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
AIAIA partners with leading healthcare providers to address
the most urgent needs in each community.
Our Board’s Healthcare Committee is comprised of highly credentialed U.S. caregivers and organizational leaders that ensure the intended impact of our ‘in kind’ and monetary support is met.
We support a diverse audience: newborns and mothers, physically and mentally challenged adults, victims of abuse, and those living in hospice.
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.
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.
Mitchell’s Plain Clinic
Mitchell’s Plain Community Health Centre (MPCHC) provides a wide variety of primary health services for free to the community of Mitchell’s Plain and surrounding area.
Missionaries of Charity
During the 2019 delegation trip, AIAIA traveled to South Africa with its first suitcase full of 100 beautiful and brightly colored fabric bags each filled with reusable menstrual kits.
Days for Girls
Our newest partnership in rural Malungeni combines both our healthcare and our education focuses and helps keep girls from dropping out of school at a critical age.
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