Healthcare
Only 17 in 100 South Africans have medical insurance, the essential key that opens the door to private healthcare. As many as 45 million, or 82 out of every 100 South Africans, fall outside the medical aid net, and as a result are largely dependent on public healthcare. Only a quarter of households opted to go to a private institution.*
*MAY 15, 2019 REPORT FROM STATS SA
Serving hospice patients, profoundly disabled, those in recovery from oppression, and rural residents with health needs, as well as supporting youth social emotional growth and empowering women's health and future opportunties.
In its Healthcare program, Arm in Arm partners with like-minded non-profit organizations to directly fund their work across a spectrum of services.
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St. Luke’s Hospice
Early on in our work, Arm in Arm identified the need for a property as a training site for St. Luke’s Hospice. The purchase of house opened the door to hospice care coming to the townships for the first time.
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Institute For Healing Of Memories
The Institute for Healing of Memories (IHOM), run by Fr. Michael Lapsley, seeks to contribute to lasting individual and collective healing that makes possible a more peaceful and just future.
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Missionaries of Charity
The Missionaries of Charity was founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta, lovingly people know her as Mother Teresa. They serve the poorest of the poor and the neediest in their communities.
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Woman's Health
AIAIA seeks ways to support programs that benefit women's physical and mental well-being and empower their future opportunities. One such initiative is collaboration with the international non-profit Days for Girls.
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Pop-Up Clinics
AIAIA funding supported the purchase of needed medical equipment to allow the Department of Health to collaborate with rural communities in the Malungeni area on the eastern cape to host Pop-Up clinics to better meet the health and well-being needs of rural residents.