are grateful for the donated administrative support of Heritage Christian Church. |
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